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others interests of hp calc users - Iqbal - 03-26-2009 I have always wondered what are some of the other interests of HP calculator collectors/users. Myself, I play cricket ( not a bug for the US guys ),table tennis (ping pong). I also love hunting, fishing and airgunning. BTW I am a licensed land surveyor and I have been an addict to HP calculators since September 1987.
Re: others interests of hp calc users - Johnny Bjoern Rasmussen - 03-26-2009 I'm drumplayer addicted to rock and blues so I have some nice vintage Premier drums from the 70's. Edited: 26 Mar 2009, 3:05 a.m.
Re: others interests of hp calc users - Geir Isene - 03-26-2009 A rough overview of some of my interests:
Philosophy; Free will But family first.
And; See my web page for more. Edited: 26 Mar 2009, 5:37 a.m.
Re: others interests of hp calc users - DaveJ - 03-26-2009 I'm an electronics designer, I currently design THIS during my work hours. In my spare time my main hobby is ELECTRONICS, and everyone knows about my uWatch. I'm a gym junkie, and developed THIS workout program for iPods. I'm also into CANYONING and edit the yearly CALENDAR . I'm also the most active member of the OzCanyons Group, and host that site too. I'm also into sustainable living, and have a webpage for my HOUSE. I've also developed a Solar Air Heater for fun. I'm also one of the early pioneering members of GEOCACHING in Sydney, and used to edit the Australian Geocaching Newsletter. I'm also the world's foremost expert and author on Internet Dating.
Dave. Edited: 26 Mar 2009, 5:22 a.m.
Re: others interests of hp calc users - Valentin Albillo - 03-26-2009 Hi, iqbal: My main interests in no particular order:
Things I'm NOT interested in:
I have left *many* in both counts but there you are !
Best regards from V.
Edited: 26 Mar 2009, 9:10 a.m.
Re: others interests of hp calc users - Mike (Stgt) - 03-26-2009 First collateral interest of HP calculators is emulating HP calculators (by simulating their CPU to make a firmware interpreter). Rest see here. I re-activated cooking in the last 3 years, hounting for old recipes from farmer's society in the last 2 or 3 centuries or so (like Aligot and such alike, have a look at Cholera), and inventing new stuff like "devilry-wheel" what is a yeast cake with chestnut, some white pepper, etc. (It was a big success at a local midsummer nite art fair, where fire was the main theme.)
Ciao.....Mike
Re: others interests of hp calc users - hpnut - 03-26-2009 Mine are cooking, hiking, classical music, painting, photography, reading.
who shares Cyrille's passion for woodworking? http://cyrille.hydrix.com/eng/index.html
Re: others interests of hp calc users - Erik C - 03-26-2009 Iqbal,
-engineering: aerospace and mechanical areas Edited: 26 Mar 2009, 10:31 a.m.
Re: others interests of hp calc users - Martin Pinckney - 03-26-2009 I am a civil (most of the time) engineer who owns a small design firm. I am married 31 years and have 3 grown children. These two activities have consumed most of my energy for the last 32 years. My other interests include (beside HP calculators): Worshiping God, studying the Scriptures, and fellowship with other Christians. Shooting. Reading history and biographies. Miniature machining. Photography using Nikon F2 cameras. Politics.
Re: others interests of hp calc users - Egan Ford - 03-26-2009
Re: others interests of hp calc users - Dusan Zivkovic - 03-26-2009 1. jazz Re: others interests of hp calc users - bill platt - 03-26-2009 1. Cricket. yes, it is played in the States. Re: others interests of hp calc users - DK2ZA - 03-26-2009 Amateur Radio, Callsign DK2ZA. Are there other radio amateurs here?
Re: others interests of hp calc users - Nigel J Dowrick - 03-26-2009 In no particular order:
Re: others interests of hp calc users - bill platt - 03-26-2009 N#LPX.
Re: others interests of hp calc users - Geoff Quickfall - 03-26-2009 Hello all, just thinking about this post
• My 1973 Celica purchased during high school in 1974. RESTORED WATCHES:
LATEST CLOCK RESTORATION (last summer)
Cheers, Geoff Edited: 26 Mar 2009, 2:55 p.m.
Re: others interests of hp calc users - Chuck - 03-26-2009 Nice watches! The 4th watch, second row, first picture brings back memories. My dad received one similar for graduation in 1948. It was a Lord Elgin, but I think not as square? Unfortunately it was taken in a home robbery 20 years ago. :( I'll have to keep my eye on the lookout for a replacement for him.
Re: others interests of hp calc users - David Hayden - 03-26-2009
Re: others interests of hp calc users - Dan Grelinger - 03-26-2009 I see a lot of the expected, some of the unexpected, but where are the model rocketry buffs?
