And not only that, but the link below is now dead.

However the video is available on YouTube ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DBZmWVKmV6oU

The other related interview by Steve Leibson is with Dave Cochran on the HP=
35 software.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D0IlSjfgrHVM



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> Oops, I meant the HP9100, not the HP9800 ...
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> > Tag added (naughty Russell) ...
> >
> >
> > > At the time the HP35 was about as astounding as a Maclaren F1 was at
> > > its
> > first
> > > release.
> > > But 'somewhat more affordable'.
> >
> > It certainly turned the pocket calculator world upside down.
> >
> > > The HP35 was more or less the first scientific calculator and was
> > > utterly stunning in what it could achieve.
> >
> > Umm, its predecessor was the HP9800, and then Mr Packard (Or it might
> > have been Mr Hewlett) wanted an HP9800 that would fit in his shirt pock=
et.
> >
> > See http://www.viddler.com/explore/sleibson/videos/4/ for an interview
> > of Tom Osborne, the designer of the HP9800 and the HP35, by Steve
> > Leibson, which gives some revealing insights behind the scenes.
> >
> >
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