TI’s answer to the HP-41C

[Valentin Albillo]

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Hi, Sylvain:

(03-22-2021 11:35 PM)Sylvain Cote Wrote:  Very interesting, from "1981-1982-ALC-Planning-TI88-Replacement.pdf"
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That they thought the CC-40 was a credible replacement of the HP-75C I can understand but that it was a credible replacement of the TI-58/TI-59/TI-88/HP-41 is beyond me.

Same here. I was very active at the time, I used (and evaluated) the HP-75C for our commercial purposes (unfit) but as a keen user of HP calcs (HP-41C included) I would never buy or desire an HP-75C. It being a "replacement" for my HP-41C never crossed my mind.

On the other hand, as soon as the HP-71B was released and I could lay my hands on a pre-release model, that was another story, I wanted one ASAP (and I got it, for free !). The HP-71B could have been a true replacement for the HP-41C except for two reasons: still very expensive and die-hard RPN fanatics were unlikely to switch.

I also liked very much the newly introduced "pocket computers", starting with the SHARP PC-1211, which I also got (again for free !) and it was indeed a true replacement for the HP-41C and TI's keystroke programming models, and much better in a lot of important aspects. Subsequent SHARP models could run rings around contemporary HP and TI models in terms of performance, ease of programming and capabilities, while being more affordable.

Regards.
V.