names

	    Names of Hewlett-Packard Calculators and Lines


Information supplied by Allen-1, Armstrong-1, Schwartz-1, and Thomas-1.

model	internal name	notes

-01A	Cricket		HP's only watch
6S	Cosmo
6SSolar	Cosmo
8s	none
9G	none
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9S	none
======================================================================
-10A	Kiss
-10B	Ernst
10Bii
-10C	0.5
10s	none
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10s+	Hickory
-11C	1.0
12BII
-12C	1.0
12CPA	?
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12CPt	Bondi
14B	Midas
-15C	1.5
-16C	PR
-17B	Trader		business calculator (simplified -19B)
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17BII
17BII+	Trader 3
-18C	Champion	algebraic, non-programmable scientific
-19B	Tycoon		top of the line business calculator (no suprise!)
19BII
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19BII+
-19C	Clyde
======================================================================
20B		Little Euro
-20S	Erni
-21A	Pumpkin (Woodstock) simple non-programmable scientific (replaces -35A)
-21S	Monte Carlo
-22A	Turnip
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-22S	Plato
-25A	Squash
-25C	Squish
-27A	Salad		"do everything" Pioneer - math, statistics, finance
-27S	Mentor
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-28C	Paladin		scientific calculator - predecessor to the -28S
-28S	Orlando		advanced scientific
-29C	Bonnie
======================================================================
30b	Mid Euro
30S	Astro
-31E	Ginger
-32E	Thyme
-32S	Leonardo
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32SII	Nardo?
-33C	Sage C
-33E	Sage
33S	Swan
-34C	Basil
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35s	none
-35A	none (Classic?)	"original" non-programmable hand held slide rule
-37E	Parsley
-38C	Chive C
-38E	Chive
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38G	Elsie
38G+
39G	Enterprise
39G+	Little Apple
39GS	?
======================================================================
40G	Enterprise
40g+	Prototype
40GS
-41C	Coconut		probably the most popular HP handheld ever made
-41CV	Silverbird
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-41CX	Honeynut
	Halfnut		redesigned version of the -41C*
	The Halfnut was a redesign of the -41C* internals only -
	externally (and functionally) these are identical to Coconuts. 
	The Halfnut was so called because the processor board was only
	1/2 the size of the original design.
-41opt1	Blanknut	HP-41 Opt 001: same as -41C, but with few keys labelled
-42S	Davinci
-45A	Wizard
-46A
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48G	Alcuin
48GII	Mid Apple
48GX	Hammer
48G+	Plus
48S	Shorty		48SX w/o expansion slots
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48SX	Charlemagne	state of the art "Scientific Expandable Calculator"
49G	V'Ger
49G+	Big Apple
======================================================================
50G	?
-55A	Merlin		duplicates -75D name
-56A
======================================================================
-65A	Superstar	scientific w/LED display, card reader and 100 steps
-66A
-67A	Hawkeye
======================================================================
-70A	Scrooge
-71B	Titan		replacement for the -75*
-75C	Kangaroo	HP's first (and best!) handheld BASIC computer
-75D	Merlin		as -75C, with 16K(24K?) memory and wand port,
			duplicates -55A name
======================================================================
-80A	none
-81A
-83A
-83F
-85A	Chestnut
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-85B
-85F
-86A
-86B
-87A
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-87XM
======================================================================
-91A	Topcat (Felix?)
-92A	Bobcat
-94D
-94E
-94F			-94E with 128K RAM card installed
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-95C	Bearcat		printer version of the -25C
95LX	Jaguar		Personal Information Computer
			Information Management Calculator
95LX1MB	Jaguar		Personal Information Computer
			Information Management Calculator
-97A	Kitty Hawk	desktop version of the -67A, with a printer
-97S	Ricochet	data collector = a -97A with a BCD serial port
======================================================================
100LX	Cougar
100LX2MB 

