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HP 9830A: The Dawn of the Desktop
The 9830A programmable calculator was arguably Hewlett-Packard’s first desktop PC, which would also make it one of the earliest devices in the history of desktop computing. At the top of Hewlett-Packa ...
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HP 9862A: Personal Printing
The HP 9862A plotter was designed to work with desktop calculators, specifically Hewlett-Packard’s 9800 series, making it one of the company’s earliest personal printers.
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Locked Down: HP 65 Locking Cradle
The notion of a personal electronic device small enough to be easily stolen and valuable enough to protect was a novel concept in the 1970s. Hewlett-Packard addressed this new issue by offering a lock ...
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Memory Well-Served: The HP 19C and HP 29C
The HP 19C and HP 29C calculators were equipped with Continuous Memory capability, so programs were saved until the user cleared or overwrote them. This meant users could “program frequently-needed ca ...
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Modified HP Logo: A Pocket-Sized Logo
Since the Hewlett-Packard logo introduced in 1967 could be too big for some products, the company developed a modified logo to adorn some devices. The rectangle encasing the iconic lowercase italic “h ...
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Progress: HP 35’s 20th Anniversary
On the 20th anniversary of the HP 35 (left foreground), Bill Hewlett took a moment to reflect on how Hewlett-Packard had revolutionized the way people computed. The HP 35 obsoleted the slide rule in B ...
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READY FOR ITS CLOSEUP
The HP 9100A, the world’s first commercially available programmable desktop calculator and the first commercial scientific calculator, was one of the most important inventions in Hewlett-Packard’s his ...
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Right on Time: The HP 01
Step inside the Hewlett-Packard Company Archives to learn more about the HP 01 wristwatch and all of its capabilities.
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Right-On Results: The HP 41
With its alphanumeric LCD screen and programming ease, the HP 41 was the right tool for all kinds of jobs. An ad for this calculator noted that “even people who know computers find it hard to believe ...
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Taking the Plunge: HP and Marine Biology
The increasing versatility of calculator programming brought personal computing to a new level in many professions. The 15C had capabilities that were of particular use to marine biologists.