Conference Schedule

The schedule of events for HHC 2021 will not be finalized until a few days before the conference. Check back here at that time.

Meanwhile, you may wish to check out what actually happened last conference at HHC 2019; its schedule will give you a good idea of how HHC conferences flow.

Saturday
2 October 2021

Time Event/Person Description and Notes Link to presentation video
7:30 am Registration Register with Bob Prosperi and pick up Conference materials, "Proceedings" (128 GB USB Drive), Programming Contest, etc.  
8:00 am Conference starts,
announcements.
Your registration materials are numbered. Two name labels are included, one for each day. Save the blue ticket to put into the pot for the Sunday door prize drawing. Place any door prizes you donate on the door prize table. See Bob for Trading Corner details.  
8:15 am Attendee Introductions Keep short: Name, where from, machines used.  
8:45 am Felix Gross (Zoom) Calculator Bibliography Update Link
9:15 am Robert Prosperi Calculator Challenge Link
9:45 am Break    
10:00 am Eric Rechlin What is on the HHC 2021 USB Drive Link
10:30 am Richard Schwartz Some Comments on Calculating Logarithms Link
11:00 am Chuck McCord (Zoom) The HP 9808A/B (Unicorn) The Product That Almost Was Link
11:45 am Group Photo Quickly assemble in front of the room. Tall people in the back. Please be extra that sure the camera sees your WHOLE face, not just your eyes.  
12:00 pm Lunch Lunch is included and served in place.  
1:00 pm Richard Schwartz Starting a Fire Link
1:30 pm Jake Schwartz What's New in the PPC Archive (Version 2.39) Link
2:00 pm Eric Rechlin Techniques for Digitally Preserving Technical Manuals and Other Books Link
3:00 pm Break    
3:30 pm Gene Wright Calculator Ad Price Analysis Link
3:45 pm Gene Wright Lines and Graphs Link
4:45 pm Jim Johnson Diagnosing Problems with the HP-19C (Especially printer) Link
5:15 pm Craig Bladow CC41: A Touch Typist's Calculator Link
6:06 pm Dinner Dinner is included and served in place.  
7:30 pm David Ramsey Something About Keyboards Link
8:00 pm Gene Wright Rockwell Calculators Link
8:30 pm Richard Schwartz Make Your Own Slide Rule Link
9:00 pm Richard Nelson Why We Started Link
10:00 pm End of First Day Drag off to bed; we don't start as early on Sunday. A Roman Catholic Mass for HHC attendees will be said early Sunday morning in a hotel room for the faithful and the curious; all are welcome. Ask Richard or Joseph for details.  

 

Sunday
3 October 2021

Time Event/Person Description and Notes Link to presentation video  
10:00 am Conference reconvenes Announcements, schedule changes, etc.  
10:10 am Joey Shepard 6502 Calculator Projects Link
10:55 am Eric Smith History of Floating Point Processors Link
11:45 am Richard Nelson Accuracy Comparisons: 7 Methods and 30 Programs Link
12:15 pm Robert Prosperi Another Perspective of the Scanning Projects (comment) Link
1:00 pm Lunch Lunch is included and served in place.  
2:30 pm Best Speaker Award Attendees Vote  
3:30 pm Break Ask that last question of your new friends. We are near the end. Now the real fun begins.  
3:45 pm Door Prize Drawing Submit your blue ticket and keep your registration number on your proceedings handy. Each person will win at least one prize.  
4:45 pm User's Forum General HPUC Q&A. Suggestions for HHC 2022.  
5:30 pm Conference Concludes After helping clean up the room, have a safe trip home! Join us for breakfast tomorrow morning (usually the next conference is discussed).  

Monday
4 October 2021

Time Event/Person Description and Notes
6:00-9:30 am Optional post-conference breakfast in hotel restaurant. Bid farewell