NEW: HP 15C Collectors Edition

[Thomas Radtke]

Got mine today, keyboard works as expected. Feels like the LE without the bouncing. Quite happy :-). Is there a protective foil on the bezel?

#845

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The sleeve is nice, too. Very soft and structured. Manual can be read without glasses.

[Voldemar]

(08-02-2023 05:29 PM)Thomas Radtke Wrote:  Is there a protective foil on the bezel?

No

[Divasson]

(08-02-2023 05:16 PM)redglyph Wrote:  I've seen the speculations earlier in this thread, but has there been any confirmation of the CPU used for the Collector's Edition? Is it the same as the current HP-12C?

I'm curious, but not enough to disassemble it.

It is the same CPU. The firmware was tested on current production HP12c.

[Valentin Albillo]

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Hey, Gerson !

(08-02-2023 02:10 AM)Gerson W. Barbosa Wrote:  I received an email from Packlink Spain this afternoon saying my HP-15C CE is due to arrive in a week [...]

Great, congratulations !! I feel real happy for you, you're in for a very good time !

And quite fast for an international delivery to Brazil, lots of water between Spain and your home country.

Quote:( ¡ Muchas gracias, Señor Divassón ! )

Indeed, those many thanks are fully deserved.

Most people here probably don't realize that José G. Divasson's The Calculator Store is essentially a one- or two-person show, just he and his wife, so they're probably working day and night to ship ASAP the ~ 1,000 HP-15C CE's packages to their anxiously expectant customers (like yourself and me,) properly packaged and using a fast, reliable carrier.

He deserves every credit he gets and more. This is what happens when such sizable operations are in the hands of people who've been enthusiastically and lovingly involved with HP vintage calculators for decades, sparing no effort. Hats off to them.

Quote:[...] I remember he liked it very much while in college, because no one would ever borrow his calculator :-)

I can understand their feelings: most AOS people would never borrow an RPN calculator, and most RPN people would never borrow an abo.. an RPL calculator ...

Best regards and enjoy to the max your HP-15C CE when it arrives next Tuesday. The CE is sure to pleasingly surprise you !

V.

[Chr Yoko]

Just received mine next to Paris a few minutes ago from UPS.
I would like to thanks very much José (The Calculator Store) for his fantastic logistic organization. He will need to take some rest after that crazy weeks ;-)

Packaging is more than perfect, bullet-proof, and the 15CE is just amazing :
- CE package is like for a luxury watch box
- OEM vinyl pouch is very good also
- but i got the "special edition José leather pouch" in addition. excellent feel
- The included paper manual is amazing
- Last but not least , the HP15CE feels great, keyboard, screen, printings, speed : all is perfect to me

Thanks very much to all the people involved into that "revival" project !
A must for those still on the fence to order one.

[ctrclckws]

Expecting delivery today, or tomorrow, from The Calculator Store.
From Barcelona, via DHL, to Leipzig, to NYC, to New Jersey.

Thank you Divasson.

S/N: 197 by the way

[laurent_maury]

Hello all, I just received my 15C CE (#273 => 3 X 7 X 13, which is the product of 2 X 3 X 5 X 7 X 11 X 13).

Excellent keyboard feel, easy-to-read screen, excellent build quality, outstanding, easy-to-read user manual, superb introduction to the 15C CE's "parents"... 1 intense night of use: no keyboard problems, no operating bugs. Superb machine. Thanks to Jose from The Calculator Store. Great job, very friendly and very professional. Hats off to him!

Laurent, Brest, France

[redglyph]

(08-02-2023 08:01 PM)Divasson Wrote:  

(08-02-2023 05:16 PM)redglyph Wrote:  I've seen the speculations earlier in this thread, but has there been any confirmation of the CPU used for the Collector's Edition? Is it the same as the current HP-12C?

I'm curious, but not enough to disassemble it.

It is the same CPU. The firmware was tested on current production HP12c.

Makes sense. Thanks!

[rprosperi]

(08-02-2023 04:41 PM)Maximilian Hohmann Wrote:  got my parcel from Spain today :-) I opened the package containing serial number 262 (an interesting number for an aviator, although I am not so much interestested in military stuff, but still...). The other one I leave untouced for the time being, if the serial number are consecutive it is eiter #261 or #263 (prime). Let's wait and see how long I can withstand the urge to open it and have a look!

