Digital Equipment Corporation’s Programmed Data Processor-11 (PDP-11) series was perhaps the most popular minicomputer in history. It was in production from 1970 until the 1990s. During that time, aro ...

In the 1970s, HP expanded its affirmative action programs to include more underrepresented groups. These efforts included proactive outreach to people with disabilities years before the passage of the ...

The HP Way’s combination of fun and innovation ensured all sorts of delightful surprises at company events, including this robot playfully adorned with a bow tie.

Many of HP’s diversity efforts were well ahead of their time. In 1975, the company produced a new video to help employees understand not just the obvious injustices of conscious discrimination, but th ...

The advent of flexible (or “floppy”) disks made data storage and transfer far easier and proved crucial to the success of personal computers. This 9855M drive from Hewlett-Packard used 8″ disks, the f ...

Since semiconductor memory was still in development to allow computers to retain instructions without a continuous power source, early calculators received their instructions through special magnetic ...

In the 1970s, more women found opportunities to work in technical roles, an area traditionally dominated by men across the industry. Women made up 11 percent of all Hewlett-Packard technicians by 1978 ...

As HP’s understanding of diversity increased, it began developing special programs for specific regions. In Malaysia, for example, HP actively recruited members of an indigenous ethnic group that was ...

Digital Equipment Corporation’s PDP-10, first released in 1966 and shown here as part of the company’s DECsystem line, was one of the most important computers ever produced. It made time-share computi ...

This letter from Bill Hewlett discussed Hewlett-Packard’s “open door policy” and its importance to the company culture.