2 Jul
2006
2 Jul
'06
5:13 p.m.
The Petticoat 5 looks like it might have been built from the carcass of
an HP 9825 calculator/computer.
http://www.oldcalculatormuseum.com/hp9825a.html. The four ROM drawers
in the front look exactly like the ROM drawers on the 9825.
Rick Bensene
The Old Calculator Web Museum
http://oldcalculatormuseum.com
The Petticoat 5 ("The first computer designed just for women"):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/lookaroundyou/wallpaper/images/1600/
petticoat.jpg
3 Jul
3 Jul
12:15 a.m.
On 3/7/06 01:13, "Rick Bensene" <rickb at bensene.com> wrote:
The Petticoat 5 looks like it might have been built
from the carcass of
an HP 9825 calculator/computer.
http://www.oldcalculatormuseum.com/hp9825a.html. The four ROM drawers
in the front look exactly like the ROM drawers on the 9825.
Good spot! Now someone's going to get upset that it was maybe gutted to make
a TV prop :)
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Www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UK's biggest private home computer
collection?
8:24 p.m.
I attached a photo of the Petticoat -5 computer that I am saving in my online photo
archive to remind me how far technology has advanced. The Petticoat -5 does have some
similarity of the HP 9825. But I can?t say with certainty that the Petticoat -5 computer
have been builted from the carcass of the HP 9825 calculator/computer.
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On 3/7/06 01:13, "Rick Bensene" <rickb at bensene.com> wrote:
The Petticoat 5 looks like it might have been built
from the carcass of
an HP 9825 calculator/computer.
http://www.oldcalculatormuseum.com/hp9825a.html. The four ROM drawers
in the front look exactly like the ROM drawers on the 9825.
Good spot! Now someone's going to get upset that it was maybe gutted to make
a TV prop :)
--
Adrian/Witchy
Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator
Www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UK's biggest private home computer
collection?
12:42 a.m.
On Sun, 2 Jul 2006, Rick Bensene wrote:
The Petticoat 5 looks like it might have been built
from the carcass of
an HP 9825 calculator/computer.
http://www.oldcalculatormuseum.com/hp9825a.html. The four ROM drawers
in the front look exactly like the ROM drawers on the 9825.
My eyes were more drawn to the slot near the top left of the keyboard.
I'd say it was most definitely built from an HP9825.
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1:57 p.m.
The Petticoat 5 looks like it might have been built from the carcass of
an HP 9825 calculator/computer.
http://www.oldcalculatormuseum.com/hp9825a.html. The four ROM drawers
in the front look exactly like the ROM drawers on the 9825.
Indeed. As does the tape drive at the rear left of the keyboard, and the
hinges for the cover on the RHS of the machine. On the 9825 there's a
flap on top, hinged on the right side, covering the well for the printer
paper.
One thing bothers me. There's no evidence of the internal printer (at the
rear right of the keyboard). That means it _might_ have started life as a
9831 (the BASIC-language model, which didn't have the printer AFAIK). I
hope not, that machine is, I am told, rather rare.
The monitor looks like an NEC model, HP badged them for a time too. AFAIK
it was never used on the 9825/9831 though (not that that means anything
when you're making a TV prop).
-tony
7:23 p.m.
And thusly were the wise words spake by Tony Duell
One thing bothers me. There's no evidence of the internal printer (at the
rear right of the keyboard). That means it _might_ have started life as a
9831 (the BASIC-language model, which didn't have the printer AFAIK). I
hope not, that machine is, I am told, rather rare.
You would hope they would use something easy to get... ie the way
of least resistance!
Cheers,
Bryan
4 Jul
4 Jul
2:47 p.m.
One thing
bothers me. There's no evidence of the internal printer (at the
rear right of the keyboard). That means it _might_ have started life as a
9831 (the BASIC-language model, which didn't have the printer AFAIK). I
hope not, that machine is, I am told, rather rare.
You would hope they would use something easy to get... ie the way
of least resistance!
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