Re: others interests of hp calc users - Mike T. - 03-26-2009 Family - better put them first just in case they ever read this, I have a very patient wife and two young teenage boys. I'm not exactly short but the eldest is already at least a couple of inches taller than me and the second one is catching up fast. Calculators - HP 21, 25C, 32, 33C, 34C, 10C, and 11C. I would like to own an HP97 one day, as this was the first 'computer' I ever used. Computers - particularly small uVAXen (VMS), Linux, and Windows NT. I've got a couple of DEC Rainbows here somewhere too. Programming - nearly all self taught, (HP Calculator simulators elsewhere on this site). I'm trying to get to my head around how to write programs using KDE or GNOME but I'm not getting very far, you seem to need loads of 'stuff' just to do anything in C! Food - despite the interests above I'm into more than just Pizza! I prefer a good Chinese or French restaurant but don't get out very frequently. Swimming - but not nearly often enough to counteract the effects of eating a little too much (I think I used to be quite good but I'm far too unfit now). Walking - I'm not into hiking as such but if I'm somewhere new and interesting I will wander about for miles just exploring. Model Railways - mostly Z Gauge (1/220 scale), collecting this stuff is a slow process as you spend most of your time saving up.. Electronics - can't remember much of the theory at all and haven't actually made anything for ages. I learnt the hard way to keep one hand in your pocket at all times when working with thermionic valves. Photography - still have a couple of old Minolta X-GMs and X-700s (with some rather nice lenses) but never seem to have enough time to do much anymore, and English summers don't help! Physics - last but not least - a brilliant subject, just wish I'd been better at Maths!
Basically I like fiddling with 'stuff'.
Re: others interests of hp calc users - Matthias Wehrli - 03-26-2009 Well, let me say I have many other hobbies:
- singing in a choir Maybe I will list them on my website (some are already).
Matthias
Re: others interests of hp calc users - Paul Dale - 03-26-2009 My hobbies and interests in no particular order after the first:
Things which I used to do a lot but don't do much anymore (lack of time more than lack of interest):
My current job is embedded programming, although I've done stints in computer security, mine site design & super computing.
Edited: 26 Mar 2009, 8:14 p.m.
Re: others interests of hp calc users - Geoff Quickfall - 03-26-2009 Yes, the Lord Elgins were the higher end of the Elgin line. Nice watches but not that common. The one you refer to in the photo is a Hamilton circa 1950, 21 jewel manual wind with engraved movement.
Cheers, Geoff
Re: others interests of hp calc users - Reth - 03-26-2009 1. Guitars Re: others interests of hp calc users - JDonley - 03-26-2009 Reading, especially financial and investing. walking for health. birding and binoculars. hunting arrowheads. football. walking and spoiling our cocker spaniel. cooking (specialty is bbq brisket). geology. In my younger days: fishing. tie flies. stock building. calf roping. leather work. Nothing very cerebral here.
Re: others interests of hp calc users - Chuck - 03-27-2009 I could copy almost everyone's hobbies. However, here's a short list off the top of my own head: *music (I play trombone in several groups: the symphony, opera, community band, local playhouse, and other various small time gigs.) *photography (nature, and fine arts) *gardening *sports (although age is making participating a little more difficult) *math stuff...collecting math "junk", analytical excursions, and career (math puts food on the table.) *you might say checking in on hpmuseum several times a day is also an enjoyable hobby.
CHUCK Edited: 27 Mar 2009, 10:22 a.m. after one or more responses were posted
Re: others interests of hp calc users - Nigel Bamber - 03-27-2009 ¤ Family
Re: others interests of hp calc users - Patrick Rendulic - 03-27-2009
Dog? I forgot to add dog, but really, she's not a hobby, she's family - Geoff Quickfall - 03-27-2009 What kind of dog is yours Nigel?
Yes she does have eyes! Edited: 27 Mar 2009, 1:09 p.m.
Re: others interests of hp calc users - John Mosand - 03-27-2009 Norwegian retired architect and musician. Also studied art history.
Books: Wide range, favorites in shelf: Oxford English Dictionary (full edition), encyclopedias, lots of reference works. Otherwise, many fiction classics, humor (Runyon, Keillor, etc.).
Re: Land Rover - what model? - Joerg Woerner - 03-27-2009 Patrick, I had this one for 6 years in Germany:
Yours? Regards,
Joerg
Re: Land Rover - what model? - Patrick Rendulic - 03-27-2009 Hello Joerg Here is mine:
6 years old ;)
This year it will see the North Cape. And I see that we both like camping. Edited: 27 Mar 2009, 12:50 p.m.
