Which HP12 to buy?

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(03-16-2021 03:18 PM)Jake Schwartz Wrote:  

(03-13-2021 03:22 PM)John Smitherman Wrote:  The 12c turns forty years old this year.

That would be on September 16th. Check HP Key Notes Vol 5 No. 3 (Sept-Dec 1981) on the cover page.

Jake

Kinda strange when that announcement occurred... as I own a 12C from a bit more than a year earlier than that, the s/n begins 2036A.... and the museum Collector's Corner page lists the earliest as 2031. While it did take much longer for products to make it from fab to retail shelves back then, and HP would have timed the announcement to come after items were in the stores, this full year gap seems strange.