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A Video Interview with Lu Packard
Lucile Packard’s contributions to Hewlett-Packard Company are hard to overstate. When the young company was still struggling to establish itself, her income working in the Registrar’s Office at Stanfo ...
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All in the Family: The Growth of the HP 3000
By 1989, the HP 3000, first launched 17 years earlier, had grown into an entire family of business computers that were expandable and compatible, allowing for a wide range of systems from which to cho ...
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All SystemPro Go: x86 PC Architecture
The Compaq SystemPro was perhaps the first server built around the industry standard x86 PC architecture, changing the field forever. Hewlett-Packard took over server R&D and production from Compaq in ...
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Anti-Pollution Instruments at HP
Hewlett-Packard entered the field for anti-pollution instruments in the mid-1960s, in large part through the acquisition of F&M Scientific Corporation in 1965. The F&M Division of Hewlett-Packard woul ...
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Protected: Art Fong on the HP Way
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Beaming: HP’s e-Beam System
Hewlett-Packard’s e-beam system, developed by HP Labs, used electron beams to etch designs into silicon microchips more finely than light beam technologies.
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Building a Presence in Taiwan
Hewlett-Packard’s Taiwanese subsidiary was established in 1971. By the early 1980s, Hewlett-Packard Taiwan had grown large enough to warrant a bespoke office building, the Hewlett-Packard Taiwan build ...
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Cashing in a Cartridge: PL1N’s First Dollar
Inkjet cartridges could hold more than just ink; this unused cartridge contains the first dollar the company’s PL1N line brought in.
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Cementing a Foothold in China
Hewlett-Packard was a pioneer for Western companies in the People’s Republic of China. In 1979, following a trip from Dave Packard, Hewlett-Packard received a license to sell products in the country a ...
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Channel Surfing: HP 3421A
The 3421A Data Acquisition/Control Unit (silver, by the subject’s knee) could measure voltage, resistance and frequency for up to 30 channels. Developed originally for the 41C calculator (shown here i ...