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Do you think it is an HP calc on this NASA engineer's table? - factor - 06-29-2015 03:04 PM

At 28:34
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJxwWpaGoJs

HP-48S??

RE: Do you think it is an HP calc on this NASA engineer's table? - Dave Britten - 06-29-2015 03:50 PM

(06-29-2015 03:04 PM)factor Wrote:  At 28:34
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJxwWpaGoJs

HP-48S??

It's a 48G, 48GX, or 48G+. Can't tell for sure without a better look at the plate above the screen.

RE: Do you think it is an HP calc on this NASA engineer's table? - TASP - 06-29-2015 05:26 PM

It's not like TI could have got us to Pluto . . .


Wink

RE: Do you think it is an HP calc on this NASA engineer's table? - Jlouis - 06-29-2015 07:49 PM

(06-29-2015 03:04 PM)factor Wrote:  At 28:34
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJxwWpaGoJs

HP-48S??

I couldn't be more proud of my 48's

RE: Do you think it is an HP calc on this NASA engineer's table? - TASP - 06-30-2015 01:26 AM

For the young whippersnappers that stop by here, an HP65 went up on ASTP and HP41flew on some early shuttle flights.

Yea !!

RE: Do you think it is an HP calc on this NASA engineer's table? - toml_12953 - 06-30-2015 06:09 PM

(06-29-2015 05:26 PM)TASP Wrote:  It's not like TI could have got us to Pluto . . .


Wink

I don't wanna go to Pluto! I wanna go to a PLANET! Smile

Tom L

RE: Do you think it is an HP calc on this NASA engineer's table? - TASP - 06-30-2015 07:08 PM

into the abyss . . .

;(

RE: Do you think it is an HP calc on this NASA engineer's table? - Don Shepherd - 06-30-2015 08:04 PM

(06-30-2015 01:26 AM)TASP Wrote:  For the young whippersnappers that stop by here, an HP65 went up on ASTP and HP41flew on some early shuttle flights.

Yea !!

If anyone ever comes across a listing of the actual keystroke HP-65 programs that went into space with the calculator, please post them here. I've been trying to find those listings for at least a decade, without success. I even got through to Sol Liebergot, the member of Gene Kranz's White team who determined how serious the Apollo 13 problem was, and he couldn't find them either.

I have seen some NASA flight documentation from ASTP that mentions the HP-65 but it does not include any program documentation, unfortunately.

If anyone lives near Houston and has access to the Manned Spacecraft Center library, I'll bet those listings exist somewhere within that structure, but it would probably take a lot of digging to find them.

RE: Do you think it is an HP calc on this NASA engineer's table? - Jlouis - 06-30-2015 09:23 PM

(06-30-2015 08:04 PM)Don Shepherd Wrote:  
(06-30-2015 01:26 AM)TASP Wrote:  For the young whippersnappers that stop by here, an HP65 went up on ASTP and HP41flew on some early shuttle flights.

Yea !!

If anyone ever comes across a listing of the actual keystroke HP-65 programs that went into space with the calculator, please post them here. I've been trying to find those listings for at least a decade, without success. I even got through to Sol Liebergot, the member of Gene Kranz's White team who determined how serious the Apollo 13 problem was, and he couldn't find them either.

I have seen some NASA flight documentation from ASTP that mentions the HP-65,s but in does not include any program documentation, unfortunately.

If anyone lives near Houston and has access to the Manned Spacecraft Center library, I'll bet those listings exist somewhere within that structure, but it would probably take a lot of digging to find them.

I second that for the program used in HP 41 in space shuttle flights,

I hope next year I can get a 65...

I guess there's some space shuttle Simulator out there (x-plane?) For have some fun with a calculator!

JL

RE: Do you think it is an HP calc on this NASA engineer's table? - BruceH - 07-04-2015 10:29 AM

(06-30-2015 08:04 PM)Don Shepherd Wrote:  
(06-30-2015 01:26 AM)TASP Wrote:  For the young whippersnappers that stop by here, an HP65 went up on ASTP and HP41flew on some early shuttle flights.

Yea !!

If anyone ever comes across a listing of the actual keystroke HP-65 programs that went into space with the calculator, please post them here.

You could try asking the owner of this HP Calculators and Space Exploration website?

RE: Do you think it is an HP calc on this NASA engineer's table? - Don Shepherd - 07-04-2015 11:15 AM

(07-04-2015 10:29 AM)BruceH Wrote:  
(06-30-2015 08:04 PM)Don Shepherd Wrote:  If anyone ever comes across a listing of the actual keystroke HP-65 programs that went into space with the calculator, please post them here.

You could try asking the owner of this HP Calculators and Space Exploration website?

Thanks Bruce. I haven't seen that site before. I'll ask the guy.
Don

RE: Do you think it is an HP calc on this NASA engineer's table? - Dave Britten - 07-04-2015 02:57 PM

(07-04-2015 10:29 AM)BruceH Wrote:  
(06-30-2015 08:04 PM)Don Shepherd Wrote:  If anyone ever comes across a listing of the actual keystroke HP-65 programs that went into space with the calculator, please post them here.

You could try asking the owner of this HP Calculators and Space Exploration website?

There's some pretty fascinating stuff on that site. I always marvel at stories of using humble pocket calculators to avoid getting time on the mainframe and waiting for turnaround of results. It's effectively the birth of personal computing (especially considering HP coined that term with the 65).

RE: Do you think it is an HP calc on this NASA engineer's table? - Don Shepherd - 07-04-2015 03:22 PM

(07-04-2015 10:29 AM)BruceH Wrote:  
(06-30-2015 08:04 PM)Don Shepherd Wrote:  If anyone ever comes across a listing of the actual keystroke HP-65 programs that went into space with the calculator, please post them here.

You could try asking the owner of this HP Calculators and Space Exploration website?

Looks like no luck from the guy at that site. Here is his reply:

Quote:Hello Don,

Unfortunately no. Your best bet might still be NASA.

Good luck!

The search continues.

RE: Do you think it is an HP calc on this NASA engineer's table? - Jamieson - 07-21-2015 02:24 AM

That's gotta be a 48G or GX. Love it!

It's fun to see the '48 reviews on Amazon. The thing came out 20+ years ago and still people are posting glowing reviews.

What a gem that instrument is. OK, I suspect I'm preaching to the choir here...

jamieson

RE: Do you think it is an HP calc on this NASA engineer's table? - Thomas Radtke - 07-21-2015 06:12 AM

(07-21-2015 02:24 AM)Jamieson Wrote:  What a gem that instrument is.
Yes. RPL will be missed for sure.