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The Hewlett-Packard Company (), commonly known as HP, is one of the world's largest information technology corporations. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, United States, it has a global presence in the fields of computing, printing, and digital imaging, and also sells software and services.
Company history
From 1939 until the seventies
HP was founded as a manufacturer of test and measurement instruments with a States dollar|US$" target="_blank" >*500 investment in a Palo Alto, CA garage in 1939 by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard. They had both graduated from Stanford University in 1934. Their first product was a precision audio oscillator, the Model 200A. Their innovation was the use of a small night-light bulb as a temperature dependent resistor in a critical portion of the circuit. This allowed them to sell the Model 200A for $54.40 when competitors were selling less stable oscillators for over $200. Their company's name, Hewlett-Packard, was derived from their last names and had Bill not won a coin toss, the company today could have been known as Packard-Hewlett. One of the company's earliest customers was Walt Disney Productions, who bought eight Model 200B oscillators (at $71.50 each) for use in testing the Fantasound stereophonic sound system for the movie Fantasia.First Computers
HP is acknowledged by Wired magazine as the producer of the world's first personal computer, in 1968, the Hewlett-Packard 9100A. HP called it a desktop calculator because, as Bill Hewlett said, "If we had called it a computer, it would have been rejected by our customers' computer gurus because it didn't look like an IBM. We therefore decided to call it a calculator, and all such nonsense disappeared". An engineering triumph at the time, the logic circuit was produced without any integrated circuits; the assembly of the CPU having been entirely executed in discrete components. With CRT readout, magnetic card storage, and printer the price was around $5000. More on [ Hewlett-Packard ]
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Active Data - Supplier of Compaq DeskPro, Armada, and Proliant systems, plus spares and upgrades for several old Compaq lines. Prices in UK pounds.
Meta Description: [ Active Data Solutions For Compaq Hp Products, New, Ex-demo, Hard to find, Systems,
Spares, Options and Bulk Offers ]
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Meta Description: [ www.ambry.com stocks Compaq, Dell,HP & IBM server, system, network, notebook & rack parts. ]
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Meta Description: [ HP maintenance by Black River Computers - HP 3000 /
9000 computer specialists. Reconditioned turn key systems / periperials. Pre-tested
and certified by our engineers-maintenance programs. ]
Dasher Technologies - Buy, sell and service new and refurbished Hewlett Packard computer systems, peripherals and components including HP9000, HP3000 and HP1000 systems.
Meta Description: [ Dasher Technologies is a HP Gold Business Partner, HP Linux Elite, HP Blade Elite solution provider. Dasher brings 20 years of experience to each customers needs and provides a custom solution to meet those needs. ]
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Meta Description: [ HP Labs' Cambridge site is the primary advanced research facility for Hewlett-Packard Laboratories on the U.S. east coast. HP Labs is the advanced research center for Hewlett-Packard. ]
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Meta Description: [ View a listing of HP products that help meet service providers' needs. ]
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Meta Description: [ MDL Corporation supplies software and hardware for
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storage, backup, and performance technology
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Meta Description: [ The Museum of HP Calculators displays
and describes older Hewlett-Packard calculators.
There are also sections on calculating machines and slide rules as well
as sections for buying and selling HP calculators, an HP timeline,
collecting information and a software library. ]
The Public Netperf Homepage - Retrieve information about netperf and the performance of systems running the netperf benchmark community. HP helps provides the resources of this server, which also helps keep one of their engineers happy.
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Meta Description: [ TSA - Full service HP reseller, rental and remarketing company ]
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