Hi Max. If you plan to keep unit #2 un-opened as a collection-only item, you should open it, once, to remove the batteries, which come installed. Although the likelihood of CR2032 cells leaking is small, no need to take a chance when it is easily avoided. Maybe use gloves to avoid leaving fingerprints on any surface.

And while removing the cells, sneak a peek at the serial number to find out if adjacent. I'm a very active student of WWII Luftwaffe planes and I find S/N 262 very cool. 109 or 190 would be a bit better, 335 or 219 better still, and 152 the best, but they are what they are...

[ThomasF]

Got my CE some 2 hours ago, directly from Spain, thanks José!

Now I need time to explore this new marvel!
Well the 15C I know very well since I got my first one almost 43 years ago, but I just noticed that there are some "hidden" features in the CE ...

Apparently the developers made use of the new hardware and more memory - there seems to be at least 3 different calculators in one package!

I had my weekend planned - now I need time to start mapping the keys to the "HP-16CE" mode and the other one!

   

Thanks again for the never ending joy these small machines brings along!

Edit: Added photo ...

Cheers,
Thomas

[rprosperi]

(08-03-2023 01:55 PM)ThomasF Wrote:  I had my weekend planned - now I need time to start mapping the keys to the "HP-16CE" mode and the other one!

You tease....

[MarkB]

(08-03-2023 01:55 PM)ThomasF Wrote:  the "HP-16CE" mode

Wait…what?!?

?

[Gene]

Posted a sticky thread at the top of the General Forum about any hidden things that might be found in the HP-15c CE.

Please read.

[ThomasF]

Yes, read the note from Gene before exploring more.

Finding the calculator mode switch (15 <-> 16) was easy, almost mentioned in the manual ...

Warning: I already had to open the battery compartment to do a hard reset since the calculator "died" using the 16CE-mode.
Can try later to repeat, but I think I entered floating point mode (from HEX), then tried to change radix mode ([ON]/[.]) when the calculator went into deep sleep with display off (haven't tried again).

Hard reset brought it back ... so definitely NOMAS.

Edit: Yes, I could repeat the problem, enter 16CE mode, Float 2, then OFF and then [ON]/[.].
After that I had to do Reset again.
So probably the [ON]/[x] commands doesn't work in the other calculator modes.


Cheers,
Thomas

[Raymond Del Tondo]

(08-03-2023 04:06 PM)ThomasF Wrote:  Yes, read the note from Gene before exploring more.

Finding the calculator mode switch (15 <-> 16) was easy, almost mentioned in the manual ...

Found 16C mode, too:-)
However the third mode (15.2 , if this is a mode at all;-) shows a massive different MEM display. If it doesn't have a name already, I'd call it BigMem mode:-)

[Divasson]

This is where a good overlay could come handy:

   

(designed and ordered a batch - it will arrive later in August)

[ThomasF]

(08-03-2023 05:40 PM)Raymond Del Tondo Wrote:  Found 16C mode, too:-)

Great!

Yes, saw that too, but so far I haven't checked the BigMem mode yet, so I've only seen the mem-display.
But I noticed that the (really) high number decreased when I entered a small program ...
Something to dig into ...

For the 16CE it looks like a real emulation of the 16C, with slightly increased memory (apart from the [ON]/[x] key combinations) and of course the high speed!

Happy hunting ...

Cheers,
Thomas

[ThomasF]

(08-03-2023 05:50 PM)Divasson Wrote:  This is where a good overlay could come handy:



(designed and ordered a batch - it will arrive later in August)

Great news José! Will keep an eye open then!

And thanks again for your support and dedicated work!

Cheers,
Thomas

[J-F Garnier]

(08-03-2023 05:40 PM)Raymond Del Tondo Wrote:  However the third mode (15.2 , if this is a mode at all;-) shows a massive different MEM display. If it doesn't have a name already, I'd call it BigMem mode:-)

(08-03-2023 05:56 PM)ThomasF Wrote:  I noticed that the (really) high number decreased when I entered a small program ...
Something to dig into ...

Try to reset the calculator after switching to the 'BigMem' mode, and check again MEM.
If I'm not wrong, it may clarify things.

J-F

[Divasson]

AFAIK the move from 15 to 15.2 keeps the whole memory as it was. The reverse is not true, obviously. However, resetting is good procedure just in case.

The original firmware only guarantees inverting matrix of up to 8x8. Therefore we need a method to invert up to 13x13. Valentiiiiiiiiiiiín ! We need you !