I grew up in the San Francisco Bay area, on the peninsula, near the
garage where Hewlett-Packard was founded. The local Macy's department
store, less than a mile from that garage, had a display with an
assortment of Hewlett-Packard calculators. Very odd, I never saw any
other Macy's selling them. Must have been an early customer.

Did you notice when Carly Fiorina was CEO of Hewlett-Packard and they
acquired Compaq, the Hewlett and Packard families were against the
deal? After that, everything was branded HP. Petty revenge?

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I never read about the CEO and the Hewletts and Packards disagreement .

The first HP product I saw was ib the Radio Room on the USS Midway.
A HP Oscilloscope, it had lots of "Bells&Whistles" built into it.
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I have only had 4 bangers, too. Well, I take that back. On my desk right now is a Casio fx-82B that I have had for years. It will also do some geometric functions, but I don't think I have ever used it for anything but addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. I have long since forgotten what most of "those other buttons" are for. ;)

That is possible. ;)

Mike

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Is the Casio book still around to show how to use those features?
Ed
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Most of what I use the calculator on my desk for it converting decimal
to hex and vice versa. Fidonet technology, when passing files back and
forth, uses the hex representation of the decimal network and node
number for file names, and figuring out which file goes to who can be
tricky.

Although, Synchronet's echocfg utility, where you define nodes, now
displays the net/node number in hex. Handy!

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I also enjoy using the HEX, DEC, OCT, BINkeys
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I have only had 4 bangers, too. Well, I take that back. On my desk right now is a Casio fx-82B that I have had for years. It will also do some geometric functions, but I don't think I have ever used it for anything but addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. I have long since forgotten what most of "those other buttons" are for. ;)

Is the Casio book still around to show how to use those features?

I suspect it could be somewhere, but I would likely never find it on
purpose. ;)

Mike

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Ed Vance wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-

The first HP product I saw was ib the Radio Room on the USS Midway.
A HP Oscilloscope, it had lots of "Bells&Whistles" built into it.

I wonder if it's still there... I went to the Midway museum back in the
2010s, very impressive. We got to go up into the island on a tour.



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I suspect it could be somewhere, but I would likely never find it on
purpose. ;)

Mike

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Rereading your post made me recall that I could not find the SuperSnapshot 5 Cartridge for the Commodore 64 PC fora few years then one day I opened the lid of the cabinet to the right side of the C=64 looking for something else andsaw the cartridge laying on a shelf (left side) just 6 inches awayfrom the right side of the C=64 (the Cartridge Slot is at the back of the rightside).
Only a few inches away from where it needs to be plugged in (DUH!).

Birds of a feather ...
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OOPS, GOOFED AGAIN tapping the wrong icon.
Sorry.
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I wonder if it's still there... I went to the Midway museum back in the
2010s, very impressive. We got to go up into the island on a tour.

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The uppermost evel of the Island is where the Captain of the Ship and the Steersman were.
The level below that is for the Admiral and other Flaf Staff were
I was a Radioman Messenger and delivered some messages up there.
Very nice view of aircraft taking off from Flag Plot (as it was called).
The Admiral sat in a chair on the Port/Left Side and could swivel his chair arounf to see aircraft landing.

Haven't been to see the USS Midway CVA-41 Museum, I was in Florida and saw butdidn't visit the USS Lexington due to walking around the USS Alabama the day before at Mobile, Alabama.

On both of those Carriers my sleeping quarters was underneath a Landing Cable and I still remember BOOM! SCREECH, THUMP,SWISH, SWIST.
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Rereading your post made me recall that I could not find the SuperSnapshot 5 Cartridge for the Commodore 64 PC fora few years then one day I opened the lid
of the cabinet to the right side of the C=64 looking for something else andsaw
the cartridge laying on a shelf (left side) just 6 inches awayfrom the right side of the C=64 (the Cartridge Slot is at the back of the rightside).
Only a few inches away from where it needs to be plugged in (DUH!).

So I guess it got dropped and landed there at some point? ;) I hate it
when that happens.

Mike


* SLMR 2.1a * Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.
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Ed,

OOPS, GOOFED AGAIN tapping the wrong icon.

30 lashes with a wet ethernet cable (just kidding) <G>.

Daryl

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Ed,

30 lashes with a wet ethernet cable (just kidding) <G>.

Daryl

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You got a long arm if you get to hit me with the CAT-5 CABLE.
Ed
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So I guess it got dropped and landed there at some point? ;) I hate it
when that happens.

Mike

* SLMR 2.1a * Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.

I put the cartridge in the cabinet and forgot about doing that when I wanted to turn the C=64 system on.
Ed
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So I guess it got dropped and landed there at some point? ;) I hate it
when that happens.

Mike

* SLMR 2.1a * Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.

I put it in the cabinet and years kater forgot where it was when I wanted to use the C=64 system
Ed
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So I guess it got dropped and landed there at some point? ;) I hate it
when that happens.

Mike

* SLMR 2.1a * Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.

Sorry for Two replies .

I didn't see my reply show up in the thread and wrote another, didn't see that yet ne either and wrote a third post
This is the fourth reply to your message.
Ed
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So I guess it got dropped and landed there at some point? ;) I hate it when that happens.

