List of HP 48SX & 48GX cards

[Chris Dreher]

Is there a list being maintained that contains all known HP 48SX and 48GX RAM and ROM cards?

I've seen lists of library IDs from libraries that have been copied from various ROM cards, but not the cards themselves. There are a lot of cards for sale on eBay, especially surveying and construction.

Some examples:

• HP "128KB RAM" Card part# 82215A
• HP "HP Solve Equation" Library part# 82211A
• HP "48SX Demonstration" part# 00048-80024
• Sparcom "Mathematics Pac" (no part#)
  

[JDW]

The following is not a comprehensive list, but it's longer than your list. :-)

http://www.samsoncables.com/catalog/prod...tegoryid=7

Also note the above list excludes newer RAM cards sold on EBAY.

If there is a comprehensive list, I too would love to see that.

[Didier Lachieze]

You can find some information about the Sparcom cards here and here.

[JDW]

Another related question at this point would be, how many of the optional cards for the 48GX became a part of the basic feature set of the 50g?

[cruff]

Casino 48 games card by Preston Brown Labs, 1990

[Chris Dreher]

Cool. Thanks for the info.

This prompted me to dig up some old paper EduCALC catalogs that were buried. Combining those with the lists below and with eBay, here is the exhaustive list I was able to put together. This list isn't perfect and there are likely mistakes, but I have included everything I could find. Some of the names came from EduCALC so I am not 100% sure that the name is correct. In other words, some items might have actually sold under another name elsewhere in the list. Please comment on any mistakes or improvements.

RAM Cards:

• Hewlett-Packard (HP) ~ "32KB RAM" ~ part# 82214A
• Hewlett-Packard (HP) ~ "128KB RAM" ~ part# 82215A
• Hewlett-Packard (HP) ~ "1MB RAM" ~ part# 82216A
• CMT ~ "128K SRAM" ~
• Epson ~ 128KB RAM ~
• GRID ~ 1MB ~ 39003-00
• KLOTZ Electronic ~ 4MB RAM ~ ~ Modern implementation
• Miketech ~ 128KB RAM ~ ~ Modern implementation by Michael Kemper
• Nikon ~ 128KB ~ Data Card ~ Appears to be re-branded CMT 48 128KB card
• Norand Data Systems ~ 128KB RAM ~ 850-488-000
• Norand Data Systems ~ 256KB RAM ~ 850-488-001
• RAMSS ~ 512KB RAM
• slvr00gt ~ 1MB RAM ~ ~ Sold by slvr00gt on eBay, modern implementation
• slvr00gt ~ 2MB RAM ~ ~ Sold by slvr00gt on eBay, modern implementation
• slvr00gt ~ 4MB RAM ~ ~ Sold by slvr00gt on eBay, modern implementation
• slvr00gt ~ 128KB FRAM ~ ~ No battery required, sold by slvr00gt on eBay, modern implementation
• slvr00gt ~ 512KB FRAM ~ ~ No battery required, sold by slvr00gt on eBay, modern implementation
• Smith Corona ~ 32KB RAM ~
• Sparcom ~ Pocket Professional 512KB RAM ~ ~ Assuming Sparcom since "Pocket Professional" trademarked
• Surveyors Module Inc (SMI) ~ 256KB ~ ~ Looks like HP casing with SMI stickers on it.
• Surveyors Module Inc (SMI) ~ 512KB ~
• Surveyors Module Inc (SMI) ~ 1MB ~
• Tripod Data Systems (TDS) ~ 128KB ~
• Tripod Data Systems (TDS) ~ 256KB ~
• Tripod Data Systems (TDS) ~ 256KB GX ~
• Tripod Data Systems (TDS) ~ 512KB ~
• Tripod Data Systems (TDS) ~ 1MB ~ ~ Has label variants with and without battery and switch instructions
  

Note1: unless noted, it is expected that 128KB and lower is SX/GX compatible while 256KB and higher is GX-only.
Note2: I am not sure whether slvr00gt is a manufacturer or just a seller.

