Hardware
| Name Sort descending | Description |
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| HP 2116 | Design and development of the 2116A was completed in a single year - lightning speed by product development cycle standards of the day (and also a good case study of effective organisational… |
| HP 2133 Mini-Note PC | The HP 2133 Mini-Note PC is a full-function netbook aimed at the business and education markets.It is available with SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, Windows Vista or Windows XP. Its retail price… |
| HP 21MX E-Series | The E-Series computers had the same basic architecture as the M-Series machines. The primary difference was in processing speed. The E-Series incorporated a technology "Variable Microcycle Timing… |
| HP 21MX F-Series | The F-Series was the top-of-the-range of the original HP-1000 21-MX computers. The F-Series offered the same processing speed as the E-Series computers and also provided the same I/O… |
| HP 21MX M-Series | The M-Series machines were the first in the 21-MX Series (although they were not referred to as the M-Series until after the introduction of the E-Series in 1976). The first two models were the… |
| HP 2311xi 23 inch Diagonal IPS LED Backlit Monitor | The all-new IPS Monitors from HP deliver consistent, crisp imagery and brilliant colors across ultra-wide viewing angles from nearly any seat in the house. Watch videos with the family, share… |
| HP 2382A | The 2382A was the smallest business terminal HP had produced to date. It shared the same small form factor as the 120, 9816 and later the 150. The 2382A was a text-only terminal with a display… |
| HP 2392A | The 2392A was the first of HP's "modern" terminals. It was much less expensive than the 262X terminals. The 2392A was a text-only terminal with enhanced display features. Its 12-inch CRT produced… |
| HP 250 | The HP 250 was designed to be a user-installable, multi-user system. It ran BASIC system software and could support up to 10 users. The original 250 came with an expansive cabinet that included a… |
| HP 2511x 25 inch Diagonal LED Monitor | The 2511x 25" Widescreen LED Backlit LCD Computer Display from Hewlett-Packard is a flat-panel monitor with an impressively thin design. The display is backlit with an energy-saving LED light. LED… |
| HP 260 | he HP 260 replaced the 250 in 1985. The original 260 used cards with the same form factor as those found in the 250. The HP-IB, CPU and memory cards were interchangeable. The original 260 looked… |
| HP 2600A | The 2600A was HP's first CRT terminal, followed in the same year by the 2615A. It was introduced for use with the HP 3000. These terminals had 12-inch displays that showed 25 lines of text (80… |
| HP 2621A | The 2621A was the first of the new "ET Head" terminals. Its CRT was 6 by 8.5 inches and displayed 24 lines of 80 characters in a 9 x 15 character cell matrix. The 2621P was introduced at the same… |
| HP 2627A | The 2627A was the color model in the 272X terminal series. The 2627A offered eight colors and a graphics resolution of 512 by 390 dots.The 2627A was obsoleted in March of 1986. |
| HP 2640A | The 2640A was the first of the 264X terminals from HP. Like the 2615A, it displayed 25 lines of text (80 columns) on its five by ten inch rectangular screen. The resolution of the character cell… |
| HP 2675A | The 2675A was HPs first "portable terminal". This terminal came with a thermal printer for output. An optional internal 300 baud modem was available for $300. The 2675A "Therminal" also offered… |
| HP 2700 | The 2700 was the most advanced terminal built by HP in its first 25 years in the computer industry. The top-of-the-range models ($28,000) included dual 5.25 inch floppy disc drives as well as… |
| HP 2711x 27 inch Diagonal LED Monitor | Featuring the LED backlight technology, the HP 2711x provides increased brightness, enhanced color saturation with less power consumption, minimizes eye fatigue and is more eco-friendly to the… |
| HP 2737A Paper Tape Reader | The 2737A was HP's first paper tape reader. It was introduced with the 2116A. The 2737A had a read speed of 300 characters per second. The 2737B was the same as the 2737A but also included a… |
