Introducing the HP-65?

[SlideRule]

An excerpt from Electronic Design, v21 i25 1973/12/06. page 40.
ps: archive org for original


Next: A programmable HP pocket calculator

" A pocket-sized programmable calculator that contains a magnetic card reader is under development at Hewlett-Packard and may be placed on the market in about six months.
  The new calculator, expected to be called the HP-65, is said to contain a random-access memory and to be programmed by magnetic cards about the size of chewing-gum sticks. Peter Nelson, sales promotion manager for HP's Advanced Products Div. in Cupertino, Calif., while declining to give details, confirms that HP is working on a portable programmable calculator and that it will be available in about six months.
  The HP-65 is expected to be the same size as the company's other scientific calculators ― the HP-35 and the HP-45. Prototypes of the HP-65 have been seen at the company's Cupertino plant, and reports are that the calculator may sell for about $500.
 While the new calculator will be programmable, it is not expected to be capable of originating programs. Instead, preprogrammed cards of basic applications would be made available by HP either free or at a nominal cost. Later HP may offer separate programmers. "

An interesting conclusion concerning programs & programming, considering the article is posted in a magazine for engineers and engineering managers

BEST!
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edit: inserted lost pronoun

[Namir]

i learned about the H-65 in late summer of 1974 when my brother showed me a two page ad for the calculator in a French business magazine, I WAS HOOKED on HP calculators!! I ended up buying an HP-55 in the summer of 1975 (August 22, 1975 to be exact).

Namir

[toml_12953]

(09-14-2023 06:58 PM)SlideRule Wrote:  it is not expected to be capable of originating programs. Instead, preprogrammed cards of basic applications would be made available by HP either free or at a nominal cost. Later HP may offer separate programmers.

So much for rumors! The 65 was definitely capable of "originating" programs!

[Matt Agajanian]

(09-14-2023 08:05 PM)Namir Wrote:  i learned about the H-65 in late summer of 1974 when my brother showed me a two page ad for the calculator in a French business magazine, I WAS HOOKED on HP calculators!! I ended up buying an HP-55 in the summer of 1975 (August 22, 1975 to be exact).

Namir

It’s 1975 once again. So, here’s a Congratulations from 1975

[Namir]

(09-14-2023 10:53 PM)Matt Agajanian Wrote:  

(09-14-2023 08:05 PM)Namir Wrote:  i learned about the H-65 in late summer of 1974 when my brother showed me a two page ad for the calculator in a French business magazine, I WAS HOOKED on HP calculators!! I ended up buying an HP-55 in the summer of 1975 (August 22, 1975 to be exact).

Namir

It’s 1975 once again. So, here’s a Congratulations from 1975

Thanks Matt!!! On Wednesday I flew from the Geneva, Switzerland, airport (where I had purchased the HP-55 back then!). So thanks for bringing back the good time!!

[Matt Agajanian]

(09-15-2023 03:35 AM)Namir Wrote:  

(09-14-2023 10:53 PM)Matt Agajanian Wrote:  It’s 1975 once again. So, here’s a Congratulations from 1975

Thanks Matt!!! On Wednesday I flew from the Geneva, Switzerland, airport (where I had purchased the HP-55 back then!). So thanks for bringing back the good time!!

You’re welcome. I’m sure you had a ball!