Buying broken gear for cheap is time honored hacker tradition, and while we might not always be successful in reviving it, rarely do we come away empty handed. There’s always parts to salvage, and you ...

As reported on Slashdot, calc.org, and comp.sys.hp48 HP calculator division HP's calculator department is closing down. From some of the posts on comp.sys.hp48 it seems as if HP is moving forward with ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is an engineering prototype for ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The HP-35 was the first handheld ...

Fifty years ago, Hewlett-Packard introduced the first handheld scientific calculator, the HP-35. It was quite the engineering feat, since equivalent machines of the day were bulky desktop affairs, if ...

The recent decision by Hewlett Packard to close its Australian Calculator Organization (ACO) has generated quite the buzz on Internet discussion groups. Ardent fans of the company's quirky Reverse ...

Hewlett-Packard is marking the 30th anniversary of its HP 12c Financial Calculator today by launching a limited-edition version aimed at nostalgic fans. While the company hasn't won praise for its ...

Hewlett-Packard (HP) today announced iPhone-app versions of three classic HP calculators: the HP 12c, HP 12c Platinum, and HP 15C. When run in landscape mode, each app uses the original ROM code and ...

The original HP 16c launched in 1982 as a calculator programmers could use for coding and debugging. Production stopped in 1989, but Moravia Education has resurrected the HP 16c with a faster ...

Well, after years and years of use, I finally made the decision to retire my old HP 48GX calculator. It sometimes felt painfully slow navigating certain menus and screens, and there were some minor ...

We take wireless charging for granted with many of the gadgets we use today, such as smartphones, among others. Four decades ago, electronics like calculators were relatively new inventions, and most ...