On Sep 29, 2019, at 19:32, Guy Dunphy via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > At 10:03 PM 27/09/2019 -0500, JRJ wrote: >> Thanks for the tip. (Part of not recognizing that is that I had never >> made the connection between the 2108B/2112B and the "1000" series >> before, until I read about it in this thread, and did some poking >> around. The HP's have not been one of my priorities in over a couple of >> decades, and most of of that focus was on my older HP2114B.) >> >> JRJ > > That's always mystified me too. "1000 series" for model numbers like 2108B, > 2112B, 2113E, etc. > Weird corporate thinking. Maybe too much printed material with "1000" on to > change? > Or some other company had trademarked "2000 series” ?
“2000” was occupied by the timeshared BASIC system product line. -Frank McConnell
