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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Handheld and Portable Computer Club - https://www.hpcc.org/

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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:

http://www.hp41.org/LibView.cfm?Command=List&CategoryID=14
available on USB drive from Jake Schwartz’ PPC Archive - http://www.pahhc.org/ppccdrom.htm

Datafile, the HPCC club journal:

https://www.hpcc.org/datafile/index.html
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

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