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The following guide groups calculators into broad categories based on the. This is mostly a matter of how hard they. The difficulty ratings are for. These are all relative. Even an easy model requires some effort. By popular demand, price ranges recently observed have been added. Take. these prices with a grain of salt however as some of them are based. These prices. are for public sales between collectors typically advertised on the Internet. All prices are for calculators described as being in at least very good. Please note that if a price isnt listed here, then I dont know it. I dont. try to track prices of slide rules and other brands of calculators. These price ranges do not include the bargains you can find in flea. Cheap HPs can be found if youre willing. Generally, calculators at the high end of the price ranges. Update Prices on e. Bay continue to escalate while. Cheap HPs can still be found but it is getting more. Two recent debates over e. Bay pricing on the. Bay dealers posting under aliases. The aliased. dealers claimed that the e. Bay prices are the only real prices because thats. The US stock crash of 1. US stock market has been much more resilient at least. While the most absurdly priced issues dropped in 2. Of course, placing a fundamental value on an old calculator is much harder. Have on line auctions lead to a new era of HP calculator collecting or. If. the latter, will the landing be hard or soft Only time will tell. Price range decoder. X a single price is known. X, Y two prices are known. X Y three or more prices are known ranging from X to Y. X Y, Z as above but there is also one or more prices Z well outside. X offered see Note 1. Model. Difficulty. Price Rangesee aboveHP 0. HP 0. 1 incomplete6. HP 1. 02. 50, 3. HP 1. C28. 0, 1. HP 1. 1C4. HP 1. 4B HP 1. 5C5. HP 1. 6C2. 58, 3. HP 1. 7B2. 6 3. HP 1. C2. 0, 5. HP 1. 9B HP 1. C1. HP 2. 11. 6 1. HP 2. 1S HP 2. 25. HP 2. 2S5. 0, 7. HP 2. HP 2. 5C7. 5HP 2. HP 2. 7S3. 2, 8. HP 2. C3. 5 5. HP 2. 8S4. HP 2. 9C1. 43 2. HP 3. E25. 0 1. HP 3. 2E2. HP 3. 2S3. 0, 4. HP 3. E3. 0 6. HP 3. 3C5. HP 3. 4C4. 6 1. HP 3. HP 3. 5 all legends on keys1. HP 3. 5 red dot 73. HP 3. 7E4. 0, 6. HP 3. C1. 17. HP 3. E4. HP 4. C34. 0 9. 0HP 4. C option 0. 01blank1. HP 4. 1CV 36. HP 4. CX38. 5 1. HP 4. 2S39. HP 4. 55. 0, 6. HP 4. HP 4. 8S3. 5, 5. HP 4. SX5. 0 8. HP 5. 51. HP 6. 59. 6 3. HP 6. HP 7. 02. 85, 4. HP 7. B3. 5 1. HP 7. 5C53 5. HP 7. 5D53 3. HP 8. HP 8. 12. 25. HP 8. HP 8. 55. 3, 1. HP 8. HP 8. 76. HP 9. 12. HP 9. 22. 75. HP 9. HP 9. 5C HP 9. 77. HP 9. 7S2. 00, 2. HP 9. 10. 07. 50, 8. HP 9. 80. 51. 50, 3. HP 9. 81. 01. 84, 5. HP 9. 81. 5 1. 00, 1. HP 9. 82. 0 2. 00, 3. HP 9. 82. 5 3. 0, 6. HP 9. 83. 0 1. 00, 2. Notes The HP 0. Extremely Difficult and even some Very Difficult models but everyone knows. The incomplete entry. Several less than excellent samples have sold recently in the 3. Some low end models like the HP 1. C and HP 3. 1E. are hard to find as they tend to get thrown away. The good news that you. The 4. 00 HP 1. C was described. HP 4. 1s were very popular and therefore very. However, their popularity persists among some users so dont be surprised. The recently discontinued HP 4. S. also has fans that will pay very high prices. Some HP 4. 1C accessory prices. Bay. Card reader 2. Optical wand 1. IL module 5 5. Blank card set 1. Matrix printer 1. Cassette drive 2. If you really want to impress your collecting. HP 9. 4D, HP 9. E, and HP 9. F. HP 7. 