🚀 go-pugleaf

On Jan 25, 7:17 am, Joerg <notthisjoerg...@removethispacbell.net>
wrote:
> krw wrote:
> > On Sat, 24 Jan 2009 08:49:19 -0800, Joerg
> > <notthisjoerg...@removethispacbell.net> wrote:
>
> >> BobW wrote:
> >>> "Steve Sousa" <etst...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >>>news:497a8661$0$35415$892e0abb@auth.newsreader.octanews.com...
> >>>> "David L. Jones" <altz...@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >>>>news:14e795fa-af9f-468d-9246-c68200c46867@b38g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> >>>>> On Jan 24, 9:35 am, Mark Harriss <bi...@blartco.co.uk> wrote:
> >>>>>> David L. Jones wrote:
> >>>>>>> Thought I'd share this I came across on another group:
> >>>>>>>http://www.elcafevirtual.com/julio/
> >>>>>>> Model planes made entirely from old HP calculator chips and parts.
> >>>>>>> Dave.
> >>>>>> I wonder how many collector's item HP machines were destroyed to make
> >>>>>> these works of art.
> >>>>> None.
>
> >>>>> From the constructor:
> >>>>> "The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter was the second of four I made more
> >>>>> than 30 years ago with defective and scrap HPchips. This aircraft
> >>>>> model I made with IC,s of the Clasic and Woodstock pocked calculator
> >>>>> series. This model has a modified HP-67 card reader mechanism built-in
> >>>>> that moves up and down the landing gear, pilots' cabin and the engine
> >>>>> light and four intermitent tricolor leds, powered by 6 V."
>
> >>>>> Dave.
> >>>> What a relief...
> >>>> (cross-posted to c.s.hp48)
> >>> Thank goodness that no working HP calculators were injured during the making
> >>> of those models.
>
> >>> That gave me quite a scare. I had to go pull out my HP 9825T, 35, 67, 97,
> >>> 34C, 38C, 42S, 12C, 16C, 32SII, 17BII+, 48SX, 48GX, 50G, 33S, 35S, and 20B
> >>> and give them all a hug.
>
> >>> Phew!
>
> >> What? No HP11C? Still in (heavy) use here. The 12C is for finance guys
> >> AFAIK. Probably a lot of those will show up on the 2nd hand markets
> >> soon, along with their owners ...
>
> > HP12Cs are still being made, $70 retail, so I doubt they'd bring much
> > more than $100 on eBay...  ;-)
>
> > An HP11C, OTOH, I might buy.  I bought a 35S a year ago.  Don't like
> > it as much as either my long stolen HP11C or weak in the keys 35
> > year-old HP45.
>
> Yes, Costco even had them a while ago. Anniversary edition. Not exactly
> the same electronically but it sure was a nice touch.

The latest 12C actually uses an Atmel ARM processor (as in the new
20B) running the original 12C ROM using the Nonpareil emulator:
http://nonpareil.brouhaha.com/

Rumor has it further Voyager models (11C, 15C etc) will be re-released
with this method.

Dave.