An HP-35 Production Overview

[AndiGer]

(01-16-2022 11:21 AM)Didier Lachieze Wrote:  

(01-16-2022 10:57 AM)AndiGer Wrote:  Maybe they made a reservation of those numbers? But unlikely none of those machines escaped to the wild. Maybe never produced/delivered?

Initially I had the same thoughts but I highly doubt that if these 20000 units were produced none escaped to the wild unless they were sent to another planet.

Furthermore between unit 1143A 04969 with a warranty form dated May 1, 1972 and unit 1143A 26391 with a warranty form dated May 19, 1972 there is less than three weeks, no way they could have produced more than 20000 units in such a short period.

So these numbers may have been reserved, but they were not produced.

Now we have a hint the 20,000 units for General Electric were in the ordinary range of serials:
https://www.hpmuseum.org/forum/thread-22...#pid190236