HP's Hall of Fame

[BruceH]

(02-04-2023 05:33 PM)TellyS Wrote:  Does anyone have a picture or reference to that Hall of Fame? This would have been really interesting to see. Unfortunately, it was dismantled at some point, from what I read.

I don't have any pictures and can't readily find a link to any, however the March-April 1994 edition of the Palmtop Paper's CD Infobase included an HP100/200LX formatted file that contained a textual description of the wall of fame. I've included it below.


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wallfame
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"Wall of Fame" Listing
    [ Product numbers have not be standardized. ]

Frank Wales of Leeds, U.K. (<old email redacted>) provided this
information.  The format of entries is based on the individual boards
along the HoF wall -- each paragraph represents the units on that
board.  The entries are in board order away from the reception area
towards the building 3/4 conduit. The layout is:

[name on hall of fame board, a.k.a. series name]
model#  codename        launched  $price (comment)
 
[CLASSIC]
35                       72/7/1    395 (no name)
45      WIZARD           73/5/1    395
55      MERLIN           75/1/1    395 (duplicates 75D name)
65      SUPERSTAR        74/1/19   795
67      HAWKEYE          76/7/1    450
70      SCROOGE          74/8/1    275
80                       73/2/1    395 (no name)
 
[WOODSTOCK]
29C     BONNIE           77/7/1    195
27      SALAD            76/5/1    200
21      PUMPKIN          75/2/1    125
25C     SQUISH           76/7/1    200
22      TURNIP           75/9/1    165
25      SQUASH           75/8/1    195
 
[TOPCAT]
91      FELIX            76/3/1    500
92      BOBCAT           77/7/1    625
97      KITTYHAWK        76/7/1    750
97S     RICOCHET         77/12/1   1375
 
[STING]
10      KISS             77/7/1    175
19C     CLYDE            77/9/1    345
 
[SPICE/SPIKE]
31E     GINGER           78/5/1     60
32E     THYME            78/7/1     80
33E     SAGE             78/5/1    100
33C     SAGE C           79/7/1    120
34C     BASIL            79/7/1    150
37E     PARSLEY          79/7/1     75
38E     CHIVE            78/5/1    120
38C     CHIVE C          79/7/1    150
 
[<NO NAME>]
01      CRICKET          78/7/1    695 (steel case & strap)
01      CRICKET          78/7/1    850 (gold-tone case & strap)
 
[COCONUT]
41C     COCONUT          79/7/1    295
41CV    SILVERBIRD       80/12/15  325
41CX    HONEYNUT         83/10/1   325
82140A  HYSTER           79/8/1    195 (card reader)
82153A  WAND             80/6/6    125 (wand)
82143A  HELIOS           79/8/1    350 (printer)
82120A  HURRICANE        80/4/8     40 (rechargeable battery pack)
OPT 001 BLANKNUT         81/3/24   325 (custom 41/no white key legends)
 
[VOYAGER]
10C     0.5              82/9/2     80
11C     1.0              81/9/1    150
12C     1.0              81/9/1    135
15C     1.5              82/7/1    135
16C     PR               82/7/1    150
 
[HP-IL]
82160A  GRAPENUTS        81/12/14  125 (HP-IL module)
82161A  FILBERT          81/12/14  550 (tape drive)
82162A  SPECIAL K        81/12/14  495 (cereal printer :-))
82163A  WALLABY          82/4/5    295 (video interface)
82164A  KUKUINUT         83/5/1    295 (RS-232C interface)
82165A  FOXNUT           82/5/10   395 (GPIO interface)
82166A  PILBOX           81/12/14  395 (small GPIO converter)
82168A  WOMBAT           83/6/1    495 (acoustic MODEM)
82169A  NUTSHELL         83/3/1    395 (HP-IB interface)
 
[<NO NAME>]
71B     TITAN            84/2/1    525
75C     KANGAROO         82/9/15   995
75D     MERLIN           84/2/1    1095 (duplicates 55 name)
82718A  POD              84/7/1    875 (expansion pod)
82713A  FALINE           83/3/1    495 (PMS)
 
[<NO NAME>]
18C     CHAMPION         86/6/1    175
28C     PALADIN          87/1/5    235
19B     TYCOON           88/1/4    175
28S     ORLANDO          88/1/4    235
82240A  REDEYE           86/11/3   135 (IR printer)
 
[PIONEER]
17B     TRADER           88/1/4    110
27S     MENTOR           88/1/4    110
42S     DAVINCI          88/10/31  120
14B     MIDAS            88/10/31  79.95
22S     PLATO            88/6/1    59.95
32S     LEONARDO         88/6/1    69.95
10B     ERNST            89/1/3    49.95
20S     ERNI             89/1/3    49.95
21S     MONTE CARLO      89/1/3    49.95
 
[<NO NAME>]
48SX    CHARLEMAGNE      90/3/16   350
 
New on the list (supplied by Jim Donnelly):

48G     ALCUIN 6/1/93     165
48GX    HAMMER          6/1/93     350
95LX    JAGUAR          4/23/91    699


For completeness, here are a few more products that are NOT on
the Hall of Fame, although the HP95LX is probably there by now.
 
model#  codename        launched  price ($)
82182A  phineas          81/12/14?   ?   (time module) %
82242A  blinky           88?         ?   (41 IR printer module)
82210A  hoover           90/10/15? 99.95 (HP41CV Emulator)
82211A  flamberge        90/3/16   99.95 (Equation Library)
82240B  visine              ?       ?    (IR printer)
32SII   nardo?           91/3/1     ?    (correct from Educalc catalog)
48S     shorty           91/4/2    250
95LX    jaguar           91/4/23?  695   Pocket PC w/Lotus 1-2-3
 
%: I assume the timer came out with the IL module, because that's
the way I remember them being announced -- this may be wrong.  Also,
the name really is phineas, although I assume it's named after
Phileas Fogg -- strange, huh?


Further notes from Wlodek:

I have compared this with notes from Craig Finseth, my own notes, and
photographs of some frames by Jim Donnelly (the photos are difficult
to read in places, so they are not guaranteed to give the right
answer). I have included some of my recollections too.  From all
these, I have made a few corrections and additions to the above. The
HP48SX 32k and 128k RAM cards have now been added to the CHARLEMAGNE
board, as has the Flamberge ROM card. The HP95LX has not been added to
the Hall of Fame (the HP-94 handheld computer was not included
either).