It seems nobody likes the 97

[John Garza (3665)]

I've seen some complain about the larger size of the Topcats. They are not that large - especially considering the HP desk calculator line (9100 onwards), which are huge in comparison.

Maybe desks have shrunk in the 21st century?

So where does that leave the HP desk calculators? Are they all relegated to storage? If so, why do their prices remain high? Certainly not as an investment - better returns are available elsewhere in more commonly known items. Is it some sort of psychological 'collector drive' where people hoard these things like squirrels collecting nuts for winter? As for me, I like to take them out and play with them. I derive no value in having machines in storage - other than backups. I get no thrill from 'bragging rights' about having such and such machine in storage.

The psychology of collecting... might be worth some research.

-j