I put the cartridge in the cabinet and forgot about doing that when I wanted t
turn the C=64 system on.

I hate it when that happens also. ;)

Mike

* SLMR 2.1a * Two silkworms were having a race, but it ended in a tie.
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So I guess it got dropped and landed there at some point? ;) I hate it when that happens.

Sorry for Two replies .

I didn't see my reply show up in the thread and wrote another, didn't see that
yet ne either and wrote a third post
This is the fourth reply to your message.

No worries. I wonder how quickly the web interface refreshes after a new
post. That could be dependent on whether or not the browser being used
tries to load a new copy or a chached one, too.

mike

* SLMR 2.1a * So many books; So little time.
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No worries. I wonder how quickly the web interface refreshes after a new post. That could be dependent on whether or not the browser being used
tries to load a new copy or a chached one, too.

mike

* SLMR 2.1a * So many books; So little time.

Now you are getting real technical..
I have no idea what Firefox does on this phone or the desktop box.
Guess I ought to give wanting to become a Mister-Know-It-All.
<GRIN>
Ed
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No worries. I wonder how quickly the web interface refreshes after a new post. That could be dependent on whether or not the browser being used
tries to load a new copy or a chached one, too.

mike

* SLMR 2.1a * So many books; So little time.

Life was much easier on the desktop using MultiMail , FTP and QWK.
Ed
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No worries. I wonder how quickly the web interface refreshes after a new post. That could be dependent on whether or not the browser being used tries to load a new copy or a chached one, too.

mike

Life was much easier on the desktop using MultiMail , FTP and QWK.

Indeed, it usually is. :D

Mike

* SLMR 2.1a * Acid bath? You're soaking in it...
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Ed,

30 lashes with a wet ethernet cable (just kidding) <G>.

You got a long arm if you get to hit me with the CAT-5 CABLE.

For you, I'd use the Wouff Hong (hi hi).

I took part in that as a new participant at the ARRL 2007 Great
Lakes Division in Cleveland, Ohio. The main requirements are that
one is a licensed amateur radio operator, and a paid up ARRL Member
(regular or life). There's nothing dirty or vulgar...one does a lot
of laughing, and participants get a very nice certificate afterwards.

At the ARRL 2014 Delta Division Convention in Bentonville, Arkansas,
I played 2 of the cast members. With my theatre arts knowledge from
high school and college 50 years ago, the characterizations got me an
ovation. Before the ceremony, I told the "new participants" that "This
will be one of your most cherished experiences in amateur radio. Trust
me"...to which, one of them smarted off with "Thank you, Barack Obama".
It brought the house down in laughter (hi hi).

If I can make the 2026 Delta Division Convention in Shreveport, I'll
take part in it again...but I may volunteer to be the "Novice", so I
can get a fresh certificate with my original callsign, now as a vanity.

I'm also trying to save up for the 2026 HandiHams Radio Camp in
Bloomington, Minnesota. If I can get a scholarship (which will lower
my cost for it), I'm going to go. I discovered it'd be far cheaper
flying Southwest Airlines from Little Rock to Minneapolis, than taking Amtrak...as I'd have to spend the night in Chicago.

I plan to contact Lucinda Moody, AB8WF, mid to late next week, for
more info.

73,

Daryl, N5VLZ

... I CQ. Therefore, I HAM -- DE N5VLZ
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Ed,

For you, I'd use the Wouff Hong (hi hi).

I took part in that as a new participant at the ARRL 2007 Great
Lakes Division in Cleveland, Ohio. The main requirements are that
one is a licensed amateur radio operator, and a paid up ARRL Member
(regular or life). There's nothing dirty or vulgar...one does a lot
of laughing, and participants get a very nice certificate afterwards.

At the ARRL 2014 Delta Division Convention in Bentonville, Arkansas,
I played 2 of the cast members. With my theatre arts knowledge from
high school and college 50 years ago, the characterizations got me an ovation. Before the ceremony, I told the "new participants" that "This
will be one of your most cherished experiences in amateur radio. Trust me"...to which, one of them smarted off with "Thank you, Barack Obama".
It brought the house down in laughter (hi hi).

If I can make the 2026 Delta Division Convention in Shreveport, I'll
take part in it again...but I may volunteer to be the "Novice", so I
can get a fresh certificate with my original callsign, now as a vanity.

I'm also trying to save up for the 2026 HandiHams Radio Camp in Bloomington, Minnesota. If I can get a scholarship (which will lower
my cost for it), I'm going to go. I discovered it'd be far cheaper
flying Southwest Airlines from Little Rock to Minneapolis, than taking Amtrak...as I'd have to spend the night in Chicago.

I plan to contact Lucinda Moody, AB8WF, mid to late next week, for
more info.

73,

Daryl, N5VLZ

... I CQ. Therefore, I HAM -- DE N5VLZ
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Daryl, I am a member, I attended the midnight meeting in California in the early 1960's.
My membership might have expired since I am no longer a ARRL member .
Once a LID always a LID.

The RCC Certificate I earned as a Novice in 1958 may not be valid now either? 73 de Ed W9ODR k
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