{"id":1103,"date":"2015-01-19T07:24:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-19T12:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/?p=1103"},"modified":"2015-01-21T10:59:52","modified_gmt":"2015-01-21T15:59:52","slug":"retro-scan-of-the-week-the-hp-75c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/archives\/1103\/retro-scan-of-the-week-the-hp-75c","title":{"rendered":"[ Retro Scan of the Week ]<\/span> HP’s First Handheld Computer"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Hewlett-Packard<\/a>It’s a lot like an HP-11C, but freakin’ huge<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Plenty of companies experimented with pocket and handheld computers in the early 1980s. Among them we must count HP, which introduced its HP-75C<\/a> in 1982.<\/p>\n

I peronally own an HP-75D (the successor model of this machine) that allows use of a bar code wand. I bought it on eBay around 2000, messed around with it a few times, and I think it’s been sitting in a box or a closet since. I couldn’t get into it, for some reason, like I could my TRS-80 Pocket Computer<\/a>. Perhaps it’s time to revisit the 75D and try again — if it still works.<\/p>\n

Still, I have a soft spot for the HP-75 series because it features similar industrial design as my beloved HP-11C<\/a> calculator, which I’ve been using since middle school. RPN<\/a> for the win!<\/p>\n

[ From Interface Age – May 1983, p.143]<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n

Discussion Topic of the Week:<\/strong> Are you a fan of HP calculators? Which model is your favorite?<\/p>\n

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\nSee Also:<\/strong> BASIC in your Pocket (RSOTW, 2009)<\/a>
\nSee Also:<\/strong> Asimov’s Pocket Computer (RSOTW, 2011)<\/a>
\nSee Also:<\/strong> Sharp Pocket Computer (RSOTW, 2013)<\/a>
\nSee Also:<\/strong> Quasar Pocket Computer RSOTW, 2014)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s a lot like an HP-11C, but freakin’ huge Plenty of companies experimented with pocket and handheld computers in the early 1980s. Among them we must count HP, which introduced its HP-75C in 1982. I peronally own an HP-75D (the successor model of this machine) that allows use of a bar code wand. I bought […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,27,26,10],"tags":[65,139,1015,1013,1011,1012,195,1014,60],"class_list":["post-1103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer-info-and-history","category-regular_features","category-retro-scan-of-the-week","category-computers","tag-65","tag-139","tag-advertisements","tag-calculators","tag-hp","tag-hp-75c","tag-interface-age","tag-pocket-computers","tag-retro-scan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1103\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}