References

References


In addition to the references cited below, information about specific calculators is given in individual records. This list suggests both references found especially useful and the kind of sources those examining calculators may wish to consider. It is by no means complete.


Print Publications


Guy Ball and Bruce Flamm, The Complete Collector's Guide to Pocket Calculators, Tustin, CA:  Wilson/Barnett Publishing, 1997.


Kathy B. Hamrick, “The History of the Hand-Held Electronic Calculator,” American Mathematical Monthly, 102, October 1996, pp. 633–639.


Peggy Aldrich Kidwell, Amy Ackerberg-Hastings, and David Lindsay Roberts, Tools of American Mathematics Teaching, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.


W.A.C. Mier-Jedrzejowicz, A Guide to HP Handheld Calculators and Computers, Tustin, California: Wilson/Burnett Publishing, 1997.


U.S. International Trade Commission, “In the Matter of Certain Electronic Calculators,” Investigation No. 337-7A-198, Washington, D.C, 1985.


Websites


Rick Bensene, The Old Calculator Web Museum, http://www.oldcalculatormuseum.com


Serge Devidts, Calcuseum Vintage Electronic Calculators, http://www.calcuseum.com


Casio International website, historical section, http://www.casio-intl.com/asia-mea/en/calc/history


Datamath Calculator Museum, http://www.datamath.org


BE CALC Vintage Electronic Calculators website – this has become http://www.calcuseum.com


Epocalc, http://www.epocalc.net/


Flow Simulation Ltd., The Calculator Home Page, http://www.calculator.org


David G. Hicks, The Museum of HP Calculators, http://www.hpmuseum.org


Philippe, My Calculators Database, http://mycalcdb.free.fr


Viktor T. Toth, Programmable Calculators, http://www.rskey.org/CMS


Nigel Tout, Vintage Calculators Web Museum, http://www.vintagecalculators.com/index.html. This has links to several other websites.


John Wolff, John Wolff’s Web Museum, Calculating Machines, http://www.johnwolff.id.au


Bob Wolfson, Bob’s Calculators and Slide Rules, https://sites.google.com/site/bobscalculatorsandsliderules


