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

[Gene]

(11-07-2020 11:01 PM)Valentin Albillo Wrote:  .
Hi, Gene:
The 67/97 mag cards were ideal for such simple, sample programs as the ones included as standard, but much less so in the form of a 41 module, because while using the cards just required them to be passed through the built-in card reader, using a standard module would require having a port free.
The bottom line ? Wasting a port in something as inane and irrelevant as the Standard Pac module, even if momentarily, was a big no-no.

Best regards and have a nice weekend.
V.

Gene: Totally agree with you over time. I recall having 3 single density memory modules at one point. Still as they were developing the HP-41, before it was sold... at some point I would think HP had to decide whether to include a standard pac rom or not. They obviously decided "No" but I do wonder when they decided and what the thinking process was.

It ** may ** have been as described here. :-) Just curious.

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