Ever heard of an HP 44A (71B look-alike)

[Massimo Gnerucci]

(12-26-2015 02:47 AM)locore Wrote:  Hi,

I'm new to these forums (very nice!) but not the Museum website. I've been collecting since the late 90's, and was a software engineer for HP from 1989-2004. As a result, I've had some interesting opportunities to acquire some unique pieces.

I have one I wanted to ask the community about, as I haven't found any references to it. The unit looks very much like an HP-71B, but is labelled a "44A". The keyboard appears identical to that of a 71B, but with a slightly different color labelling for the "f" functions.

I've attached a picture of the unit with a 71B, along with looks like a prototype serial number on the "44A'.

Any ideas?

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David Jobusch
hpcalc@comcast.net

From "A Guide to Hp Handheld Calculators and Computers" by Wlodek Mier-Jedrzejowicz 3rd edition 1999 p.80

Quote:The Titan was first given the model number HP-44 and was partly a follow-on to the HP-41 and partly an expanded HP-15C. As the project progressed, the calculator features of the HP-44 were subsumed into a handheld computer with a built-in calculator. Titan became a series 70 model, and was given the model number HP-71B, with the 1 derived from the HP-41. The B stood for "Basic-language computer", to distinguish the HP-71B more clearly from the HP-75C and the HP-75D.