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Bill and Dave wearing YHP-branded Japanese robes while visiting Yokogawa Hewlett-Packard during its 10th anniversary.
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10 Years of Yokogawa Hewlett-Packard
Lucile Packard and Flora Hewlett joined their husbands and the Hewlett-Packard board of directors on a special trip to Japan to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Yokogawa Hewlett-Packard (later Hewlet ...
Photo of seven handheld calculators Hewlett-Packard offered within four years of introducing the HP 35.
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1972–1976: A Series of Calculators
By 1976, just four years after the introduction of the HP 35, calculators had become a booming business at Hewlett-Packard. This opportunity led to an array of products, all of which built upon the de ...
Kyoko Sagimori of Hewlett-Packard's Santa Clara division speaks with Dave and Bill in front of the glass bonsai tree.
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A Bonsai for the Boss
In 1977, Kyoko Sagimori of Hewlett-Packard’s Santa Clara division gave Hewlett-Packard a glass bonsai tree. A glassblower who pursued art in her spare time, Sagimori crafted the item on lunch breaks a ...
Several magnetic card inserts containing programs customers could use with HP's programmable calculators.
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A Loaded Deck of Cards
To assist the users of its programmable calculators, Hewlett-Packard began offering magnetic card inserts pre-programmed with popular scientific and financial calculation applications. Customers could ...
A print ad featuring HP's business (HP 37E and HP 38E) and scientific (HP 31E, HP 32E and HP 33E) calculators.
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A Serious Offering: HP Series E Calculators
Series E was the first collection of Hewlett-Packard handheld calculators with a diagnostic error code system which identified errors made by the user in entering data. With both business (HP 37E and ...
Exterior of an HP office in China featuring the Hewlett-Packard logo in blue and white.
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A Signature Color Scheme
The Hewlett-Packard logo’s blue and white color scheme was first introduced in 1979 as part of a logo redesign. The color scheme would continue to be a part of the company’s brand from that point forw ...
A photo of the HP 65 programmable pocket calculator with quick reference guide, a pack of inserts and carrying case.
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A Superstar Product: The HP 65 Calculator
The HP 65 programmable pocket calculator was codenamed “Superstar.” At an opening price of $795, a fraction of the cost of a programmable desktop calculator, the HP 65 made computer programming more a ...
The HP 35 handheld scientific calculator.
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Adding Innovation: The HP 35
The HP 35 was the world’s first handheld scientific calculator, meaning it was capable of performing advanced mathematics. Marketed primarily through the mail, this product was Hewlett-Packard’s first ...
An issue of Watt's Current from July 1970.
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Avoiding Layoffs: Nine-Day Fortnight
In 1970, the entire electronics industry was in a severe recession. Hewlett-Packard was not immune, but where other companies were implementing layoffs, Hewlett-Packard implemented the famous “nine-da ...
Photo of Barney Oliver, the first head of HP Labs taken in 1973.
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Barney Oliver: The Boss of HP Labs
The first head of HP Labs was Barney Oliver, who had joined Hewlett-Packard as head of R&D in 1952 and who Bill and Dave had known since their undergraduate days at Stanford. Oliver remained at the he ...