1990
HP Calculators History
1990- Mar, 6th - Introduced HP48SX
1990- Oct,18th - Joe Horn launches The Goodies Disk 1
1991- Apr, 2th - was anounced HP48S
1991- Feb, 22nd - launched Goodies Disk 2
1991- Jun, 27th - launched Goodies Disk 3
1991- Jul - launched Goodies Disk 4
1991- Oct, 20th - launched Goodies Disk 5
1992- Jan, 11th- launched Goodies Disk 6
1992- Aug,19th - launched Goodies Disk 7
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HP48SX
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1993
1993 - Jun, 1st - HP48G Series come out
1994 - Jan, 5th - launched Goodies Disk 9
1994 - Commercial Internet grow fast.
Windows, by Microsoft, becomes
the most used computer plataform.
1994 - HP48 becomes known worldwidely
1995 - First release of MetaKernel (RAM Card)
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HP48G Series
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1996
1996 - Appears newsgroup, maillists and sites of HP48
1997 - A new Digital Photo Machine by HP,
made people think a new calc was coming out.
1997 - Jul,10th - Andrew and Dave created HP48 Ring
1997 - Aug- Closed HP48 Headquarters (http://www.hp48.com)
1997 - Aug, 19th - Created HP48 for beginners! Site HPFB
1997 - Aug - Eric Rechlin created HPCalc.org (hp48.ml.org)
1997 - Sep, 18th- launched Goodies Disk 11- the last of the series
1997 - Nov - Created ACO
1997 - Dec - HP calculators start be made in Indonesia
1997 - Dec, 3st- Educalc is closed
1998 - Jan-May-News rumors at newsgroups
about a new calculator to compete with TI.
1998 - Feb - launched MetaKernel (ROM Card)
1998 - Mar - Created HPClub do Brasil
1998 - Mar, 30th - HP launches HP48G Plus-
a version "R" Rom Calculator with
128 KB and no card slots.
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HP48G Plus
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1998
1998 - Aug - created HPEDIA by Eric Rechlin and Carlos Marangon
1998 - Dez - Rumors about HP launch a new calculator in the end of 1999.
1999 - Apr - rumors about a new HP, even showing pictures of an
hypotetic new HP. It was an April Fool's Day joke
1999 - May -Anounced HP49G- the new calc with Flash Rom.
1999 - Aug - HP49G come out
1999 - Sep - Emu49 come out
1999 - Sep, 02nd - Created AREA48 - www.area48.com
1999 - Sep -Flesh ROM - new version
2000 - Available some utilitarians for HP48/49 that run on Linux
2000 - Jan - New versions of Flash ROM
2001 - HP Join Compac and stop calculator project
2002 - jul/aug - Created Area48 Light |
HP49G
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2003
2003 Sep - Launched HP49G Plus
HP is back to the business of calculators |
HP49G Plus
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