HP-41 Standard Module - was there ever a plan to include it in box ?

[rprosperi]

At an HHC conference in the 80's someone needed help with their 41, so I inquired about the problem, which he didn't explain well. In the end, the task needed was to simply download a copy of a program in the STD Module to RAM, exactly because he did not want to tie up a port for that module, but wanted to use a module program (TVM I think). I asked why he didn't just type it in, since it's in the included Std Apps. manual. He replied he didn't know the manual and the module had the same content, and he bought the module since it had a nice variety of apps. So the point above about HP selling it simply because they could resonates here...