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.
Let me have fun
did you use a calculator for that
And how much does the phone they did it on cost? More than $500 I bet
Back when HP was known for outstanding calculators and not for shitty printers.
Wow… of course there’s an HP calculator museum!
I didn’t know it was the first pocket calculator with transcendentals. Very interesting, thanks for sharing the link!
We thought you’d like to have something only fictional heroes like James Bond, Walter Mitty or Dick Tracy are supposed to own.
RPN baby!
RPN.