Re: others interests of hp calc users - Peter Klein - 03-27-2009 Me: Re: Dog? I forgot to add dog, but really, she's not a hobby, she's family - Nigel Bamber - 03-27-2009 Geoff She is a Golden Retriever , happens to be Pedegree, but we don't show her, and she is just a member of the family ! With reference to the Landrover comments below I have a short wheelbase Defender, and she loves sitting next to me on the passenger seat in the front. Nigel
Re: others interests of hp calc users - bill platt - 03-27-2009 I'm reading an interesting book on Sir Francis Walsingham. Re: others interests of hp calc users - Tony Duell - 03-28-2009 Might as well post mine : HP desktop calculators and computers (or is that 'hp calcs'?) Old Computers in general. No, not 486 PCs, but things like PDP8s, PDP11s, PERQs, Philips P800s, anything I can understand at gate level. Electronics. All electronics. Valves, transistors, ICs, etc. Building, repairing, tweaking, etc. I do have an amateur radio license, but I'm not active, and I'd rather not post the callsign. Clocks/timekeeping. Everything from sundials to atomic clocks. One of my aims is to make a mechanical clock from scratch (and not just follow a published design, but design the thing too). Film photography. And related to that : Repairing cameras. Everything from sub-miniature to large format. Home shop machining. There's not really a UK term for this, the closest is 'model engineering', but I don't really want to make models. I mean using machine tools at home to make stuff. I hesistate to mention this one, but I love my cat :-) Things I am NOT interested in : Anything athletic/sporting. Neither taking part nor watching. Pseudoscience/occult/related mumbo-jumbo. Science fiction. Science fact is quite entertaining enough :-) Making money. Sure I want to be able to enjoy my interests, but my aim is not to have a large bank balance Religion. I don't want to get in a flame war, suffice it to say that your beliefs are your business, and I'll happily respect that. Just don't expect me to share them.
Re: others interests of hp calc users - Geoff Quickfall - 03-28-2009 Hello Tony, Yes, I agree about the home shop:
* small shop lathe I have a set of plans for a wooden clock based on the design of an 1820 American 30 hour clock. Most of the base plates are done and the only brass will be the anchor escapement. Your correct, real science is exciting enough, no room for WOO WOO (aka mumbo jumbo)! By the way, 486's are not old, even 8086 or 8088 based machine are not old to me, but then I think I am dating myself. I would rather step even further back, like you! Speaking of which the 9825A project here is comming along nicely. Machine is almost finished and just looking for a QIC tape for testing the drives read/write capability. This one came with EXTENDED IO, SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING and STRING-ADV PROGRAMMING. I know how you feel about film and agree, just not in my buget considering how many shots I take. I tend to throw out 50 negatives for every 1 I keep. I do use slide film for special occasions and the digital for backup. Just finished restoring a Zenith transoceanic. Nice design on the transistor, they are plug in and easily swapped out without the mess of soldering.
Hope to see you at some of the meetings in the future, miss my second Saturdays and I have a couple of projects that I need your help with, so I will let you know when you need to bring some fine tools and the logic tester.
Cheers, Geoff
Re: others interests of hp calc users - Allen - 03-28-2009 I like collecting (and solving) Puzzles made by Binary Arts / Think Fun. There are some really challenging ones.. My favorite is the Cherry Wood Hexadecimal Puzzle. Edited: 28 Mar 2009, 2:29 p.m.
Re: others interests of hp calc users - Stuart Sprott - 03-29-2009 Hi, My interests other than programming calculators are. Maths, Physics, Surveying, Astromomy, Cosmology, running half Marathons, reading fiction and non fiction books, collecting old scientific books and during the last couple of years learning to play the Violin. I must say that learning to play the Violin at my age (65) has been one of the most difficult tasks I have undertaken and also one of the most rewarding.
Re: others interests of hp calc users - Bruce Bergman - 03-29-2009 N7HAW - Nice to meet you! My other interests: God, family and friends Amusement parks, especially anything Disney Geocaching - placed second cache in San Diego county in 1999 Mountain Rescue - 10 years as team EMT, now ex Community/church theatre sound and lighting Model railroads and trains Embedded systems Video games Anything that's a gadget
Edited: 29 Mar 2009, 11:15 a.m.
Re: others interests of hp calc users - Trent Moseley - 03-30-2009 Hi Geoff, Nice to see your Transoceanic. I got mine in 1969 and everything works just fine except the chart light. Is it fixable?
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Re: others interests of hp calc users - Geoff Quickfall - 03-31-2009 Hi Tony, Google "Zenith, your model number and repairs. ex "zenith d700y repairs" and you will get a number of responses such as these: Good luck with it but I know it is 100% replaceable!
Cheers, Geoff
Re: others interests of hp calc users - Keith Midson - 04-06-2009 Hi from Australia, I consider myself to be weird, not just for collecting HP's. My interests are:
- Windsurfing Most of the above (apart from HP collecting and work of course) has taken a back seat now that i'm married with three children. Interesting that my two eldest boys love playing with my 95LX and 200LX!! I'm thinking of getting a couple of cheap 95LX's for them to keep them happy!
Cheers, |