SR-52A rebuild project (SR-52A 942058 LTA4176)

[albertofenini]

Hi Gene

You know we have a thing for the HP65 and the HP67

We have repaired literally tens of them with great support from the people of this forum
Still, in high school I had a 58C and I also have a bond with TIs

This is the third SR-52 we repair, all of them can read and write cards although the others two are in definitely in better shape,
nevertheless also this unit when finished will come out nice

We have also repaired our three TI59s and all of them can read and write cards

And I can tell that all the cards recorded on the SRs are interchangeable within those models as are those written by our TI59s

It’s true, they are less repairable but still the support we have received
from members of this section of the forum was priceless and without it
we probably would have not been able to fix them

It’s true the card reader mechanism is simpler, almost basic if you want but it
does its job

I can’t tell which one I prefer, both HP and TI brings back memories for me, I would say the HPs are probably more reliable and tent
to last more but all of these are beautiful pieces of history

A special thanks to the moderators of this forum and to all of the contributors
without each and everyone of you guys it would not be possible to have fun and share ideas

Keep up the good work !!!!!

We are more than happy to share our small experience hoping it will be useful to somebody

P.S. next week we’ll be receiving an HP67, a SR52 and two TI59 so will see ...