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Addison Avenue: What’s Old is New
Wood reclaimed from the house was used to replace boards too damaged to reuse on Bill Hewlett’s shed.
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All-American: SI Football Squad
In 1958, Sports Illustrated named Dave Packard to its annual Silver Anniversary All-America football squad, which recognized star college players who went on to remarkable professional success in the ...
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An Early Benchmark at Addison Avenue
The Addison Avenue garage proved to be a successful space for Dave Packard and Bill Hewlett to develop technology. Their 200A audio oscillators and 200B oscillators found a home on the workbench.
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Protected: Bill Talks HP History
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Calculations: Bill and Dave Tutored on HP 70
Lynn Tillman (second from left) and Janet Loustanou (far right) gave Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard a tutorial on the HP 70 financial calculator. Tillman, a lab development manager, was responsible for ...
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Celebrate: HP Christmas Party 1945
Just six years after Hewlett-Packard began in a garage, Dave Packard was addressing a good-sized crowd at the company’s annual Christmas party. Hewlett-Packard had around 200 employees by this point. ...
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Celebrating 10,000 CRTs
Before the rise of affordable LED systems (which Hewlett-Packard developed), cathode-ray tube (CRT) displays dominated computer monitor technology. Hewlett-Packard had a head start in CRT technology b ...
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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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Climb Every Mountain: Shared Interests
Bill and Dave were both avid outdoorsmen, a shared interest that did much to forge their early friendship. Bill had a particular fondness for mountaineering.
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Codifying the HP Way: Sonoma Meeting
By 1957, Hewlett-Packard had grown too large for Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard to be personally familiar with all of the company’s personnel and operations. To ensure the company’s values would contin ...