1990


HP Calculators History


1990- Mar,6- was introduced HP48SX
1990- Oct,18- Joe Horn launches Goodies Disk 1
1991- Apr,2 - was anounced HP48S
1991- Feb,22- launched Goodies Disk 2
1991- Jun,27- launched Goodies Disk 3
1991- Jul- launched Goodies Disk 4
1991- Oct,20- launched Goodies Disk 5
1992- Jan,11- launched Goodies Disk 6
1992- Aug,19- launched Goodies Disk 7




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HP48SX
    
1993


1993-Jun,1 HP48G Series come out
1994- Jan,5- 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)

HP48G Series
    
1996


1996- Appear 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,10 - Andrew and Dave created HP48 Ring
1997- Aug- Closed HP48 Headquarters (http://www.hp48.com)
1997- Aug,19- Created hp48 for beginners! Site
1997- Aug- Eric Rechlin created HPCalc.org (hp48.ml.org)
1997- Sep,18- launched Goodies Disk 11- the last of the series
1997- Nov- Created ACO
1997- Dec- HP calculators start be made in Indonesia
1997- Dec,31- 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,30- HP launches HP48G Plus-
         a version "R" Rom Calculator with
         128 KB and no card slots.

HP48G Plus
    
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,02 -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

HP49G
     
Colaborators:

Eric Reclin - USA - picture of HP49G
Joe Horn - USA - dates of Goodes Disks releases
Jean Yves Avenard - France - data about Meta Kernel
Perez Franco - Panama - picture of HP48G Plus
Carlos Martinez- Puerto Rico - Picture of HP48SX
Tacio Sansonovski - Brazil - data about several topics