The "Sixties" changed life forever, even for us grown ups. No wonder they were banned for a while.Ībsolutely disgusted with my two daughters for going into raptures listening to the Rolling Stones and the Beatles. After adjusting for inflation, buying that calculator in 1972 for $395 would be equivalent to buying it for a bit over $2,000 today. John Meyer mentions in his link about Stanford banning the calculator, based on the unfair advantage it gave to those who could afford the purchase price of $395. Later versions of the HP-35 had a firmware fix. We nerds were also excited to discover, soon after, that it had a bug-if one typed in "exp(ln (2.02))=" the unit gave the answer "2" instead of "2.2" (exp and ln are inverse functions, effectively canceling each other). Regarding the HP-35, I can recall how excited everyone was at the college bookstore when it first came out. I also enjoy the fact that one can get a utility that puts a virtual image of the 12C on your desktop, with buttons that operate exactly as the physical unit. Twenty-seven years ago, amazing.Ĭan you imagine what the manufacturing cost is for each 12C today? Maybe $2? And these things still sell for about $70! There's a brief story here about the development of the 12C. given to me when I worked for the company, in 1981. Yup, I have my HP 12C right here on my desk. I posted this over at the HP Museum back in 2000.Īh yes, nostalgia. If you want listings of some of what's available out there, drop me an email and I'll send you my fifty page Word document of what I've got so far.Īs for the HP-35, here's my story about that: She may be one of the greatest 60s talents of them all. I must have close to fifty of her performances, and she is one performer who NEVER gave a bad performance. Legend has it that immediately after they taped the Cavett show, she went back to her room with boyfriend Graham Nash and wrote "Woodstock," based on the stories and vibes she picked up during the Cavett show.ĭisc 2 has some fantastic Janis Joplin performances. CSN&Y rented a helicopter and made it back. and a VERY bummed out Joni Mitchell who skipped Woodstock because her manager told her the Cavett national TV audience was more important, and he couldn't guarantee she'd be able to get out of the festival because the roads were blocked. The first disc was taped the day after Woodstock. If you want a real nostalgia kick, rent the Dick Cavett "Rock Icons" three disc set. If you're up for nostalgia, it's worth renting, although these are not the definitive performance by either group. It uses a lot of the same multi-camera techniques. I think it was filmed in 1969, but I don't know if it was filmed before or after Woodstock. It's Quicksilver Messenger Service and Jefferson Airplane in two obscure concerts. Here's one I just looked at this afternoon: of every 1960s and early 1970s performance I can find. I've been collecting film, video, kinescopes, etc.
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