[SamAdams76]

That's a good comparison. Even to this day, people will pay a premium for an HP scientific calculator, even though you can buy scientific calculators at the department store for next to nothing.

It's all about establishing a premium, top-shelf brand.

[truth_seeker]

They STILL make the HP 12C Financial model, which has long been sort of an industry standard, for commercial real estate.

Remember HP’s “reverse polish logic” for the inputs?

***Today there are Apple and Android apps, which do what those calculators did.

I’m saving my HP 12C and my TI Business Analyst II just for fun.