Katherine Wasserman, [Digitized Calculator Manuals], http://www.wass.net/manuals

Professional computer programmer Barry S. Berg was much interested in the using programming in many aspects of his life. During the 1970s he acquired an HP-65 electronic calculator and this notebook of programming strips for it.
Description
Professional computer programmer Barry S. Berg was much interested in the using programming in many aspects of his life. During the 1970s he acquired an HP-65 electronic calculator and this notebook of programming strips for it. They programs relate to aerial navigation and he used them when flying a plane.
For other documentation that relates to the HP-65 and was received from Berg, see 2012.3060.39. An example of the calculator (not used by Berg) is 2011.0023.01.
Reference:
Non-accession file.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1976
maker
Hewlett-Packard Company
ID Number
2012.3060.07
nonaccession number
2012.3060
catalog number
2012.3060.07
This fifty-nine page manual describes the operation of the HP-45 handheld electronic calculator. A service card is at the back. For the calculator, see 2004.3053.01. For another example of the manual, see 1982.0222.02.Currently not on view
Description
This fifty-nine page manual describes the operation of the HP-45 handheld electronic calculator. A service card is at the back. For the calculator, see 2004.3053.01. For another example of the manual, see 1982.0222.02.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1973
maker
Hewlett-Packard Company
ID Number
2004.3053.06
nonaccession number
2004.3053
catalog number
2004.3053.06
This fifty-nine-page manual describes the operation of the HP-45 handheld electronic calculator. For an example of the calculator, see 2004.3053.01. For another version of the manual, see 2004.3053.02.Currently not on view
Description
This fifty-nine-page manual describes the operation of the HP-45 handheld electronic calculator. For an example of the calculator, see 2004.3053.01. For another version of the manual, see 2004.3053.02.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1973
maker
Hewlett-Packard Company
ID Number
1982.0222.02
catalog number
1982.0222.02
accession number
1982.0222
Hewlett-Packard Company encouraged owners of the HP-65 programmable calculator to write programs and share them with other users. These documents, donated by professional programmer Barry S. Berg, illustrate aspects of this process.
Description
Hewlett-Packard Company encouraged owners of the HP-65 programmable calculator to write programs and share them with other users. These documents, donated by professional programmer Barry S. Berg, illustrate aspects of this process. Included are a contributor’s guide to the HP-65 user’s library, a sheet listing HP-65 application pacs [sic] from March of 1975, a set of HP-65 program forms from 1974, an HP-65 accessory order form from 1975, two issues of HP-65 Key Note for HP-65 Owners from 1976, and an issue of HP Key Notes from 1977. Several of the programs in 2012.3060.07 are listed in the 1977 issue of HP Key Notes.
An example of the HP-65 calculator (not used by Berg) is 2011.0023.01.
Reference:
Non-accession file.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1974-1976
maker
Hewlett-Packard Company
ID Number
2012.3060.39
catalog number
2012.3060.39
nonaccession number
2013.3060
This spiral-bound manual has a green and white cover. It describes the use of the HP-55 programmable handheld electronic calculator. This version is dated February 1975. Compare with a slightly earlier version from December of 1974 (1980.0813.02).
Description
This spiral-bound manual has a green and white cover. It describes the use of the HP-55 programmable handheld electronic calculator. This version is dated February 1975. Compare with a slightly earlier version from December of 1974 (1980.0813.02). For an example of the calculator, see 1980.0813.01.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1975
maker
Hewlett-Packard Company
ID Number
1980.0813.03
catalog number
1980.0813.03
accession number
1980.0813
This twenty-two-page spiral-bound booklet gives basic information about the HP-45 handheld electronic calculator. It fits in the carrying pouch for the calculator. For the calculator, see 2004.3053.01; for the carrying pouch, see 2004.3053.03.Currently not on view
Description
This twenty-two-page spiral-bound booklet gives basic information about the HP-45 handheld electronic calculator. It fits in the carrying pouch for the calculator. For the calculator, see 2004.3053.01; for the carrying pouch, see 2004.3053.03.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1973
maker
Hewlett-Packard Company
ID Number
2004.3053.05
nonaccession number
2004.3053
catalog number
2004.3053.05
This spiral-bound manual has a green and white cover. It describes the use of the HP-55 programmable handheld electronic calculator. This version is dated December 1974. Compare with a slightly later version from February of 1975 (1980.0813.03).
Description
This spiral-bound manual has a green and white cover. It describes the use of the HP-55 programmable handheld electronic calculator. This version is dated December 1974. Compare with a slightly later version from February of 1975 (1980.0813.03). For an example of the calculator, see 1980.0813.01.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1974
maker
Hewlett-Packard Company
ID Number
1980.0813.02
catalog number
1980.0813.02
accession number
1980.0813
This small orange spiral-bound notebook offers instructions on using the HP-65 calculator. It was received independent of a calculator. For an example of an HP-65, see 2011.0023.01. For other documentation on this calculator see 2012.3060.07 and 2012.3060.39.Currently not on view
Description
This small orange spiral-bound notebook offers instructions on using the HP-65 calculator. It was received independent of a calculator. For an example of an HP-65, see 2011.0023.01. For other documentation on this calculator see 2012.3060.07 and 2012.3060.39.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1974
maker
Hewlett-Packard Company
ID Number
1982.0222.03
catalog number
1982.0222.03
accession number
1982.0222
This spiral-bound manual contains mathematics programs to be run on the HP-55 electronic calculator.
Description
This spiral-bound manual contains mathematics programs to be run on the HP-55 electronic calculator. According to the cover, it is a comprehensive guidebook, with "74 common programs in such areas as complex arithmetic and functions, linear algebra, trigonometry, geometry, business, and others.” It cost $10.00. A line on the back page reads in part: Rev C 5/75.
For an example of the HP-55, see 1980.0813.01.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1975
maker
Hewlett-Packard Company
ID Number
1982.0222.05
catalog number
1982.0222.05
accession number
1982.0222

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