Reply #11: I remember people at my school bragging about their HP calcs [View All]

[Lisa]

This was back in the 1970s, so they were still rare and miraculous things. Only the most fortunate senior students, the ones we knew were going to be engineers or scientists, had them. I don't recall any other brands being shown off. A couple of years after, my dad (a math teacher) splurged on one of your scientific models, and I remember that he'd be going through all the different operations, exclaiming at how innovative this all was. Mom would get fed up and march him off to bed.

I'm sorry that they trashed the R&D department. Seems pretty short-sighted and inconsiderate to the people who'd gotten them all the accolades.