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Photo of the HP 94 Handheld Computer with attached barcode wand.
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Raising the Barcode: HP 94
Hewlett-Packard continued to push the boundaries of portable computing in the 1980s. The HP 94 Handheld Computer featured an alphabetic keyboard, headphone jack, serial interface and barcode interface ...
Close-up view of a chip package featuring Hewlett-Packard's reduced instruction set computing (RISC) architecture.
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The First RISC Chip
Hewlett-Packard’s first use of reduced instruction set computing (RISC) required the company’s biggest R&D project ever to that point. Codenamed Spectrum and released under the name Precision Architec ...
Cover of R&D Network from the fall of 1986 featuring Collen Kimble working on the final assembly of a series 10C calculator.
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The Importance of Women in Silicon Valley
Women’s work was often overlooked in the first half-century of Silicon Valley history, but women such as Collen Kimble played a crucial role in building and refining the products that made Hewlett-Pac ...
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Video: HP’s Hollywood Cameos
Hewlett-Packard is no stranger to Hollywood, as several of its products have been featured in entertainment media. Appropriately, the company’s medical equipment was a common feature on the primetime ...
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Video: MPG’s Silver Anniversary
HP’s medical instruments business celebrated 25 years in 1986. Check out a clip of Bill and Dave discussing the beginning of that adventure with the acquisition of the Sanborn Company, and find out ju ...