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The 9100: Designing for the Future
Check out the futuristic HP 9100 straight from the collection of the Hewlett-Packard Company Archives.
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The 9100A: The Shape of Things to Come
Since the personal programmable device was a new idea in 1968, the look of the 9100A desktop calculator needed to be conceived from scratch. It would prove highly influential. The 9100A’s sleek, high- ...
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The HP 01: The Smart Watch of the 1970s
The HP 01 took Hewlett-Packard’s portable calculator line to a new level. It could perform all the functions of a digital timekeeper and a handheld calculator. More distinctively, it could combine the ...
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The HP 12C: A Best Seller
The HP 12C financial calculator was the longest and best-selling Hewlett-Packard product of all time. First introduced in 1981, it remained in production throughout the history of Hewlett-Packard Comp ...
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The HP 21: Uncompromising Innovation
Building on the success of the HP 35 product line, the company introduced a new, more advanced generation of pocket calculators in 1975. One Hewlett-Packard publication noted that the HP 21 would be a ...
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The HP 28C: HP’s First Graphing Calculator
The 28C was Hewlett-Packard’s first graphing calculator and the first handheld calculator from any company to be able to solve algebraic equations.
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The HP 41C: The “Handheld Computer”
The HP 41C was one of many Hewlett-Packard calculators to blur the line between calculator and computer. It was the first Hewlett-Packard handheld device to feature an alphanumeric keyboard and expans ...
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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 ...
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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 ...