model	official name

-01A	Wrist Instrument
6S	Scientific Calculator
6SSolar	Scientific Calculator
8s	?
9G	?
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9S	?
======================================================================
-10A	Handheld Printing Calculator
-10B	Business Calculator
10Bii
-10C	none
10s	?
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10s+	?
-11C	Programmable Scientific Calculator
12BII
-12C	Programmable Financial Calculator
12CPA
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12CPt	?
14B	Business Calculator
-15C	Advanced Programmable Scientific Calculator
-16C	The Computer Scientist
-17B	Business Calculator
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17BII	Financial Calculator
17BII+
-18C	Business Consultant
-19B	Business Consultant II
19BII	HP Business Consultant II
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19BII+
-19C	Printing Programmable Scientific Calculator
======================================================================
20B	Business Consultant Financial Calculator
-20S	Scientific Calculator
-21A	Scientific Pocket Calculator
-21S	Stat/Math Calculator
-22A	none
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-22S	Scientific Calculator
-25A	Programmable Scientific Calculator
-25C	Programmable Scientific Calculator
-27A	none
-27S	Scientific Calculator
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-28C	none
-28S	Advanced Scientific Calculator
-29C	Programmable Scientific Calculator
======================================================================
30S	Scientific Calculator
-31E	Scientific Calculator?
-32E	Advanced Scientific
-32S	RPN Scientific Calculator
32SII	RPN Scientific Calculator
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-33C	Programmable Scientific Calculator
-33E	Programmable Scientific Calculator
33S
-34C	Advanced Programmable Scientific Calculator With Continuous Memory
-35A	Scientific Pocket Calculator
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35s	Scientific Calculator
-37E	Financial Calculator
-38C	Financial Programmable Calculator
-38E	Financial Programmable Calculator
38G	Graphics Calculator
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38G+
39G
39G+
39GS
======================================================================
40G
40g+
-41C	Handheld Computer
-41CV	Handheld Computer
-41CX	Handheld Computer
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-41opt1	Handheld Computer
-42S	RPN Scientific Calculator
-45A	Advanced Scientific Pocket Calculator
-46A	none
48G	Scientific
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48GII
48GX	Scientific Expandable
48G+
48S	Scientific
48SX	Scientific Expandable
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49G	Graphic
49G+
======================================================================
50G
-55A	none
-56A	none
======================================================================
-65A	Programmable Pocket Calculator
-66A	none
-67A
======================================================================
-70A	none
-71B	none
-75C	Portable Computer
-75D	Portable Computer
======================================================================
-80A	Business Pocket Calculator
-81A
-83A
-83F
-85A	Personal Computing System
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-85B
-85F
-86A
-86B
-87A
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-87XM
======================================================================
-91A	Scientific Portable Printing Calculator
-92A	Investor
-94D	Handheld Industrial Computer
-94E	Handheld Industrial Computer
-94F	Handheld Industrial Computer
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-95C
95LX	Lotus Expandable / Palmtop Portable
95LX1MB	Lotus Expandable / Palmtop Portable
-97A	Programmable Printing Calculator
-97S	I/O Calculator
======================================================================
100LX
100LX2MB

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Series			Models

Charlemagne		38G, 38G+, 39G, 39G+, 40G, 48G, 48GX, 48G+, 48S, 48SX, 49G
Clamshell?		-18B, -19B, 19BII, -28C, -28S
Classic			-35A, -45A, -55A, -65A, -67A, -70A, -80A
Coconut			-41C, -41CV, -41CX
Pioneer			-10B, 14B, -17B, 17BII, -20S, -21S, -22S, -27S,
			-32S, 32SII, -42S
Spice, Series 30,	-31E, -32E, -33C, -33E, -34C, -37E, -38C, -38E
  Series E
Sting			-10A, -19C
Topcat			-46A, -91A, -92A, -95C, -97A, -97S
Voyager, Series 10	-10C, -11C, -12C, -15C, -16C
Woodstock		-21A, -22A, -25A, -25C, -27A, -29C

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Processors and Chips	Notes

Capricorn		8 bit CMOS processor used by the -75* and -85*

Nut			-41C custom processor

Sacajawea (1LE2)	Used in the Voyager series (this may be
			a mistake).

