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Dave Packard (left) with NYSE President G. Keith Funston (center) and Mortimer Marcus (right), a stock specialist.
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Stock Option: HP on the NYSE
Hewlett-Packard stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on March 17, 1961, just four years after its 1957 initial public offering.
A woman working in the Stanford plant in the late 1950s.
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Strong at Stanford: Women at the Plant
Eight production teams operated at the Stanford Plant in the late 1950s. Women were well-represented on many teams, especially pre-fabrication and assembly and wiring.
A photo of Digital Equipment Corporation's TYPESET-8, a turnkey computer system from 1968.
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That’s Key: The TYPESET-8
Digital Equipment Corporation’s TYPESET-8 pioneered the “turnkey” computer system, where a system was custom designed for a specific application and was ready to perform that application at the press ...
Designer Roy Ozaki crafting a visual prototype of the HP 9100A desktop calculator out of clay.
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The 9100A: The Shape of Things to Come
Since the personal programmable device was a new idea in 1968, the look of the 9100A desktop calculator needed to be conceived from scratch. It would prove highly influential. The 9100A’s sleek, high- ...
Dave Packard chats with HP employees during a coffee break.
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The Coffee Break at HP
Coffee breaks were a regular ritual at Hewlett-Packard facilities. Twice a day, employees from all levels and departments — including Dave Packard and Bill Hewlett — would gather around refreshment st ...
Photo of the Digital Equipment Corporation PDP 8/I, taken in 1968.
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The DEC PDP 8 Minicomputer
The PDP 8 from Digital Equipment Corporation was the first commercially successful minicomputer. First introduced in 1965, its success triggered a revolution in data processing that continued through ...
Photo of the HP 2116A, Hewlett-Packard's first computer.
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The HP 2116: HP’s First Computer
Hewlett-Packard’s first computer, the HP 2116, was introduced in 1966. It was developed as a controller, a logical step given the company’s focus on instruments and measurement devices, but it was so ...
An HP team reviewing shelves of 5100A synthesizer components.
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The HP 5100A: A New Approach to R&D
The 5100A Synthesizer generated electrical signals with unprecedented precision. According to Bill Hewlett, its technical demands were so great it was also Hewlett-Packard’s first product to be develo ...
A woman soldering a component for the HP 5360A computer counter.
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The HP 5360A: Measuring to the Moon
The HP 5360A computer counter could tabulate and process reflected signals with an accuracy several orders of magnitude beyond its contemporaries. It was so accurate that it could measure the distance ...
Fred Johnstone next to a breadboard emulator in 1967.
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The Idea Board: Early Breadboards at HP
In the days before breadboards could be virtual or solderless, they were circuits built into flat wooden panels that engineers used to prototype circuits. This breadboard belonged to Fred Johnstone.