General Information

Serial #

2136S10316

Part Number

1

Total Parts

9

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 &.3 SYNTHETIC CASINGS & PARTS, METAL PARTS, RUBBER FEET/.2 SIMULATED LEATHER WITH METAL HARDWARE/.4 -.6 SYNTHETIC & METAL IN SYNTHETIC CASE/.7 SYNTHETIC/.8-.9 SYNTHETIC WITH METAL RING BINDING, MAGNETIZED SYNTHETIC CARDS/.9 CARDBOARD LABEL FOR FRONT OF NOTEBOOK

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

18.7 cm

Width

8.0 cm

Height

3.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Mathematics

Category

Calculating devices

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

HEWLETT PACKARD

Country

Singapore

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

C. 1984+

Canada

THIS EXAMPLE WAS USED BY M. PHILIPPE TROLLIET, ELECTRONIC ENGINEER WHO WORKED ON & REDESIGNED ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AT NFB. HP 41CV'S WERE GENERALLY USED IN OFFICES & LABS WHEN ACCESS TO COMPUTER WAS NOT FEASIBLE, & BY ENGINEERING & SCIENCE STUDENTS WHO COULD AFFORD THEM. PC REVOLUTION WAS JUST STARTING AT THIS TIME & HAD IMPACT ON SALES OF SUCH COMPLEX CALCULATORS.

Function

DEVICE WHICH ELECTRONICALLY PERFORMS MATHEMATICAL, STATISTICAL & STACK FUNCTIONS. USED PRIMARILY FOR SCIENTIFIC & ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS. IT COULD BE USED TO PERFORM CALCULATIONS FROM KEYBOARD, WITH BUILT-IN PROGRAMS, OR WITH PROGRAMS CREATED BY USER TO MEET SPECIFIC NEEDS. THIS EXAMPLE WAS USED BY ELECTRONIC ENGINEER.

Technical

SOPHISTICATED PROGRAMMABLE SCIENTIFIC CALCULATOR MADE BY LEADING CALCULATOR MFR. IT WAS FOLLOW-ON TO SUCCESSFUL HP-65 WHICH WAS 1ST PROGRAMMABLE CALCULATOR. IT HAS DETACHABLE MAGNETIC CARD READER FOR INSERTION OF OTHER MODULES & WAS ONE OF 1ST HAND-HELD CALCULATORS WITH ALPHANUMERIC DISPLAY. IT HAD MULTI-FUNCTION KEYS & USED REVERSE POLISH NOTATION FOR COMPUTATIONS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 GOLD LETTERING ON CASING END READS "HEWLETT-PACKARD/ 41CV"; WHITE LETTERING ON UNDERSIDE READS "HEWLETT-PACKARD/ CARD READER/ NO. 82104A/ MADE IN SINGAPORE" WITH RAISED & INDENTED "SERIAL NO./ 2202S80479" & "SERIAL NO./ 2136S10316"; WHITE, GOLD, BLUE LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS/.3 BLACK & SILVER LABELS READING "HEWLETT-PACKARD" & "HP 82153A/ MADE IN U.S.A." WITH INCISED "2131"/.4 WHITE "82500B-A07/ PPC 1981/ ID10/20 SINGAPORE" & "PPC ROM"; INCISED "2219"/.5 WHITE "HP 82181A/ MADE IN SINGAPORE" & "X MEMORY"; INCISED "8825"/.6 WHITE "HEWLETT/ PACKARD/ 82242A/ MADE IN SINGAPORE" & INCISED "2917"

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

.1 TEXTURED BLACK CASING WITH BLACK & YELLOW KEYS/.2 BROWN SIMULATED LEATHER/.3 TEXTURED BLACK CASINGS WITH BLACK CORD/.4-.6 TEXTURED BLACK CASINGS/.7 BLACK/.8-.9 BUFF COVERSCOLOURLESS & TRANSPARENT PAGES, WHITE METAL RINGS; WHITE STRIPS/.9 PINK CARDBOARD LABEL ON FRONT

Decoration

.1 GOLD "HP" LOGO ON CASING END/.2 EMBOSSED "HP" LOGO. BLACK PIPING/.3, &.6 SILVER "HP" LOGO/.6 RAISED "HP" LOGO/.9 LABEL WITH DARK PINK LETTERING READING "HEWLETT/ PACKARD" & "BLANK PROGRAM/ CARDS"/ 8-.9 INDENTED "HEWLETT PACKARD/ ABCDE/ 9282-0596/ MADE IN SINGAPORE" WITH "HP" LOGO