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Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 14:17:06 -0600
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From: "Michael S. Hart" <hart@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: digital watches
In-Reply-To: <199702112000.OAA19666@firefly.prairienet.org>
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HP-35 was first scientific (at $395 - 1971 ?)
Yes, it was about then, but they had to RAISE the price in order to get it to sell. . .at $125 or whatever it was first, they had it as an expensive toy. . .to get it to sell, they had to take a different tack. . .show the supervisors how much time it took an extremely capable person to do the same work with CRC math books and sliderules or other calculators. . .then multiply those hour totals per week/month/year by the amount paid per hour.
Then. . .and only then. . .was it considered a bargain. . . .
A real bargain. . .would pay for itself in a month.
But at $125, you couldn't get their attention.
Michael S. Hart
[My first calculator was a used one, for about $100, 4 functions and a constant, I think it was a Commodore in late 71/early 72.]
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Reply-To: "CYHIST Community Memory: Discussion list on the History of
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From: "Michael S. Hart" <hart@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: digital watches
In-Reply-To: <199702112000.OAA19666@firefly.prairienet.org>
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Community Memory: Discussion List on the History of Cyberspace ______________________________________________________________________
as per
HP-35 was first scientific (at $395 - 1971 ?)
Yes, it was about then, but they had to RAISE the price in order to get it to sell. . .at $125 or whatever it was first, they had it as an expensive toy. . .to get it to sell, they had to take a different tack. . .show the supervisors how much time it took an extremely capable person to do the same work with CRC math books and sliderules or other calculators. . .then multiply those hour totals per week/month/year by the amount paid per hour.
Then. . .and only then. . .was it considered a bargain. . . .
A real bargain. . .would pay for itself in a month.
But at $125, you couldn't get their attention.
Michael S. Hart
[My first calculator was a used one, for about $100, 4 functions and a constant, I think it was a Commodore in late 71/early 72.]
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