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- OBJECT TYPE
- PROGRAMMABLE/HAND HELD/2233 BYTE
- DATE
- 1984
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0256.001
- MANUFACTURER
- HEWLETT PACKARD
- MODEL
- 41CV
- LOCATION
- Singapore
More Information
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
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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
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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
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HEWLETT PACKARD, Calculator, circa 1984, Artifact no. 1998.0256, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0256.001/
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