HP 9825a

[Thomas Okken]

(03-15-2017 05:49 PM)Geoff Quickfall Wrote:  The LED display is wonderful and the HPL language is intuitive to programmers. Can't put it in the flight bag though!

If you could, would you be able to use it? Would you have a suitable power outlet?

I remember seeing a picture in a sailing magazine, late '70s or early '80s, showing the navigator's station in some high-end racing yacht. Amidst the expected equipment on such a boat -- shortwave, VHF, depth sounder, compass, radar, Loran, etc., there was an HP-9825. I was floored; who would have an 110 or 220V outlet to power such a machine on a sailboat? I guess I wasn't thinking big enough. :-)