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A Wide Scope: HP 150A Oscilloscope
Women and men in the Wiring and Assembly section worked side by side in crafting 150A oscilloscopes. Hewlett-Packard encouraged all groups to work together while fostering a cohesive and friendly envi ...
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An Intro at IRE
In 1938, before Bill and Dave had even formalized their partnership, Bill took a prototype of their first product to a conference of the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE, later the IEEE). In 1957, He ...
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Codifying the HP Way: Sonoma Meeting
By 1957, Hewlett-Packard had grown too large for Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard to be personally familiar with all of the company’s personnel and operations. To ensure the company’s values would contin ...
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Front and Center: Product Assembly
Barbara Brown and June Wessel worked on pre-fab assemblies in Hewlett-Packard’s recently constructed Stanford Unit no. 2, one of the company’s first facilities at Stanford Research Park. The new facil ...
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Home Address: Stanford Research Park
Stanford Research Park (originally called Stanford Industrial Park) was the brainchild of Bill and Dave’s mentor, Stanford professor Fred Terman, who championed collaboration between university resear ...
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Lazy Susans Improve Production at HP
Maizy Orme, Mary Jo Murray, Joann Hunsaker and Helen Gualtieri fabricated and tested range switches for oscilloscopes, displaying the key role women played in manufacturing one of Hewlett-Packard’s si ...
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Turning “HP” Upside Down
Hewlett-Packard created Dynac — renamed Dymec in 1958 — as a joint-venture experiment through which to develop specialized instrument systems. Hewlett-Packard shared ownership of the company with Dyme ...
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Watching Paint Dry: Paint Conveyor at HP
By 1957, Hewlett-Packard had devised a paint conveyer to facilitate the swift drying of freshly painted instruments. It was a far cry from the company’s early days on Addison Avenue, when the paint fo ...