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A crane lifts a Hewlett-Packard computer onto the research vessel Chain in 1966.
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On Sale: The First HP Computer Purchase
The first Hewlett-Packard computer ever purchased was sold to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in 1966 for use on the research vessel Chain.
Early packaging for Hewlett-Packard featuring the company logo and the phrase Electronic Measuring Instruments.
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Outside the Box: Early HP Packaging
Packaging for early products emphasized the trusted Hewlett-Packard name, but didn’t feature many visual adornments.
A woman working on the assembly line at Hewlett-Packard in the 1960s.
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Precision Production at HP
Before automated manufacturing was commonplace, components for precision instruments had to be soldered and assembled by steady, dedicated hands, making Hewlett-Packard’s reputation for exceptional qu ...
Front of the HP 680 Strip Chart Recorder.
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Progress Chart: Acquiring FL Moseley
Hewlett-Packard’s first acquisition was FL Moseley, a company that also started in a garage. FL Moseley made graphic printing devices and was a pioneer in printing along the X-Y axis, as this strip re ...
Hewlett-Packard production facility in Germany with open spaces and individual workstations.
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Purpose Built: Open Floorplan at HP
The interior of Hewlett-Packard production facilities throughout the world — like this one in Germany — followed the same conceptual floor plan as their American counterparts, combining individual spa ...
The HP 9100A programmable desktop calculator.
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Ready for Its Closeup
The HP 9100A, the world’s first commercially available programmable desktop calculator and the first commercial scientific calculator, was one of the most important inventions in Hewlett-Packard’s his ...
Photo of the HP 3950, Hewlett-Packard's first magnetic tape recording system.
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Roll Tape: HP 3950 Recording System
The 3950 was Hewlett-Packard’s first magnetic tape recording system. It was designed for instrumentation recording, but in the coming years Hewlett-Packard tape reels would be among the first data sto ...
Roy Clay, the future Godfather of Silicon Valley speaking with other HP employees in 1968.
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Roy Clay: Godfather of Silicon Valley
Roy Clay was a founding member of HP’s first computer division. Personally recruited to the company by Dave Packard in 1965, Clay led the design team for HP’s first computer, the 2116A, for which he a ...
A woman etching circuits at the Palo Alto facility in the 1950s or 1960s.
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Running the Circuit: Women Technicians
Even early in Hewlett-Packard history, women were not excluded from technician roles. This included jobs involving the circuit etching process at the Palo Alto facility.
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Sanborn Technology in Outer Space
During the Space Race of the late 1950s and 1960s, many NASA missions relied on HP medical instrumentation to monitor the health of their astronauts, including the Faith 7 spacecraft piloted by astron ...