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Destruction :-) - hp41cx - 07-19-2015 01:08 AM
Only for the strong of heart
RE: Destruction :-) - Paul Berger (Canada) - 07-19-2015 01:34 AM
Hmmm single ones now.. that seller used to sell them in lots of four seems the where used for a military application and where intentionally destroyed.
RE: Destruction :-) - Raymond Del Tondo - 07-19-2015 12:36 PM
(07-19-2015 01:08 AM)hp41cx Wrote: Only for the strong of heartQuote from the auction text:
Quote:"This units is not working it is mainly for part or repair"Actually that former HP-41 is no more than scrap of no sale value, since virtually everything has been destroyed.
One who buys that scrap has to bear the blame;-)
RE: Destruction :-) - Hans Brueggemann - 07-19-2015 01:17 PM
Quote:"This units is not working it is mainly for part or repair" Actually that former HP-41 is no more than scrap of no sale value, since virtually everything has been destroyed.
One who buys that scrap has to bear the blame;-)
that's partly correct. i managed to salvage the time modules from them. they make for an excellent HP-41CL Time Module Implant
wouldn't buy them for $65, though.
hans
RE: Destruction :-) - Paul Berger (Canada) - 07-19-2015 02:45 PM
I got 2 good CX display units, a plug-in EPROM and usable keyboard and case components, as well as the time modules Hans mentions above. Seller would always post lots of good pictures and by carefully examining them I was able to get a good idea what I might be able to salvage from them.
RE: Destruction :-) - anetzer - 07-19-2015 06:18 PM
(07-19-2015 01:17 PM)Hans Brueggemann Wrote: that's partly correct. i managed to salvage the time modules from them. they make for an excellent HP-41CL Time Module Implant
wouldn't buy them for $65, though.
I got one from that source for exactly that purpose.
I have to concur that they where purposefully destroyed and also believe they where used for some sort of military purpose. Nothing special inside, so I guess they did it "just to make sure..."
Wonders of the military mind.