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7. The Voyager
Series (1981 - today) |
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HP 11C
Introduced on September 1, 1981. This was a scientific
calculator, but with hyperbolics and a random number
generator. The horizontal format was a huge innovation for
HP. It is believed that the great success of this calculator
is attributed to the calculator's unusual shape.
Code name: Voyager 1.0. Original price: $135 |
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HP 12C
Introduced on September 1, 1981. Provides basic business
functions, including TVM (Time Value of Money). It became the
standard business calculator and, although HP tried to replace
it, it is still in production 21 years after it was first
introduced.
Code
name: Voyager 1.0. Original price: $80 |
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HP 15C
Introduced on July 1, 1982, this was the successor of the HP
11C and it included root finder and numerical integration
functions. It also included 12 conditional tests between the
x and y registers.
Code
name: Voyager 1.5. Original price: $135
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HP 16C
Introduced on July 1, 1982. This calculator was every
programmer's dream allowing for calculations to be done in
base 2, 8, 10 and 16. Numbers would range from one to 64
bits. There were no transcendental functions however.
Code
name: Voyager 1.0. Original price: $150 |
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HP 10C
Introduced on September 2, 1982. This was the last one of
the series and was intended to provide a simple, although
still programmable, alternative to the HP 11C. However, the
HP 11C remained popular and the HP 10C did not sell well.
Code name: Voyager 0.5. Original price: $80 |
