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| More of my philosophy about the first HP |
| 17 Feb 22 19:23:41 |
From: m1@m1.com Hello... More of my philosophy about the first HP-35 pocket calculators and more.. Hewlett-Packard co-founder Bill Hewlett issued a challenge to his engineers in 1971: Fit all of the features of their desktop scientific calculator into a package small enough for his shirt pocket. They did. More than 100,000 HP-35 pocket calculators sold the first year at $395 each. Read more here: https://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/calculators/1/64 Thank you, Amine Moulay Ramdane. --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2) |
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