Back in September I bought an HP-11C Owner's Handbook and Problem Solving Guide and a week or so ago the actual calculator arrived, it had slowly winged it's way through the Global Shipping Program from a seller in the USA.
In 1985 when I was working at McDonnell Douglas in Long Beach, California, I had "leaned into" buying one of these at the local speciality camera shop near the facility. Instead, a month or so later, back in the UK, I bought a Texas Instruments TI-66 programmable calculator.
It is a bit of a none story really, in 1985 I didn't do something, let us not start a list of things I did not do in this life....
The TI-66 provided a lot more programming steps than the HP-11C, and also offered labels within programs. At the time of course I considered it was a better choice and was the right decision. I have recently thought about obtaining another one, so that may pop up on the blog at some point.
This particular HP-11C is in good condition, a few signs of use but quite acceptable for the collection, I will report back about my opinions at some point.
