[ih] Norm Abramson

[Miles Fidelman]

Still have mine around here somewhere. Unfortunately, one of the keys 
has gone wonky - or I'd still be using it.

FYI:  There is a rather nice emulator available, for Android phones!

Miles

Dan Lynch via Internet-history wrote:
> Yes, the HP-35 was the first personal computer!  Seriously. At my work in the early 70s management bought one for every person. I was working for Riverside Research Institute in Manhattan.
>
> Dan
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> Cell 650-776-7313
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>> On Dec 11, 2020, at 3:10 PM, Carsten Bormann via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
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>> On 2020-12-11, at 21:29, vinton cerf via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
>>> https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/11/technology/norman-abramson-dead.html?smid=em-share
>> On the title image, is he holding an HP-35 calculator with a telescoping antenna held behind it?  Beautiful.
>>
>> Grüße, Carsten
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