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Your First Handheld?
05-13-2014, 03:54 AM
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RE: Your First Handheld?
(05-13-2014 12:34 AM)Dave Britten Wrote:  But my goodness was that ever a horrible battery compartment design on those clamshells.

The Spice battery compartment was little better, and the Classic battery compartment cover is only slightly better yet...way over-complicated. The Woodstock battery/door assembly is one of the best HP ever managed to design...but then they ruined it with the self-destructing battery charging system...very very incompetent design!!!

It always amazes me when the first ten years of HP calculator design is held up as some sort of golden age. Whenever I hear or read of such an outlook, I'm pretty sure the person stating it has no real knowledge of HP calculator history...at least, as one who actually used them in contemporary times.
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Your First Handheld? - John W Kercheval - 05-07-2014, 06:34 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - John R. Graham - 05-07-2014, 07:30 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - Steve Simpkin - 05-07-2014, 07:50 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - walter b - 05-07-2014, 08:04 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - Garth Wilson - 05-07-2014, 08:07 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - Brad Barton - 05-07-2014, 08:33 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - Dave Britten - 05-07-2014, 08:46 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - aurelio - 05-07-2014, 09:00 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - Craig Thomas - 05-07-2014, 09:30 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - MNH - 05-07-2014, 09:54 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - Gene - 05-07-2014, 10:14 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - Steve Simpkin - 05-08-2014, 05:09 AM
RE: Your First Handheld? - Steve Simpkin - 05-08-2014, 02:47 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - bhtooefr - 05-07-2014, 11:39 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - Thomas Klemm - 05-08-2014, 12:04 AM
RE: Your First Handheld? - Thomas Radtke - 05-09-2014, 04:08 AM
RE: Your First Handheld? - lemontea - 05-08-2014, 12:17 AM
RE: Your First Handheld? - Sylvain Cote - 05-08-2014, 12:32 AM
RE: Your First Handheld? - Steve Keeley - 05-08-2014, 01:02 AM
RE: Your First Handheld? - Dan B - 05-08-2014, 01:31 AM
RE: Your First Handheld? - ekubaskie - 05-08-2014, 02:37 AM
RE: Your First Handheld? - kakima - 05-08-2014, 02:41 AM
RE: Your First Handheld? - Visu - 05-08-2014, 07:31 AM
RE: Your First Handheld? - Dave Britten - 05-08-2014, 10:21 AM
RE: Your First Handheld? - Marcus von Cube - 05-10-2014, 07:22 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - Jeff O. - 05-08-2014, 12:05 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - cutterjohn - 05-08-2014, 02:26 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - lemontea - 05-09-2014, 07:38 AM
RE: Your First Handheld? - Howard Owen - 05-13-2014, 01:07 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - Guenter Schink - 05-08-2014, 02:42 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - Ken Shaw - 05-08-2014, 04:05 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - bshoring - 05-08-2014, 09:13 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - Namir - 05-08-2014, 09:38 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - Les Bell - 05-09-2014, 12:01 AM
RE: Your First Handheld? - Dwight Sturrock - 05-09-2014, 03:26 AM
RE: Your First Handheld? - KCC - 05-09-2014, 05:07 AM
RE: Your First Handheld? - Eddie W. Shore - 05-09-2014, 01:20 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - Mike Morrow - 05-09-2014, 04:30 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - jracca - 05-09-2014, 04:46 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - JimP - 05-10-2014, 01:06 AM
RE: Your First Handheld? - htom trites - 05-10-2014, 02:27 AM
RE: Your First Handheld? - Matt Agajanian - 05-10-2014, 03:55 AM
RE: Your First Handheld? - Giancarlo - 05-10-2014, 12:26 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - jebem - 05-10-2014, 03:28 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - Marcus von Cube - 05-10-2014, 07:05 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - Matt Agajanian - 05-10-2014, 08:33 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - Dale Reed - 05-10-2014, 11:22 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - Mike Morrow - 05-11-2014, 08:41 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - Matt Agajanian - 05-13-2014, 12:15 AM
RE: Your First Handheld? - Dave Britten - 05-13-2014, 12:34 AM
RE: Your First Handheld? - Mike Morrow - 05-13-2014 03:54 AM
RE: Your First Handheld? - John R - 05-13-2014, 01:16 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - jebem - 05-13-2014, 01:55 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - walter b - 05-13-2014, 01:48 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - aurelio - 05-14-2014, 04:19 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - John R - 05-11-2014, 04:35 AM
RE: Your First Handheld? - Jeff_Kearns - 05-11-2014, 08:09 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - lrdheat - 05-11-2014, 10:53 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - caloubugs - 05-12-2014, 05:11 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - Matt Agajanian - 05-13-2014, 12:50 AM
RE: Your First Handheld? - Mike Morrow - 05-13-2014, 04:01 AM
RE: Your First Handheld? - Marc van Lemmen - 05-13-2014, 10:29 AM
RE: Your First Handheld? - kusmi - 05-13-2014, 03:28 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - CosmicTruth - 05-14-2014, 02:03 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - walter b - 05-14-2014, 08:41 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - walter b - 05-14-2014, 09:30 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - walter b - 05-15-2014, 04:32 AM
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RE: Your First Handheld? - Geoff Quickfall - 05-14-2014, 07:26 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - walter b - 05-14-2014, 08:45 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - d b - 05-16-2014, 04:53 AM
RE: Your First Handheld? - Katie Wasserman - 05-16-2014, 05:36 AM
RE: Your First Handheld? - walter b - 05-16-2014, 07:12 AM
RE: Your First Handheld? - Thomas Radtke - 05-16-2014, 07:26 AM
RE: Your First Handheld? - r. pienne - 05-16-2014, 10:56 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - jbwiebe - 05-17-2014, 12:57 AM
RE: Your First Handheld? - cutterjohn - 05-17-2014, 01:27 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - Dave Britten - 05-17-2014, 03:22 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - cutterjohn - 05-18-2014, 02:46 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - Dave Britten - 05-18-2014, 04:27 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - cutterjohn - 05-18-2014, 04:37 PM
RE: Your First Handheld? - Les Bell - 05-20-2014, 12:17 AM
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RE: Your First Handheld? - Tugdual - 05-18-2014, 11:27 AM
RE: Your First Handheld? - Ender - 05-19-2014, 08:05 AM
RE: Your First Handheld? - Bill Zimmerly - 06-17-2014, 09:28 AM
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RE: Your First Handheld? - Marcus von Cube - 08-19-2015, 08:11 PM
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