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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 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 ...
An ad for the HP 35 featuring the device held in one hand with text emphasizing its portability, power and reasonable price.
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HP 35: Marketed to the Consumer
On January 4, 1972, Hewlett-Packard introduced the HP 35, the first handheld scientific calculator. Designed to fit into a shirt pocket (under Bill Hewlett’s direction), the device was the first produ ...
California Industrialist of the Year award bearing the name William Hewlett.
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Industrialists of the Year
Bill and Dave were named California’s Industrialists of the Year in 1973 for their “devotion and dedication to improving the quality of American life both inside and outside of their company.” The awa ...
Bill Hewlett accepting the James S. Cogswell Outstanding Industrial Security Award on behalf of Hewlett-Packard in 1973.
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Securing the Cogswell Award
The James S. Cogswell Outstanding Industrial Security Award was created in 1966 to honor defense contractors who went above and beyond in their commitment to protect information, materials and program ...
Photo of the HP 1601L Logic Analyzer with various wires attached.
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Talking in Code: HP 1601L
The HP 1601L Logic Analyzer (right) could track a digital system’s operations and translate them into a digital display of binary code. When it was introduced, most computer debugging and logic analys ...
Front view of Bill Hewlett's Barney Oliver Amplifier.
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The Barney Oliver Amplifier
In 1971, HP Labs director and R&D wizard Barney Oliver made his own amplifier for his home stereo system. The sound quality was so good that other Hewlett-Packard people wanted one of their own, and t ...
HP 45 calculator with carrying pouch and owner's handbook in front of a plastic storage case.
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The HP 45: A “Shift” in Technology
The HP 45 was the first scientific calculator to feature a “shift” key that expanded the calculator’s functions. The device also featured one of the earliest known “Easter eggs”: a stopwatch feature t ...
Photo of the HP 80 calculator designed for business people with 40 time-and-money formulas preset.
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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 ...