HP -10C brag?

[Ren]

I just purchased a non-working HP -10C off of TAS.
It hasn't arrived yet, but the price was as close as I might ever come to owning a -10C.
But, I am hoping it will be as "non-working" as my recent -11C purchase. i.e. it works!
And if it doesn't work, maybe it can be fixed with parts from an old -12C.
So this rounds out my Royal Flush of -10C, -11C, -12C, -15C, and -16C.

[Dave Frederickson]

Nope. You're just getting started.

There's the 15C LE, the 15C CE, and a whole passel of 12C's including the 12C Platinum.

[John Garza (3665)]

It is somewhat rare.
But I'm more impressed with the 29C and 97 in your list.
Good collection!

-John

[Ren]

(11-01-2024 10:05 PM)Dave Frederickson Wrote:  Nope. You're just getting started.

There's the 15C LE, the 15C CE, and a whole passel of 12C's including the 12C Platinum.

I don't I'll be able to get those past SWMBO*!
B^)

Ren
*She Who Must Be Obeyed

[Dave Frederickson]

(11-02-2024 05:07 PM)Ren Wrote:  

(11-01-2024 10:05 PM)Dave Frederickson Wrote:  Nope. You're just getting started.

There's the 15C LE, the 15C CE, and a whole passel of 12C's including the 12C Platinum.

I don't I'll be able to get those past SWMBO*!
B^)

Ren
*She Who Must Be Obeyed

They're small and they look alike.

Be bold, take the bull by the horns, nothing ventured nothing gained. Hide them around the house.

Edit:
At least add:
12C Platinum
12C Platinum 25th Anniversary
12C 30th Anniversary
12C Platinum Silver
and maybe a 12C Prestige, but it's more rare and expensive

More like this-


or https://www.flickr.com/photos/keithmidso...586986282/

[Ren]

(11-02-2024 11:40 AM)John Garza (3665) Wrote:  It is somewhat rare.
But I'm more impressed with the 29C and 97 in your list.

I'm pretty sure I got those 2 when I was living in Colorado, before moving to Minnesota ~30 y.a.
The -12C I bought at a Goodwill for $2, but I found the case, battery cover, and calculator in 3 different places in the aisle! I also bought the 22 at the same Goodwill for $0.25, but when I got home with it, I hooked it up to 9 or 12 volts! (idiot) I have a Panamatik replacement chip for it. I don't remember where I got the 41CV. The -15C is beat up, but it only cost $15 and came with a manual (another Colorado purchase) The 48G from another 2nd hand store for $40 (I think). Most of the others were bought for cheap on TAS.

[AnnoyedOne]

(11-02-2024 07:24 PM)Dave Frederickson Wrote:  Be bold, take the bull by the horns...

Paraphrasing the old UK TV series Fawlty Towers.

Quote:Sybil: You know what I'll do to you Basil if I find out you've bought more calculators!
Basil: You'll have to sew them back on first dear.

Risky IMHO. Always do what SWMBO (from Rumpole of the Bailey) says!

A1

[Ren]

(11-02-2024 07:24 PM)Dave Frederickson Wrote:  They're small and they look alike.

Be bold, take the bull by the horns, nothing ventured nothing gained. Hide them around the house.

Sort of like collecting antique tractors, don't park them in a row where the wife can count them!
B^)
Ren
dona nobis pacem

[Ren]

Well, it arrived a few minutes ago. USA S/N 2243A09146
It looks it it has been "rode hard, and put up wet"!
With batteries installed, the display lit up with partial and missing digits.
A couple of random key presses later, it showed 0000000 00.
But, I don't know how to turn it off, pressing ON again does nothing.
It did single digit 4-function math okay.
Now, it fell asleep?
That should give me an opportunity to run Self Test/
It looks like it passed!
I'm happy!
Oh, an now it turns off by pressing ON!
Ren
dona nobis pacem

[KeithB]

"Always do what SWMBO (from Rumpole of the Bailey) says!"

H.Rider Haggard was there first!

[gentzel]

(11-06-2024 06:28 PM)KeithB Wrote:  "Always do what SWMBO (from Rumpole of the Bailey) says!"

H.Rider Haggard was there first!

By a century, give or take a few.

[striegel]

(11-02-2024 07:41 PM)Ren Wrote:  ...
Sort of like collecting antique tractors, don't park them in a row where the wife can count them!
...

Not my hobby (as if I need still one more), but I do enjoy seeing them at the county fair:

I took a special interest in this beautiful one, as it was manufactured very near to where I live.