This week in super high prices on TAS

[Steve Simpkin]

(12-11-2024 01:19 AM)Matt Agajanian Wrote:  

(12-10-2024 10:09 PM)jftman Wrote:  In 1979 as a college work study student in the Astronomy dept at Univ of Texas, those PHD's had hand held calcs that cost$1000.00 and they had only rudiments.

Refresh my memory. Which calcs were $1E3?

Well, the HP-65 sold from 1974-1977 for a list price of $795 USD. With 6% tax (California, 1977) that would be $842.70 just for the calculator. Throw in some extra blank cards ($18 for 40), an extra battery ($10) and a few Application Pacs ($45 each) and I could see that reaching $1000 total in the U.S. Note that prices were often higher in other countries.
https://www.hpmuseum.org/hp65.htm

[Matt Agajanian]

(12-11-2024 06:43 PM)Steve Simpkin Wrote:  

(12-11-2024 01:19 AM)Matt Agajanian Wrote:  Refresh my memory. Which calcs were $1E3?

Well, the HP-65 sold from 1974-1977 for a list price of $795 USD. With 6% tax (California, 1977) that would be $842.70 just for the calculator. Throw in some extra blank cards ($18 for 40), an extra battery ($10) and a few Application Pacs ($45 each) and I could see that reaching $1000 total in the U.S. Note that prices were often higher in other countries.
https://www.hpmuseum.org/hp65.htm

Yeah, for the Earl Scheib ‘ups & extras,’ the receipt reads $1,xxx. But the calc itself at $1,000. Hmmm…

I spoke too soon. And I thought $800 for a 33S was outrageous.

The sky’s the limit…