Fakes

[Eric Rechlin]

(04-02-2019 03:34 PM)ijabbott Wrote:  There are also the unofficial "ghost runs" of HP 39gs (and other?) calculators that are commonly found on places such as AliExpress. They are easily spotted due to (a) being really cheap; (b) being sent in plain packaging; (c) not being warehoused in pristine condition so subject to gunk, scratches, etc.; (d) having no serial number labels.

I wonder where they got the CPUs to make these. I thought the whole reason the 50g was discontinued was because the CPU was no longer available. Or were all these "ghost" 39gs calculators made 5+ years ago before the CPU went EOL?