Education (math/physics/chemistry):

• Hewlett-Packard (HP) ~ "HP Solve Equation" Library ~ part# 82211A and 82211B ~ "B" version added Tetris
• Academic Press/John Holland ~ "Math Library General Application Programs" ~ ~ "An introduction to symbolic and complex computation with applications"
• Academic Press/John Holland ~ "HP 48SX Engineering Mathematics Library" or "MATHLIB" ~ ~ Included 632 page hardcover book
• Bringslid ~ "Calculus Pac" ~ ~ Comes with vector analysis. ot the same as "Calculus Geometry Pac"
• Bringslid ~ "Calculus Mathematics I ver 3.0 Pac" / "HS/College Math Pac" ~ ~ In Italy, this was by Smart Technology with name "Calculus Mathematik I ver 3.0"
• Bringslid ~ "Calculus Mathematics II ver 2.0 Pac" ~ ~ In Italy, this was by Smart Technology with name "Calculus Mathematik II ver 2.0"
• Bringslid ~ "Calculus Geometry Pac" ~ ~
• Bringslid ~ "University Math II Pac" ~ ~ Came in SX-only and GX-only variants
• Bringslid ~ "Professional Extension Math II Pac" ~ ~ Came in SX-only and GX-only variants
• E.Z. Software ~ "E.Z. Arithmetic" ~
• E.Z. Software ~ "E.Z. Algebra" ~
• E.Z. Software ~ "E.Z. Math" ~
• Maubert ~ "BTS 96 Math +" ~ ~ GX-only, might be libraries on a RAM card with manual switch set to read-only mode
• MicroNation ~ "VERBB" ~ ~ Circuit analysis
• Più Impresa ~ Astronomy
• Più Impresa ~ Calculus vol 1 ~ 00048-013128
• Più Impresa ~ Math - statistic and utilities ~ 00048-009128
• Più Impresa ~ Mathematical formulas ~ 00048-19128
• Sparcom ~ "Calculus Pac" ~ 10111-1A
• Sparcom ~ "General Chemistry Application Pac" ~ 10052-1A ~ over 150 equations
• Sparcom ~ "General Chemistry Reference Pac" ~ 10062-1A ~ over 3000 entries
• Sparcom ~ "Electrical Engineering Application Pac" ~ 10051-1A ~ over 350 entries
• Sparcom ~ "Electrical Engineering Reference Pac" ~ 10061-1A ~ over 3000 entries
• Sparcom ~ "EE Pro" ~ 10211-1A ~ over 1000 entries
• Sparcom ~ "Mathematics Pac" ~ 10071-1A
• Sparcom ~ "Math Pro" ~ 10201-1A
• Sparcom ~ "Physics Pac" ~ 10091-1A
• Sparcom ~ "Solid State Electronics Pac" ~ 10501-1A
• Sparcom ~ "Spice48 Pac" ~ 10511-1A
• Sparcom ~ "Statistics Pac" ~ 10101-1A
• Survey's Module Inc (SMI) ~ "E.Z. Arithmetic" ~ ~ Likely the same as E.Z. Software's card
• Survey's Module Inc (SMI) ~ "E.Z. Algebra" ~ ~ Likely the same as E.Z. Software's card
• Survey's Module Inc (SMI) ~ "E.Z. Math" ~ ~ Likely the same as E.Z. Software's card
• Survey's Module Inc (SMI) ~ "Group Matrix 1.0" ~
• Vectorsoft ~ EQation Xpert ~
  

Construction:

• RAMSS ~ "Party Chief TOPO" ~
• Chotkeh ~ "Civil Engineering" ~
• Chotkey ~ "Electrical Engineering Review" ~ "PE EE"
• Chotkeh ~ "Engineering Fundamentals Review" ~ EIT-FE
• Chotkeh ~ Land Surveying Review Software ~ FLS-PLS
• Chotkeh ~ "Mechanical Engineering Review" ~ PE-ME
• D'Zign ~ Australian Surveying Pac ~
• Linn Pallesen ~ Structural Math Pack ~
• Magellan Corporation ~ "Sokkia Locus" ~ 600573 ~ GX-only, looks like a Sparcom card with a sticker on it.
• Nikon ~ DR-48 ~ ~ Data collector and surveying
• Più Impresa ~ Civil engineering vol 1 ~ 00048-003128
• Più Impresa ~ Civil engineering vol 2
• Più Impresa ~ Civil engineering vol 3 ~ 00048-016032
• Più Impresa ~ Civil engineering vol 4 ~ 00048-007128
• Più Impresa ~ Electronic engineering vol 1 ~ 00048-015032
• Più Impresa ~ Spider ~ 00048-003032 ~ Electronics
• Più Impresa ~ Thermal insulation ~ 00048-018032
• Più Impresa ~ Topography vol 1 ~ 00048-012032 ~ surveyor software
• Più Impresa ~ Topography vol 2 ~ surveyor software
• RAMSS ~ "Student COGO Surveying Software" ~ ~ Early version had B/W label and omitted "Surveying Software" from name
• Sparcom ~ "Mechanical Engineering Pac" / "Mechanical Engineering Application Pac" ~ 10053-1A ~ over 3000 entries
• Sparcom ~ "Mechanical Engineering Reference Pac" ~ 10063-1A ~ over 300 entries
• Sparcom ~ "Structural Analysis Pac" ~ 10200-1A
• Surveyors Module Inc (SMI) ~ "Civil Engineering Card" ~ 48CE
• Surveyors Module Inc (SMI) ~ "Construction 1 Card" ~
• Surveyors Module Inc (SMI) ~ "Construction Five" ~ 48CVC
• Surveyors Module Inc (SMI) ~ "Construction Five Enhanced" ~ 48CVCE
• Surveyors Module Inc (SMI) ~ "Construction Five Card" ~ CVCE V6
• Surveyors Module Inc (SMI) ~ "Basic COGO" ~ 48BC
• Surveyors Module Inc (SMI) ~ "Basic COGO" ~ BCE V6
• Surveyors Module Inc (SMI) ~ "Basic COGO Enhanced Surveying Card" ~ 48 BCE
• Surveyors Module Inc (SMI) ~ "Standard COGO" ~ 48SCE
• Surveyors Module Inc (SMI) ~ "Standard COGO" ~ SCE V7
• Surveyors Module Inc (SMI) ~ "Standard Coordinate Geometry Surveying Card Enhanced" ~ 48SC ~ The word "Enhanced" is ink stamped on the label. This particular card might have been 48SCE ROM with a 48SC sticker to save money.
• Surveyors Module Inc (SMI) ~ "Advanced COGO Surveying Card" ~ 48AC
• Surveyors Module Inc (SMI) ~ "Advanced COGO Enhanced Surveying Card" ~ 48ACE
• Surveyors Module Inc (SMI) ~ "Data Collection" ~ 48DC
• Surveyors Module Inc (SMI) ~ "Data Collection" ~ DCE V6 ~ GX-only
• Surveyors Module Inc (SMI) ~ "Data Collection Enhanced" ~ 48 DCE
• Surveyors Module Inc (SMI) ~ "Data Collection and Construction Five Enhanced Surveying Version" ~ 48 DC/CVCE
• Surveyors Module Inc (SMI) ~ "Data Collection and Construction Five Enhanced DOT Version" ~ 48 DOT
• Surveyors Module Inc (SMI) ~ "Data Collection plus Advanced COGO Surveying Card" / "Data Collection & COGO" ~
• Surveyors Module Inc (SMI) ~ "DOT Construction Five Card, version 6" ~ DOT V6
• Surveyors Module Inc (SMI) ~ "DOT Construction Five Card, version 7" ~ DOT CVCE
• Surveyors Module Inc (SMI) ~ "GPS Robotic - Construction Five with GPS and Robotic Support" ~ CVGE GPS/Robotic
• Surveyors Module Inc (SMI) ~ "Quick Map Version 2.5" ~
• Surveyors Module Inc (SMI) ~ "State Plane & UTM Coordinate System plus Geodetic Forward & Inverse" or "48 State Plane" ~
• Surveyors Module Inc (SMI) ~ "Structural Engineering Programming Card" ~ SEPC
• Surveyors Module Inc (SMI) ~ "Structural Engineering Programming Card II" ~ SEPC II ~ The "II" is handwritten and can alternatively appear as "2" instead
• Surveyors Module Inc (SMI) ~ "Structural Engineering Equation Card" ~ SEEC
• Surveyors Module Inc (SMI) ~ "Super Civil Engineering Software" ~ 48 CES
• Surveyors Module Inc (SMI) ~ "Basic Coordinate Geometry" ~ 48C
• Tripod Data Systems (TDS) ~ "Allen Precision Equipment Data Collection Module" ~ APE GX ~ GX-only
• Tripod Data Systems (TDS) ~ "Topcon FC-48 Survey Card" ~ ~ requires additional +128KB RAM card
• Tripod Data Systems (TDS) ~ "Topcon FC-48GX Survey Card" ~ ~ GX-only
• Tripod Data Systems (TDS) ~ "Topcon Controller Card" ~ ~ GX-only, requires +512KB RAM card
• Tripod Data Systems (TDS) ~ "Structural Analysis" ~
• Tripod Data Systems (TDS) ~ "Surveying" ~ ~ Works with SX, requires 128KB RAM card
• Tripod Data Systems (TDS) ~ "Survey GX" ~ ~ GX-only, requires +256KB or +512KB RAM card (conflicting information)
• Tripod Data Systems (TDS) ~ "Survey Pro Card" ~ ~ GX-only or maybe SX-only variant existed, GX-only variant requires +256KB or +512KB card (conflicting information)
• Tripod Data Systems (TDS) ~ "COGO Card" ~ ~ Unknown if only SX, only GX, or both
• Tripod Data Systems (TDS) ~ "COGO GX/SX Card" ~ ~ Differs from "COGO Card" in label, unknown if different code or not
• W&W ~ Surveying Module ~ WW48VM01 ~
  