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Saturn			4 bit CMOS processor used by the -71B
			also, the family name for all the rest

levels:

	0 original
	1 -18C, -28C, few extra instructions
	2 48SX and later, yet more instructions
	3 48G, 48GX, 48G+, yet more instructions

used in: -71B -18C -28C -17B -19B -27S -28S -22S -32S 14B -42S -10B
	-20S -21S 17BII 19BII 48SX 32SII 48S 48G 48GX 48G+ 38G 38G+

Lewis			Processor for the the (-)17B*, (-)19B*, -27S,
			and -28S (1LT8, CMOSG 3V, 1 MHz, 64K ROM,
			-28S uses two of these, one with CPU disabled),
			-42S

	Used in the High end Pioneer family HP17B/17BII/27S/42S.

	The MMU of the Lewis chip is n-island programmable, and every
	model use the same MMU programming. The chips differ only in
	the 64KB ROM content.

	The Lewis chip needs an external RAM (8KB). The international
	versions of the HP17B and HP17BII use an additional 32KB ROM
	chip.

	The HP19B/19BII/28S use two Lewis chips with one external RAM
	chip (8KB on 19B / 32KB on 28S).

Clarke			Processor for the 48SX and 48S (2 MHz),
			1LT8 improved with LCD driver, memory
			controller, UART and IR control, 170 pin TAB
			package

Yorke			Processor for the 48GX and 48G (4 MHz) (Yorke
			was the black member of the Lewis and Clarke
			expedition), 160-ping quad flatpack.  Also used
			in the 38G, 38G+, 39G, 40G, and 49G.

Saca			14B, -22S, -32S, 32SII (640 KHz)

Bert			-10B, -20S, -21S (640 KHz, 10K ROM, 256 RAM,
			display driver), named 1LU7.

	Refering to the 1LU7 BERT External reference specification:

		"... It's design is highly leveraged from the 1LR3
		Sacajawea and 1LR2 Lewis IC. ..."

	The 1LR3 Sacajawea and 1LR2 Lewis CPU are indeed very similar
	(from the CPU core / IO register / display driver aspect).

Children of the original Saturn chip serve as the processor for all
current HP calculators.  These processors are often custom designed
for the calculator they are used in, but it is common to refer to them
all as "having the Saturn architecture."

Marc Staps (marc@knot.nl) reports the following:

	Dr. Van Allen (1914-) relied on a HP-9100A and its optional
	plotter to study the feasability of using a gravity slingshot
	around Jupiter to allow Pioneer 11 to intercept Saturn.
	Pioneer 11 was retasked and arrived at Saturn before Voyager 1.

	A very nice example of how a codename is created.


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Peripherals

7470		Sweetlips	plotter
82104A		Hyster		-41C* card reader (from Hysteresis)
82120A		Hurricane	-41C* rechargeable battery pack
82143A		Helios		-41C* thermal printer (named after the Sun --
				heat)
82153A		Cheshire	-41C* barcode wand (from the Cheshire cat --
				it kept getting cut to bare essentials)
82160A		Grapenuts	-41C* HP-IL interface
82161A		Filbert		IL digital cassette drive ("filbert" is a local
				to Oregon name for walnuts or hazelnuts)
82162A		Special K	IL cereal printer :-)
82163A		Wallabee	IL video interface
82164A		Kukuinut	IL RS-232C
82165A		Foxnut		IL GPIO interface
82166A		Pilbox		IL small GPIO converter
82168A		Wombat		IL modem
82169A		Nutshell	IL HP-IB interface
82182A		Phineas		-41C* time module (assumed that the timer
				came out with the IL module; also, the
				name really is phineas, although I
				assume it's named after Phileas Fogg
				-- strange, huh? -- Dan Allen)
82183A		Wombat		extended I/O ROM
82210A		Hoover		HP-41CV emulator card for the 48SX
82211A		Flamberge	48SX equation library card
82211B		Wilkinson	48SX equation library card, newer
82240A		Redeye		infrared printer
82240B		Visine		infrared printer, replaces Redeye
				("gets the red out")
82242A		Blinky		-41C* infrared adapter
82713A		Faline		(PMS)
82718A		Pod		-75* expansion pod

?		Firefly		cancelled successor to the Cricket
?		Eagle		calculator of some kind - never produced
?		Zipper		     "     "    "    "      "       "

The HP-41 HP-IL Development Module came to be known as the "Devil"
module in the user clubs, for self-evident reasons.


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