Five times faster than a sliderule (1972)

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Five times faster than a sliderule (1972)

Also weighs less than 14 lbs.

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Back when HP was known for outstanding calculators and not for shitty printers.


Even in 1972, the idea of “you won’t carry a calculator with you everywhere” was bullshit.

Sometimes I think about a parallel alternate history where the portable computing device grew out of the calculator not the phone.

“Not as clumsy or random as a phone. An elegant computing device for a more civilized time.” - Obi Wan Kenobi



Adjusted for inflation, this device cost five hundred dollars.


did you use a calculator for that

And how much does the phone they did it on cost? More than $500 I bet





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