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Monday, February 1, 2021
CONTEXT: Forty-nine Years Ago Today: The Hewlett-Packard HP-35 Calculator
49 years ago #Today, Hewlett-Packard introduced the first scientific hand-held calculator, the HP-35 https://t.co/Rr1VBMIrYi pic.twitter.com/kjTuJVIGaP
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) February 1, 2021
This is the first item of personal electronic technology I really salivated over owning. I couldn't afford one, and didn't own an H-P calculator until I bought an HP-45 around 1974. If you want to savour the magic this was, here is a highly-authentic HP-35 Emulator in JavaScript that runs in your Web browser.
Posted at February 1, 2021 16:00