Note: the "E" at the end of the Surveyors Module Inc (SMI) means "Enhanced"

Misc:

• Hewlett-Packard (HP) ~ "41CV Emulator Application Card" ~ 82210A ~ SX-only, has copyright of Zengrange Inc
• Hewlett-Packard (HP) ~ "48SX Demonstration" ~ 00048-80024
• AP Systems ~ "NAVCOM 48" ~ ~ Marine navigation
• Bringslid ~ "Business Pac" ~
• Bringslid ~ "Flight Navigation System" ~
• Bringslid ~ "Navigation Pac with Ship Loading" ~ ~ Marine navigation
• Datalog ~ "Business Pac" ~
• EduCalc ~ 32KB OTP Card ~ 2286A ~ Send your software to EduCalc to get One Time Programmable card(s)
• EduCalc ~ 128KB OTP Card ~ 2285A ~ Send your software to EduCalc to get One Time Programmable card(s)
• Elgin, Knowles & Senne ~ "Astro*Card" ~ ~ Astronomic calculations, some only good until year 2010. SX-only?
• ForCalc ~ "SmartROM" ~ ~ 32KB ROM of utilities for matrices, lists, and programming, came with disk of misc software ranging from calendars to FFTs to RPL compiler/decompiler.
• greplite ~ Port 41 apps to 48SX ~ ~ EduCALC service that ports your HP 41 apps onto a ROM card with built-in 41CV emulator
• Jan Brittenson ~ "HP 48 MLDL" ~ ~ Machine language disassembler and debugger, improved over Goodies Disk #3
• Mycroft ~ "OptionTrader" ~
• Nikon ~ AIMS-48 ~ ~ Possible accident and crime scene investigation software, not clear
• OpinionMeter ~ ~ ~ Appears to be survey kiosk software
• Più Impresa ~ Ricerca operativa ~ 00048-014128
• Preston Brown Labs ~ "Casino 48 Application Card" ~
• RAMSS ~ "HYDROmate" ~ ~ Pipe flow & storm runoff, serially interfaces with electronic planimeters, SX users must also have 32KB RAM card or larger
• Schwartz-Grevelle ~ "HP 16C Emulator" ~ ~ May be SX-only
• Sparcom ~ "48 Business Pac" ~ 1094-1A F
• Sparcom ~ "Celestial Navigation Pac" ~ 10121-1A ~ Marine navigation
• Sparcom ~ "Games48" ~ 10131-1A ~ Mostly card games, reversi, and similar
• Sparcom ~ "Personal Information Manager Pac" ~ part# 10081-1A
• Survey's Module Inc (SMI) ~ "Zephyr Games Pak I" ~
• Tripod Data Systems (TDS) ~ "Financial Functions" ~
• W&W ~ Assembler/Disassembler Module ~ WW48ASS ~
• Zengrange Inc ~ "Classroom Display for HP 48SX" ~ ~ Card was part of attachment for overhead displays, might have been sold under HP branding
  

