A mistake that made me very happy. :-) :-) :-)

[aurelio]

(11-15-2018 05:54 PM)Paul Berger (Canada) Wrote:  

(11-15-2018 04:55 PM)CY-CL Wrote:  Yes this picture shows two version of Tall Keys, is just an example to show the difference from the front panel, not the Keys.

Three keyboards was available during the years for the HP-41C

1. Tall Keys with shining front panel - 1916 up to 1952
2. Tall Keys with structured font panel - 2001 up to 2052
3. Newer Keys “shallower angle” with structured front panel 2101 up to end of production

If he wants a period correct calculator, he needs another front panel from an early HP-41C.

I have a tall key with a shining front panel and a serial number starting with 2010.

Paul.

I have just checked and I have three tall keys with shining front panel, two of them not matching the rules:
1951
2004 (!)
2043 (!)

I'm not the first owner so that I don't know exactly their whole lives....but which interest, if not originals, in swapping the back side?
It should be more justified maybe the opposite..... after a servicing, i.e. the swap of a faulty keyboard