The Handheld and Portable Computer Club's (HPCC) Fifteenth Anniversary Conference
(held September 20-21st in London) is now available on video.
Eleven and a half hours of material includes lots of interesting presentations
including three from members of the Australian Calculator Operation of Hewlett-Packard.
Details of the conference is as follows:
Opening Remarks by HPCC Chairman Wlodek Mier-Jedrzejowicz and Richard Nelson (originally of PPC/CHHU and now Educalc)
Chris Wallin of HP Australia speaks on the new Australian Calculator Operation, taking over calculator development as of 1 November
Richard Kirby of HP (soon head of European calculator office) speaks on calculator traditions, past and future
Garry Heinze of HP Australia speaks on the future trends of calculator development at HP.
"The HP320LX" by Graham Cawsey
"The Logic Dart, A Different Kind of HP Handheld" by HP's Eric Vogel
Comments on the PLDL-100 I/O box for the HP48 plus announcements (Richard Nelson)
Basic Features of the HP48 Metakernel (Jake Schwartz) / Advanced Metakernel Features (Jean-Yves Avenard)
"Skyline Functions" and Education using the HP38G - Joost van't Spijker
Glimpse of the lunch/vendor area
Richard Nelson speaks on clubs, calculators and more / Gerlof Donga of the PROMPT Netherlands group announces an HP handheld conference in the Netherlands to be held in September of 1999
The Hewlett-Packard panel handles Q&A from the audience
Glimpse of the conference dinner
Eric Vogel's personal views on the recent evolution of the HP calculator division
Wlodek - Sunday morning opening remarks
"The ALG48 Math Library for the HP48" - Phillippe Roussel
"A Personal View of the Future of Calculators" - Gerlof Donga
"I²C: The New HP-IL?" - Tony Duell
"New Products for the HP38/48 from DaVinci Software" - Megha Shyam
Harry Sauer (local HP rep) suggests a contest for user-clubs in designing the next calculator
"The Right Job for the Right Tool?" - Wlodek Mier-Jedrzejowicz
"The Dutch Calculator Museum and the HP35" - Marc Staps
"Collecting Calculators" - Enrico Tedeschi
"Integer Wordsize on the HP48: What's in a Name?" - Phillippe Roussel
Announcemente/ Programming Contest Results / Door prizes
"Logic Dart Power Management" - Eric Vogel
Comments / Glimpse of the HP auction
Closing remarks at the Sunday barbecue - Wlodek/Richard/Gerlof - conferences now and in the future
8-minute exerpt from "Personal FX" show showing Guy Ball's calculator collection
The video is available on 4 DVDs for $15.00 including shipping or on a single DVD disk for $10.00 including shipping.
Send a check to : PayPal also availableJake Schwartz (email: jakes@pahhc.org)135 Saxby TerraceCherry Hill, NJ 08003 USA