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I've been wondering just how many different plug in modules there are for the HP-41. I've seen some unusual ones showing up in some of the ads. The USPS one and the GMAC one are two I've seen lately. I can figure out that the GMAC is probally loan or lease calculations, but what in the world did the USPS use a module for - calculating postal rates?
Has anyone made a list of all the different types? It'd be nice to have a list of which person has which modules and especially if they have a manual. That way when we run across an odd module, we'd know who might have a manual that we could possibly get a copy of. It'd be great if the manuals could be scanned and PDF so others could enjoy them.
I'm more of an user than a collector. Is it possible that some of the more odd modules could be dumped to rom image files so that we could play with them on the PC emulators? I'd love to see what these modules actually do.
Bill Hemphill
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Advantage module,
Auto Start/Duplication ROM,
Aviation,
CCD Module,
Circuit Analysis,
Clinical Lab/Nuclear Med.,
DEL. SERV. 1,
DevIL ROM,
EDUCALC MODULE SERVICE,
Extended Functions,
Extended Memory,
Extended I/O,
Financial Decisions,
Forecaster2,
Games,
GMAC auto finance module,
HEPAX Module,
Home Management,
HP-IL Development module,
Infrared Module,
Machine Design,
Mathematics,
Math/Stat,
Medical Securities,
Memory module,
MONITOR 1A,
Navigation,
Nuclear Weapons Air Burst Effects module,
PANAME ROM,
Petroleum Fluids,
Plotter Module,
PPC ROM,
Quad Memory Module,
racehorse handycapping module,
Real Estate,
rs232 interface / il pod,
Securities,
Standard Apps,
Statistics,
Stress Analysis,
Structural Analysis,
Sup-R-Rom surveying module,
Surveying,
surveyors co op,
Thermal & Transport Sci.,
Time Module,
ZenROM,
3421 Control Module
I think there are more than this.
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Where I have listed a pair of names, the second name is what shows up in CATalog 2. The last two modules I can not find around here, at the moment. Some I have that may not be on the list:
THOMSROM 1
HANDY COMPACT
(does not catalog)
SUP-R-ROM
FORECAST 1
*FORECASTER
RACETRACK
SPEED MACHINE II
SM II
SUN SHOOTER 41TH Co-op Module
CO-OP ROM
AECROM
INSULIN DOSAGE COMPUTER
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Thanks Ty & Chris.
I've started an Excel Spreadsheet of the various modules. If you don't mind, could you e-mail me whatever you have on each module for inclusion in the list:
Module name
Part Number
Manufacturer
Cat 2 Name
Manual Avail?
Short Description of what module does
I'm also going through the Educalc Catalog #29 and including any module I find there.
Thanks for your Help.
Bill Hemphill
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I also started to create a list of all known modules.. You can download them on my homepage:
http://www.hp-collection.org/ (also in english)
Please feel free to send me a mail with additions or corrections..
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Some more:
SKWIDBC Skwid Ink SKWIDBC Bar Code Generation Module
(And there is a "plus" Version of this, any of these around?)
HP 82500A-S01 ASTRO*ROM, E&K SURV INC, ID31 USA
HP 82508A-S07 ASTRO*ROM2, EKS SURV INC, ID 31 SINGAPORE
HP 82500B-E32 TOPO-SURVEY, DEMOPOULOS, ID 21/31 USA
HP 82500B-E33 T.M-GEODETIC, DEMOPOULOS, ID 9/10 USA
HP 82500B-E76 SCHENK MODUL, DELIUSKLASING, ID 21/31
All custom modules made by HP have a number of 82500x-xxx,
so it would be nice if all of You could give this number always to the module name, this makes identification much easier.
The Skwid Ink Barcode Module is a "burned" module, so it has
no HP part number.
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GMAC has ver I, II, III. Also: AstroROM, OB/GYN
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Hi;
I have a few HP41 devices and modules, and sometimes I load a program that generates a NONEXISTENT message; usually, a XROM mm,ff (mm - module #, ff - function #) appears and I have to remember what the h... module/device was that I used to write the program.
An upgradable list with module name, available functions and XROM mm,ff would be a good source of information. Mostly if we want to write a program and generate a barcode for it, and the program listings contain XROM functions and we do not have the module connected to the calculator so we cannot check for the number. That almost the opposite of loading a program with functions available in modules that are not connected.
Ty Rogers posted a list (except for the last one, it's in alphabetical order) with a lot of module names, and I'd like to know also which functions they have and what are their XROM #. I have the X-Functions/Memory, Navigation, Financial, HPIL and X-IO, plus Reader, Printer and Wand. For these I have the list and I can post them here. But I think that having a common place for this list would help much.
Is there any location in the Internet that has them? If not, Dave, what about having a place for this permanent/growing list at the museum? Just an idea.
Best regards.
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