Floppy Days 149 - The HP97 Programmable Calculator - Part 2 - With Wlodek Mier-Jedrzejowicz
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The HP97 Programmable Calculator - Part 2 - With Wlodek Mier-Jedrzejowicz
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PortaCoCo - https://portacoco.com/
Tim Halloran video on making an adapter that allows you to run much of your CoCo off of battery - https://youtu.be/6UN1XvJG-bs
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HP Handheld Conference - annual conference in the US:
Website - https://hhuc.us/
YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@hpcalc
HHC 2024 USB Drive - https://commerce.hpcalc.org/hhcusb.php
Handheld and Portable Computer Club - https://www.hpcc.org/
Magazines/Newsletters
HPX Exchange - http://www.hp41.org/LibView.cfm?Command=List&CategoryID=9
Hewlett Packard Journal:
journals - http://www.hp41.org/LibView.cfm?Command=List&CategoryID=7
contents - https://www.vcalc.net/hp-jrnl.htm#JOURNAL
Hewlett Packard Personal Calculator Digest Vol. 1, 1976 - (contents) - https://www.vcalc.net/hp-jrnl.htm#DIGEST
HP KEYNOTES - https://www.vcalc.net/hp-jrnl.htm#KEY
PPC Journal - produced by the PPC group:
available on USB drive from Jake Schwartz' PPC Archive - http://www.pahhc.org/ppccdrom.htm
Datafile, the HPCC club journal:
Back issues, excluding the current volume, are available on USB drive from Jake Schwartz - http://www.pahhc.org/ppccdrom.htm
References
Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP-67/97#67
Museum of HP Calculators (David Hicks) - https://www.hpmuseum.org/hp6797.htm