5C and D prices have been depressed by. The. 3 price required the purchase of at least 2. Quantity 1 pricing usually. The high priced samples were described as new in the. An e. Bay dealer has a large quantity of these. Five months ago his. Described as Mint In Box and complete. The red dot shows through a hole to the right of the. The dot does not light up. The 8. 42 price ebay and the 2. HP 1. 6C were reported to the museum in the same week in 2. Difficulty ratings are based on the experiences of the curator and a few. Your mileage may vary. Many beginning collectors are confused by series names that are often used. HP calculators. These names are HPs own code names for the. The first series of calculators HP 3. HP 4. 5, HP 5. 5, HP 6. HP 7. 0 and HP 8. The HP 6. 7 is also regarded as a classic even though it is based on Woodstock. This name was probably given well after the fact. HP. wasnt sure at the time whether there was really a market for the HP 3. Classic Printers. The HP 4. 6 and HP 8. Our Secret Universe The Hidden Life Of The Cell Download App there. The second major series The HP 2. HP 2. 9. Apparently named after. Peanuts cartoons. The 9. 0 series HP 9. HP 9. 2, HP 9. 5C, HP 9. HP 9. 7S. Definitely top of. The 3. 0EC series HP 3. E through HP 3. 8C. The HP 1. 0 and HP 1. C. Dont confuse these with the voyager series. HP 4. 1C, HP 4. CV and HP 4. CX. Later HP 4. 1 series models with reduced electronics. The 1. 0C series ie HP 1. C, HP 1. 1C through HP 1. C. Do not confuse the HP 1. C. with the HP 1. B or the HP 1. 0. The calculators that fold. Also called the Clamshell series. The current lower end series including most models ending in B business. S scientific and II. A series that never went into production. The only known model is. Earthquake a follow on to the HP 6. A series that never went into production. No details known. Many HP calculators had internal code names during their development. The. following code names are known. HP 0. 1HP 1. 0HP 1. BHP 1. 7BHP 1. 8CHP 1. BHP 1. 9CHP 2. 1HP 2. HP 2. 2SHP 2. 5HP 2. CHP 2. 7HP 2. 7SHP 2. CHP 2. 8SHP 2. 9CHP 3. ECricket. KISSMidas. Trader. Champion. Tycoon. Clyde. Pumpkin. Turnip. Plato. Squash. Squish. Salad. Mentor. Paladin. Orlando. Bonnie. Ginger. HP 3. EHP 3. 2SHP 3. 2SIIHP 3. CHP 3. 3EHP 3. 4CHP 3. EHP 3. 8CHP 3. 8EHP 3. GHP 4. 1CHP 4. 1CVHP 4. CX4. 1C 0. 01. HP 4. SHP 4. 5HP 4. 8GHP 4. GXThyme. Leonardo. Nardo. Sage CSage. Basil. Parsley. Chive CChive. Elsie. Coconut. Silverbird. Honeynut. Blanknut. Davinci. Wizard. Alcuin. Hammer. HP 4. 8SHP 4. SXHP 4. 9GHP 5. HP 6. HP 6. 7HP 7. HP 7. BHP 7. 5CHP 7. DHP 8. HP 8. 5HP 8. HP 9. HP 9. 2HP 9. HP 9. SXpander. Shorty. Charlemagne. Copernicus or Vger. Merlin. Superstar. Hawkeye. Scrooge. Titan. Kangaroo. Merlin. Virgo. Capricorn. Gemini. Felix. Bobcat. Kittyhawk. Ricochet. Endeavor. Some code names that didnt make it to production. Earthquake quake. Follow on to the HP 6. Originally planned as an interim product between. HP 6. 5 and Roadrunner below. The schedule on this slipped and the product. Roadrunner. Notes at an HP meeting suggest a major. Roadrunner and Earth. Quake. involving the use of peripherals such as a printer or plotter. Of course. Roadrunner also never appeared but the concept of the HP 6. Kittyhawk minus a printer. HP 6. 79. 7. A concern was also expressed that Roadrunner, Kittyhawk. Earthquake all had their own programming languages. This was also fixed. Phoenix Squish II. Reduced cost Woodstock member. A 6 chip N channel and CMOS scientific meant. HP 5. 5. Business desktop with printer capable of calculating, tabulating and clock. Thunderbolt I Thunderbolt II HP 2. B. A 2. 1 sequel meant to sell for around 8. The Thunderbolt I was intended.