HP 1996 Annual Catalog

[Jake Schwartz]

(08-25-2023 12:48 PM)KimH Wrote:  I am likely not going to get this entirely accurate, but it might be helpful anyway.

Sometime late 80's HP decided to build a specific sales org - I think it was called "02" and this was where all accessories in the HP portfolio was supposed to be handled (Branded cables, Floppies, Cases and Dust-Covers etc-etc) - Think of it as a Tele sales Catalogue and you'll be close

This was also including some of the smaller handheld meters (Fluke?).

They got their own catalogue and that could be the reason the T&M annual "bible" no longer shows what is looked for here.

When exactly this happened - not sure, likely it was late 80s

(08-25-2023 08:51 AM)Fernando del Rey Wrote:  I have in my hands the Test & Measurement Catalogs for years 1989, 94, 96, 98, and 99.

I have visually scanned every page of the 1996 catalog could not find any contents relating to calculators, even if the subject “Calculators” does appear in the Alphabetical Index and the different calculator model numbers of the time also appear in the Model Number Index. But all of them are pointing to a page with no information whatsoever about calculators.

The same thing happens with the 1994 catalog.

The 1998 and 99 catalogs also don’t contain any info on calculators, but the subject and model numbers no longer appear in the indices.

The 1989 catalog does contain 4 pages om Calculator Products, and 10 pages on Personal Computers and Terminals. It seems that somewhere between 1989 and 1994 the contents related to calculators and personal computers were removed from the Test & Measurement Catalog.

I would have expected that around 1996, they'd have included the relatively-new HP-38G and perhaps the 39G when it was released. Too bad that inclusion of calcs in the books seemed to have ceased.

Thanks for everyone's help on this one,
Jake