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On Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:01:39 -0600, David L. Jones wrote:

> 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.

Since it's been observed that some previous product "updates"
are actually complete internal re-designs, complete with
bad bugs and less accuracy, an emulation of the original
would seem very attractive, to those who know about
the quality of those originals; perhaps, should they
dare to tinker with them, the few remaining bugs
of the originals might even be fixed.

However, the originals were designed with limited memory,
so can an exact clone provide any more program and data storage,
or even additional functions,
as did some of the subsequent "updates"?

I suppose I'd better rush out and sell my old originals,
before the market is flooded with clones,
satisfying the demand that currently exceeds the supply :)

Never-cloned originals whose value keeps increasing:
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS229787+15-Jan-2008+PRN20080115
http://www.glassinesurfer.com/stamp_collecting/gsinvertedjenny.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_Jenny

Once rare, until cloned:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dag_Hammarskj�ld_invert
http://stamps.about.com/od/historyofphilately/p/DagHammar.htm

How about those HP49Gs with inverted keys?
Are they fetching huge prices, like stamps?
See http://holyjoe.net/hp/HP49.htm#upsidedown

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