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Pocket calculator HP-35.
Technical Museum of Slovenia. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek.
Rode collaborated on the HP-80 project as the project leader and lead co-in- The IEEE Milestone in Electrical Engineering and Computing Award. In 2009,
ventor. He simplified financial calculations and thereby replaced the cum- the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the highest pro-
bersome and time-consuming tables that had been used by banks and fessional authority in this field, declared the HP-35 a “milestone in electrical
other financial institutions. He was even prouder of this calculator than the engineering and computing.” A plaque displaying the text of the recognition
HP-35 because he thought the project required more ingenuity and creativity. has been installed in the lobby of Hewlett-Packard Labs in Palo Alto, California.
A leaflet for the HP-80. Private collection. Photo: Sanja Živković.
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