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The HP 80: Now We’re in Business
The HP 80 was designed for business people rather than scientists and engineers. Instead of users programming in formulas themselves, the HP 80 had 40 different time-and-money formulas preset, so all ...
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The HP 97: The Perks of a Built-In Printer
The HP 97 was the most powerful personal calculator Hewlett-Packard had produced to that point. It was functionally equivalent to a handheld calculator released at the same time, the HP 67, but the 97 ...
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The HP 9866A Dot Matrix Printer
The 9866A dot matrix printer was a highly desirable product in its day, able to connect to a variety of Hewlett-Packard devices and capable of up to 250 lines per minute. Dot matrix printing would rem ...
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Tip-Top Terminal: The HP 2600A
Users interfaced with large enterprise computers via dedicated terminals. The 2600A, designed for work with early Hewlett-Packard data processors, was state-of-the-art, capable of displaying up to 25 ...
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Trial of the Century: The HP 65
At a fraction of the cost of a programmable desktop calculator, the HP 65 made computer programming more accessible than it had ever been before. Hewlett-Packard offered a 15-day trial for customers t ...
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Walking Around “MED”
Hewlett-Packard’s medical instruments operation was initially headquartered in Massachusetts, but that didn’t stop it from enjoying the same traditions that began at HP’s West Coast operations. Dave P ...
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Walking Around in Semi-Retirement
Dave Packard stepped away from day-to-day management duties at Hewlett-Packard Company in 1969, but that didn’t stop him from continuing to practice Management by Walking Around as chairman of the boa ...