References:

• Hewlett-Packard (HP), "Software and Accessories for the HP 48SX", February 1991
• Hewlett-Packard (HP), "Software and Accessories for the HP 48 Family", April 1992, http://cd.textfiles.com/blackphiles/PHIL.../48ACS.TXT
• EduCALC, catalog #57, Fall 1992
• EduCALC, catalog #61, Fall 1993
• HP Museum website forum, topic title "HP 48GX", http://www.hpmuseum.org/forum/thread-247...22211.html, 2016-07-23
• Samson Cables online catalog, section "RAM and Expansion Cards", http://www.samsoncables.com/catalog/prod...tegoryid=7, 2016-07-23
• Enter HP website, http://www.enterhp.com/
• http://ns2.petpeoplesplace.com/petstore/...50803.html
• Hundreds of eBay listings
  

Note to spreadsheet users: this list should be importable into your favorite spreadsheet tool via text. Use the ~ character as the separator. The columns are manufacturer, name(s), part number, and random notes.

[JDW]

Thank you for the detailed post, Chris.

I have heard that some of the old GX card content was incorporated into the 50g, but I would be curious to know if that was in whole (some entire cards) or in part (only some equations from select cards).

[Chris Dreher]

(07-25-2016 05:31 AM)JDW Wrote:  Thank you for the detailed post, Chris.

I have heard that some of the old GX card content was incorporated into the 50g, but I would be curious to know if that was in whole (some entire cards) or in part (only some equations from select cards).

Unfortunately, I don't know the 50g family, but there should be someone one this forum who can answer your question. The only card incorporation I know is that the HP Solve Equation Library card, except for the periodic table, was added to the 48GX when upgrading from the 48SX (which doesn't answer the 50g question).

[Chris Dreher]

Updated the main list with 6 card part numbers from SMI, though the exact titles are not known.

[Didier Lachieze]

SMI surveying cards listed here :

BASIC COORDINATE GEOMETRY 48BC
BASIC COORDINATE GEOMETRY ENHANCED 48BCE
STANDARD COORDINATE GEOMETRY 48SC
STANDARD COORDINATE GEOMETRY ENHANCED 48SCE
ADVANCED COORDINATE GEOMETRY 48AC
ADVANCED COORDINATE GEOMETRY ENHANCED 48ACE
DATA COLLECTOR 48DC
DATA COLLECTOR ENHANCED 48DCE
CONSTRUCTION V CARD 48CVC
CONSTRUCTION V CARD ENHANCED 48CVCE

[Chris Dreher]

Thanks for the link. One card I found doesn't quite fit the list. It's part number is 48SC but the title is "Standard COGO Enhanced". My guess is that the code was update in the ROM card to be the enhanced version but to save money, they just ink stamped "Enhanced" on a 48SC label.

   

[Chris Dreher]

FYI, I have been continually adding new cards to the list above over the past few months.

Some of the new ones are:
Chotkeh ~ Electrical Engineering Review ~ PE EE
Chotkeh ~ Land Surveying Review Software
D'Zign ~ Australian Surveying Pac
Smith Corona ~ 32KB RAM
Vectorsoft - EQation Xpert

The Smith Corona 32KB RAM card and the D'Zign Australia Surveying Pac card struct me as the most curious.

[Raymond Del Tondo]

I want to add two ROM cards which do not seem to be in the list so far:
- The W&W Assembler/Disassembler Module (WW48ASS)
- The W&W Surveying Module (WW48VM01)

If someone is interested in somewhat more info about these cards, please let me know:-)

Both cards were produced in relatively small quantities, and mainly for the German market. Actually the cards were EPSON 128K EPROM cards, which were burned using a Sprint Plus full size ISA programming card.

Back then W&W also carried a CMT EEPROM card for the HP 48, along with a suitable programming device. The device was connected to an HP 48SX, the management library was downloaded to the HP 48, the EEPROM card was put into a slot in the device, and then you could program the card right from the HP 48.
The card case was similar to that of the early CMT 48 128K SRAM cards. (See http://files.mpoli.fi/unpacked/software/...mcards.doc)

[Chris Dreher]

(10-17-2016 10:50 PM)Raymond Del Tondo Wrote:  I want to add two ROM cards which do not seem to be in the list so far:
- The W&W Assembler/Disassembler Module (WW48ASS)
- The W&W Surveying Module (WW48VM01)

If someone is interested in somewhat more info about these cards, please let me know:-)

Both cards were produced in relatively small quantities, and mainly for the German market. Actually the cards were EPSON 128K EPROM cards, which were burned using a Sprint Plus full size ISA programming card.

