On Fri, 24 Jan 2003, Russell McMahon wrote: *>> > HP65 - 1984 personal pocket computing technology. *>> *>> So a 1984 HP calculator is considered a museum piece!? *> *>Anything 20 years old could so qualify if it was classic enough in *>conception and execution to start with. HP often manage well on both *>regards. There is a museum of Russian calculators also on the web. I do not have the URL. It is interesting to see what they came up with. I only saw a Russian calculator twice (two different 'scientific' ones) but both times I was confused by the strange way they chose to put functions on the keyboard, plus some strange symbols (for me). Peter -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.