I was watching TV's "History Channel" about our first space shuttle in 1981. That was before the HP-15C! And then I remember in HP's Key-Notes a photo showing the Astronauts on board with an HP-67.
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Just a few Thoughts on Times Past
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06-18-2003, 11:23 PM
I was watching TV's "History Channel" about our first space shuttle in 1981. That was before the HP-15C! And then I remember in HP's Key-Notes a photo showing the Astronauts on board with an HP-67. tm
06-18-2003, 11:47 PM
IIRC, the first on-board nav computer contained a whopping 4k of plated wire memory so the HP was a pretty powerful backup!
06-19-2003, 12:03 AM
FYI, the shuttle astronauts did not use the HP-67, but the HP-41c.
06-19-2003, 02:55 AM
when they launched the shuttle, that's when the HP-34C was a hot new item .... where's the exit door, I wanna go back to the good old days ...
06-19-2003, 07:54 AM
"I wanna go back to the good old days ..." I know exactly what Norm means. Too often I feel exactly that same way. The Michael Meyer post a bit higher in this Forum reinforces this notion. Larry
06-19-2003, 08:04 AM
I think that the HP65 (or maybe -67) was used in the Apollo-Soyuz rendezvous.
06-19-2003, 03:16 PM
Whatever. How would you like THAT ONE in your collection! tm |
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