HP41 Fullnut - Halfnut, different shift functions for Alpha

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(04-13-2024 11:25 AM)rprosperi Wrote:  There were no 41CX units made in 1980 or 1981, so if you have cx's with such s/n's, they were assembled by someone from parts or something similar. The early 41C (and maybe CV) units had the simpler style, without all the small text at the bottom.

And I believe original units were produced as follows:

41C/41CV: Gold labeling (these had the shifted Alpha Fns)
41CX: White labeling (these had the shifted text editor Fns)

And these colors also matched the color of the border around the keys on the front side.

But the above is just from memory and could be incomplete... and if so, the experts will embarrass me quickly enough.

Hi bob,

In my post I mention

1) three cx from 83, 84,86
2) two cv from 85 and 86
2) two c from 80 and 81

I never said I had cxs from 80 or 81

I understand better from your post why two of my cx have shifted "alpha" in white, this was for the text editor...

is it impossible to have normally a cx without the text editor "shifted alpha keys" ?

With regards to the white border on the keyboard side, I believe that only the 41C had it.

Charles