Seeking a timeline of feature introductions by HP
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06-17-2020, 08:50 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-17-2020 08:58 AM by EdS2.)
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Seeking a timeline of feature introductions by HP
(I have an ulterior motive: I'd like to figure out what calculator innovations came out from HP since 2002.) But of more general interest, I would think, would be a timeline from the beginning. I'm not thinking only of features where HP was first, but also HP's first offering of a given feature.
Off the top of my head, I would guess at these features in very approximately this order, for handheld calculators and pocket computers, but I welcome all corrections, additions, and details of model and introduction year: - first handheld calculator, first consumer product (1972, HP-35) - first programmable handheld - first continuous memory (1976, HP-25C) - first magnetic card storage - first financial/business offering (1973, HP-80) - first wristwatch (1977, HP-01) - first LCD display - first alphanumeric capable (1979, HP 41) - first with pluggable ROMs - first with ability to interface with lab instruments (1979, HP 41) - first RPL - first landscape format - first to offer complex arithmetic - first to offer matrix operations - first re-offering of a model with higher performance - first model labelled to celebrate an anniversary - first Basic - first Forth - first flip-open clamshell model - first Limited Edition celebration model (2011, HP-15c Limited Edition) - first CAS (1987, HP-28C) - first graphing calculator (1987, HP-28C) - first colour display - first USB connectivity - first reprogrammable with user firmware Having written all that, I see there's an official timeline up to 1990. Which notes these ideas I'd missed: - first solver (1979, HP-34C) Edit: see for reference https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_calculators https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison...alculators |
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