My first HP41!

[jebem]

(11-30-2015 11:56 AM)ElectroDuende Wrote:  I can only say you...
"Good Luck!"
(both with wife and with bidding)

Thank you!
And I apologize for hijacking your thread here.
I should open a new thread.

(11-30-2015 03:16 PM)rprosperi Wrote:  My advice is to get a full-nut machine. (...)

We will of course expect to see teardown photos when you get your coconut machine.

Thank you for your good advice.
Also I prefer the full-nut because it is the original "real thing" sporting discrete IC's and very well documented at the hardware level in the service guide available from the MoHPC USB pen.
Basically I will get both in a near future, in a non specific order.

Of course I will have to teardown those machines myself, despite the so many great pictures of its internals available in the Internet.
But I'm afraid the dismantling will be only partial, as HP engineering choices to fix the KB PCA to the front panel do not allow a non-destructive teardown.

(11-30-2015 04:47 PM)TASP Wrote:  And REALLY, just one HP41 isn't really going to do it.

Excellent exposition, Thank you!
My ambition is smaller. Small steps, one at a time. We will see.

(12-01-2015 09:21 AM)Massimo Gnerucci Wrote:  

(12-01-2015 08:43 AM)jebem Wrote:  Come on, these HP-1C series were produced during more than a decade, surely these components were sold by the million!
So, why such a high asking prices?

It has been so at least for the last 15 years.
Long ago I often found Matthias or some Japanese collector on my way; luckily now I'm done.
I wish you luck.

Thanks for sharing your experience here.
I was looking to sold items in eBay since some time ago and there are a few exceptions to these high prices, but again, the goods are sold as defective and/or the seller will not ship worldwide (this is common for UK sellers that refuses to ship "abroad" even if abroad is European Union).