14 Nov
2001
14 Nov
'01
1:41 p.m.
HP recently laid off all of their graphing calculator devision. I am
uncertain as to whether they have killed off the rest of their calculator
department, if so, I know of a number of RPN users who will be desperatly
searching for a replacement, although they really wont need one until 20
years down the road when their existing calculators fail.
Zach
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chandra Bajpai" <cbajpai(a)mediaone.net>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 9:52 PM
Subject: RE: HP 3000 No More
When did HP stop making calculators??? I learned how
to program on a
HP-25 way back I was a youngster....RPN drove me crazy!
-Chandra
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Dan Linder
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 12:06 PM
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: HP 3000 No More
hey list-
Just announced on /., the venerable HP3000 line will join HP calculators
in HP's new "we don't want to do cool stuff anymore" business model.
Well, maybe that's harsh. But it is still another sad day for
computing.
- Dan
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Dan Linder / dlinder @ uiuc.edu
Graduate Student, College of Engineering, Dept. of Computer Science
- Dept. of Computer Science Teaching Assistant
- DRES Computer Accessibility Researcher