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The HP Computer Museum, located in Melbourne,
Australia, is a collection of old Hewlett-Packard
computer hardware, software, documentation and
other marketing materials from HP's early years in
the computer industry (from 1966). "About" page.
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How Did Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard end up
launching the high-tech revolution? From the
Stanford Alumni on line magazine. Includes links to
HP's official history and other sites.
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History of electronic calculators of the 1960s and
mid-1970s. Desktop Calculator (early forerunners
of the PC), Pocket, HP, and Items Wanted pages.
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Devoted to preserving, documenting, and sharing
the technology of desktop automatic calculating
machines, electro-mechanical and electronic.
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The HP 9825 desktop computer was way before its
time and marked a significant turning point for the
computer industry five years before the IBM PC.
at one point it took seven months to procure a
new 9825A! Prehistory
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In addition to writing software for HP, Rand was a
cartooning genius and created many hilarious
drawings about the lot of the design engineer.
I was a Field Engineer for HP at the time.
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Hewlett-Packard calculators introduced from 1968
to 1986 plus a few interesting later models, etc.
Sections on calculating machines and slide rules.
Of Interest: The HP-12C was introduced in 1981
and is STILL in production! This site has a large
other links page (some are dead).
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A free LinkScan page of links to computer history
sites. Huge.
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