Well, in a completely unrelated box under a bunch of radio parts... I found its original manual. Miraculously it's not water damaged. I'm very happy about this.

#hp16c

Meh… my RPN calculators never had a C button (that was used like that) either. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/10/iphone-broke-its-calculator/680271/ #hp12c #hp11c #hp15c #hp16c
A Calculator’s Most Important Button Has Been Removed

This is clearly a mistake.

The Atlantic
An #AI powered calculator. I think I’ll stick with my #HP16C https://calcgpt.io/
CalcGPT.io

A silly calculator unnecessarily powered by GPT

Either HP needs a $1B tax write-off, or they are excited by the concept of AI needing a handy HP-16C default application running on Humane? @verge @humane @HP #hp16c https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/6/24172718/humane-ai-pin-selling-hp-rumor-1-billion
Humane is reportedly trying to sell itself to HP for $1 billion

A new report suggests that Humane started talking to HP about selling itself for more than $1 billion after reviews widely panned its $699 wearable AI computer pin.

The Verge

I was a kid growing up in Silicon Valley in the heyday of #HP. The first computer I ever used was an HP and I still use their calculators (#HP16C and #HP32S).

HP used to have incredible customer loyalty, but this is the kind of thing that just drives them away. I haven’t used HP printers for quite some time, but if I still did, this would have been the last straw.

https://mastodon.social/@dangillmor/109995855332145106

I am now the ecstatic owner of a forty-year old passion project by the HP engineers.
Stack based ✅
RPN ✅
Beautiful ✅
#HewlettPackard #calculator #HP16C
I think I've finally figured out how to hack the HP-16C microcode to support more user RAM than the original, which had only 203 bytes. I first studied this in 2004-2005, but at that time was only able to understand the HP-15C firmware enough to patch that.
#Nonpareil #hp16c #rpn #calculator
@mrdoornbos one cannot have enough #hp16c in their life or their Mastodon feed.

Starting the day with another 🇨🇦🦖 moment.

@hackaday in reference to the HP16C calculator stated:

Most surviving examples in the world are well-used

So I reach into the hanging pocket beside the couch...

#Packrat80
#RetroCalculator #HP16C