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Fit for a King: Swedish King Visits HP
Swedish King Carl XVI visited Hewlett-Packard’s facilities at Stanford Research Park on March 13, 1984.
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Fit for a Queen: Queen Elizabeth II Tours HP
Hewlett-Packard’s reputation for cutting-edge technology and a unique company culture made it a subject of international fascination. Many foreign dignitaries opted to visit Hewlett-Packard facilities ...
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Game, Set, Match
In 1984, Hewlett-Packard entered into agreements with the American Tennis Professionals (ATP) and Women’s International Tennis Association (WITA) to provide them with HP equipment and customized softw ...
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Getting a Grip: HP 9807A Integral PC
The HP Integral PC (model 9807A) was a “luggable” workstation, meaning that it was designed to be carried from place to place but needed to be plugged into an AC power outlet to operate — it did not h ...
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Getting the Max from Micro XE
The HP 3000, first introduced as a minicomputer, continued to improve in capacity even while shrinking in size. The 3000 Micro XE could support up to 56 users, up to 8MB of memory, and another 4.5MB o ...
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Going for the Gold
HP employee Margaret Bailes showed off the gold medal she won in the 400-meter relay race two decades earlier at the 1968 Summer Olympics. “It didn’t really hit me that this was the Olympics and we se ...
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Going Global: HP S.A. in Geneva
Hewlett-Packard S.A. in Geneva was Hewlett-Packard Company’s first foreign subsidiary, created to handle European sales and marketing. Setting a tone for the rest of the company’s global expansion, HP ...
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Golden Gift: HP 50th Anniversary Frisbee
Hewlett-Packard’s playful spirit meant that even the most momentous occasions could be celebrated with toys, especially if they were meant to be shared.
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Great Optics: HP Fiber Optic Link
The Hewlett-Packard Fiber Optic Link (HP-FL) disk-array product could offer up to 27GB of data-protected storage per cabinet, an astonishing capacity for its time. HP-FL was introduced to provide stor ...
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Hand Picked: HP 75C Handheld Computer
The HP 75C was the first product Hewlett-Packard designed and marketed as a full-blown handheld computer rather than a calculator. The 75C was programmable in BASIC, had a magnetic card reader and use ...