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Further to an earlier posting, Method to the madness! - Geoff Quickfall - 03-16-2010 Earlier this month the qestion was asked: "is more valuable a 41cx broken calculator than a good one?" As the person that purchased the HP-41CX I can let you in on the reasoning. The same seller was also auctioning the following HP-41C parts which I purchased for 122 USd:
1. two HP-41CV boards Combine this with the HP-41CX not working auction for 98 USd. This calculator in fact was working but had an HP-41C bottom shell and HP-41CX top shell. Also the not working part was the connection between the module i/o block and the keyboard pca. Cleaned the contacts and it is now fully functional. Also, I have Roger Hills original HP-41C with all the bugs and a bad LCD driver and Gene Wrights HP-41C with all the bugs and a bad ram chip. After testing the parts auction I now am able to:
- replace Genes Ram chip (which will be returned to the owner) so for approximately 200 USd I will have:
- six functional HP-41xx's (two being returned as fixed to The moral is, sometimes auctions aren't all they appear!
Cheers, Geoff Edited: 16 Mar 2010, 1:27 p.m.
Re: Further to an earlier posting, Method to the madness! - Gene Wright - 03-16-2010 Geoff the magnificent wrote: "After testing the parts auction I now am able to: - replace Genes Ram chip (which will be returned to the owner)"
Gene: Yay! My baby will soon be home. Do tell me what I owe you.
Woohoo... and this news on my BIRTHDAY as well. Makes getting older more fun.
Re: Further to an earlier posting, Method to the madness! - Michael Meyer - 03-16-2010 Very nice work, Geoff. Very nice follow-up!
Re: Further to an earlier posting, Method to the madness! - BruceH - 03-16-2010 Quote:I think Gene will want the 41 back, not the ram chip. ;-) Re: Further to an earlier posting, Method to the madness! - Marcus von Cube, Germany - 03-16-2010 Congrats on your birthday, Gene!
Re: Further to an earlier posting, Method to the madness! - Geoff Quickfall - 03-16-2010 Thanks Bruce!! Did not think that anyone would catch that (or) just bad grammer on my part.
Cheers
Re: Further to an earlier posting, Method to the madness! - Massimo Gnerucci (Italy) - 03-17-2010 Gene, congratulations from a fellow 3.16er!! |