Floppy Days 149 - The HP97 Programmable Calculator - Part 2 - With Wlodek Mier-Jedrzejowicz

The HP97 Programmable Calculator - Part 2 - With Wlodek Mier-Jedrzejowicz (audio-only)

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Sponsors:

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Arcade Shopper

FutureVision Research

New Acquisitions

1027 print heads - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/271...

ABBUC (Atari Bit-Byter Users Club) - https://www.abbuc.de

Best Electronics - https://www.best-electronics-ca.com/

inexpensive keyboard available on Amazon (for domes) - https://amzn.to/3FU9ASx

“Atari 400/800 Student Pilot Reference Guide” by Atari - https://archive.org/details/atari_pil...

PortaCoCo - https://portacoco.com/

Tim Halloran video on making an adapter that allows you to run much of your CoCo off of battery -    • Running my TRS-80 CoCo 2 on DC Power  

Ian Mavric’s TRS-80 store - https://www.ebay.com/str/trs80universe

Upcoming Shows

Midwest Gaming Classic - April 4-6 - Baird Center, Milwaukee, WI - https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/

VCF East - April 4-6, 2025 - Wall, NJ - http://www.vcfed.org

Indy Classic Computer and Video Game Expo - April 12-13 - Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel, Indianapolis, IN - https://indyclassic.org/

The Commodore Los Angeles Super Show - April 26-27 - Burbank VFW Hall, Burbank, CA - https://www.portcommodore.com/dokuwik...

The 32nd Annual “Last” Chicago CoCoFEST! - May 2-3, 2025 - Holiday Inn & Suites Chicago-Carol Stream (Wheaton), Carol Stream, Illinois - https://www.glensideccc.com/cocofest/

VCF Europe - May 3-4 - Munich, Germany - https://vcfe.org/E/

Retrofest 2025 - May 31-June1 - Steam Museum of the Great Western Railway, Swindon, UK - https://retrofest.uk/

Vancouver Retro Gaming Expo - June 14 - New Westminster, BC, Canada - https://www.vancouvergamingexpo.com/i...

VCF Southwest - June 20-22, 2025 - Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center at UT Dallas - https://www.vcfsw.org/

Southern Fried Gaming Expo and VCF Southeast - June 20-22, 2025 - Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/

Pacific Commodore Expo NW v4 - June 21-22 - Old Rainier Brewery Intraspace, Seattle, WA - https://www.portcommodore.com/dokuwik...

KansasFest - July 18-20 - Virtual only - https://www.kansasfest.org/

VCF Midwest - September 13-14, 2025 - Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center in Schaumburg, IL - http://vcfmw.org/

Tandy Assembly - September 26-28 - Courtyard by Marriott Springfield - Springfield, OH - http://www.tandyassembly.com/

Portland Retro Gaming Expo - October 17-19 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/

Chicago TI International World Faire - October 25 - Evanston Public Library, Evanston, IL - https://www.chicagotiug.org/home

Schedule Published on Floppy Days Website - https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/...

User Groups

HP Handheld Conference - annual conference in the US:

Website - https://hhuc.us/

YouTube channel -    / @hpcalc  

HHC 2024 USB Drive - https://commerce.hpcalc.org/hhcusb.php

Handheld and Portable Computer Club - https://www.hpcc.org/

Magazines/Newsletters

HPX Exchange - http://www.hp41.org/LibView.cfm?Comma...

Hewlett Packard Journal:

journals - http://www.hp41.org/LibView.cfm?Comma...

contents - https://www.vcalc.net/hp-jrnl.htm#JOU...

Hewlett Packard Personal Calculator Digest Vol. 1, 1976 - (contents) - https://www.vcalc.net/hp-jrnl.htm#DIGEST

HP KEYNOTES - https://www.vcalc.net/hp-jrnl.htm#KEY

PPC Journal - produced by the PPC group:

http://www.hp41.org/LibView.cfm?Comma...

available on USB drive from Jake Schwartz’ PPC Archive - http://www.pahhc.org/ppccdrom.htm

Datafile, the HPCC club journal:

https://www.hpcc.org/datafile/index.html

Back issues, excluding the current volume, are available on USB drive from Jake Schwartz - http://www.pahhc.org/ppccdrom.htm

References

Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP-67/9...

Museum of HP Calculators (David Hicks) - https://www.hpmuseum.org/hp6797.htm