Back then W&W also carried a CMT EEPROM card for the HP 48, along with a suitable programming device. The device was connected to an HP 48SX, the management library was downloaded to the HP 48, the EEPROM card was put into a slot in the device, and then you could program the card right from the HP 48.
The card case was similar to that of the early CMT 48 128K SRAM cards. (See http://files.mpoli.fi/unpacked/software/...mcards.doc)

Thanks. I will add these to the list after I return from being out of town. In the meantime, I would be interested in seeing any photos of these cards. These sound interesting.

[HP-Collection]

Thanks for the update.. just in timefor the HP Meeting Allschwil 2016. Hope I can fix this bus saturday.

[Mark Hardman]

I just received an HP-48GX with a strange card in it. It appears to be used to collect and store results from survey and opinion questionnaires. When the software is running, the keyboard is mapped to something unusable. I think the GX was inserted and locked into an enclosure on a kiosk that limited what keys the user had access to.

The card's "ABOUT.OM" command brings up:

OPINIONMETER
rev. 3.7r9

Copyright 1994-2001
Opinionmeter, Inc.

Interestingly, Opinionmeter, Inc. is still in business. They even mention using the HP48 in their past products: http://opinionmeter.com/company/about-us/

I've contacted them to see if they have any old documentation.

Mark Hardman

[Chris Dreher]

(11-05-2016 06:57 PM)Mark Hardman Wrote:  I just received an HP-48GX with a strange card in it. It appears to be used to collect and store results from survey and opinion questionnaires. When the software is running, the keyboard is mapped to something unusable. I think the GX was inserted and locked into an enclosure on a kiosk that limited what keys the user had access to.

The card's "ABOUT.OM" command brings up:

OPINIONMETER
rev. 3.7r9

Copyright 1994-2001
Opinionmeter, Inc.

Interestingly, Opinionmeter, Inc. is still in business. They even mention using the HP48 in their past products: http://opinionmeter.com/company/about-us/

I've contacted them to see if they have any old documentation.

Mark Hardman

Sounds interesting! Do you have any photos?

[Raymond Del Tondo]

(10-18-2016 06:21 AM)Chris Dreher Wrote:  

(10-17-2016 10:50 PM)Raymond Del Tondo Wrote:  I want to add two ROM cards which do not seem to be in the list so far:
- The W&W Assembler/Disassembler Module (WW48ASS)
- The W&W Surveying Module (WW48VM01)

Thanks. I will add these to the list after I return from being out of town. In the meantime, I would be interested in seeing any photos of these cards. These sound interesting.

Here are some pics of the W&W Surveying card and the manual.


The first name appearing, Peter Kiefer, may be known to people who were members of the CCD club back then,
since at some time he was chairman of the club, before hiring at W&W. Programming was done by me:-)




The graphics of the several measurement methods were scanned from a surveying book, then imported into the HP 48, and then optimized for display by hand.
That was much work.
From many locations during program run, you could call for "online" help, and either got a graphic related to the measurement method wanted, or the associated parameter list.




I don't have the W&W Assembler ROM card here right now, but I'll look for the manual.
Actually the card looks similar to the WWVM01, since it's an EPSON EPROM card, too. However the Assembler ROM manual is different. It's an A4 size folder.

And there was another nice HP 48 project in the area of print preprocessing: EasyMatch. AFAIK only two or three ROM cards of the EasyMatch software were produced.
I have to check if I still have one of these.

[Giancarlo]

Hello,
I just received a bringslid calculus 1 hp48 card and surprisingly the language of the card is in french.
I wasn't aware of this.

Any other language available?

Thanks

Giancarlo from Italy

[Giancarlo]

Hello,
I just received a bringslid calculus 1 hp48 card and surprisingly the language of the card is in french.
I wasn't aware of this.

Any other language available?

Thanks

Giancarlo from Italy