| HP 2748 Paper Tape Reader | The 2748 was the tape reader system for 2100 computers. It had a reading speed of 500 characters per second. The 2758A ($3,000) was also introduced in 1970 and included a take up reel for the… |
| HP 2752A Teleprinter | The 2752A was made by Teletype Corporation of Skokie, Illinois. It was a modified version of the Teletype ASR-33. The 2752A included a typewriter, paper tape punch and paper tape reader. The… |
| HP 2753A Tape Punch | The 2753A was the first paper tape punch for HP computers. It had a tape pinch speed of 120 characters per second. The 2753A was manufactured by Tally Corporation. It was a modification of the… |
| HP 2757A | The 2757A was the first disc memory available for use with HP computers. The 2757A provided 3.2 megabits (174,080 words) of storage with a transfer rate of 3 megabits per seconds and an access… |
| HP 2760A Optical Mark Reader | The 2760A was an optical mark card reader introduced for the 2116. The 2760A was a manual card reader. The 2761A was introduced in 1968. It had an automatic feeder (300 card capacity) and was… |
| HP 2883 Disc Drive | The 2883 was the original high-capacity hard disc storage for HP 3000 and 2000 systems. The 2883 had a storage capacity of 23 MB and an average access time of 44.5 ms. This drive was mounted in a… |
| HP 2892A Card Reader | The 2892A and 2893A were high-volume card readers connected to HP 1000 and HP 3000 systems. These readers had an input capacity of 1000 cards and could read 600 cards per minute. |
| HP 2895 Tape Punch | The 2895A/B was the paper tape punch system for early HP 1000s and HP 3000s. It could punch paper, plastic and mylar tape at 75 characters per second. The 9884A (introduced in 1975 at $2900) was… |
| HP 2950A Card Reader | The 2950A had a reading speed of 1200 cards per minute. It had an 18-inch input hopper which held 2250 cards. The 2950A was used primarily with HP 3000 computer systems under the part number… |
| HP 300 | he HP 300 was an integrated multi-user computer that supported up to 16 attached terminals. The all-in-one box included processing hardware, a 12 MB hard disc, an eight inch floppy disc drive and… |
| HP 3000 | The original 3000 is the rarest computer ever made by HP. The original 3000 was announced by HP in 1971, more than a year ahead of planned deliveries. The 3000 was to be HP's first multi-… |
| HP 3000 922LX | The 922LX came in a large desk side cabinet with an integrated DAT tape drive. It could accomodate up to 64 MB of RAM, 12 GB of disc and 32 users. |
| HP 3000 925LX | Mid-range 3000 computer system with performance of 3.2 MIPS. The 925LX came standard with 24 MB of RAM, expandable to 48 MB. It could support up to 32 users with a maximum disc capacity of 4.5 GB… |
| HP 3000 935 | The 935 was postitioned just below the 3000/950 when it was introduced. The 935 had twice the performance of the 3000/925 and almost the same as the 950. It came standard with 48 MB of RAM and… |
| HP 3000 9X7 | The 3000/9X7 computers were introduced in 1991. The LX models were approximately the same size and shape of deskside PCs. They came with a DAT tape drive, single hard disc and two I/O expansion… |
| HP 3000 9X8 | The 9X8 computers replaced the 9X7 computers as the low end of the 3000 family in 1993. The 9X8 computers had the same form factor as the 9X7 machines. The LX models were approximately the same… |
| HP 3000 CX | The 3000CX computers came in four models: 50, 100, 200 and 300. The base model 50 (P/N 3000C) came with 96K magnetic core memory, 2762A printing terminal, 7900A disc drive, 7970 tape drive and a… |
| HP 3000 Micro CX | The 3000 Micro CX replaced the Series 37, and shared a similar form factor. The Micro CX was the smaller brother to the Micro XE. The Micro CX could support up to 16 users with 4 MB of memory and… |
| HP 3000 Micro LX/GX/RX | The 3000 Micro LX/GX was the deskside tower version of the 3000 Micro computer. The Micro LX was positioned below the Micro XE. It included a built-in, quarter-inch tape drive (67 MB, 9144A). It… |
| HP 3000 Micro XE | A continuation of the compact Series 37 industrial design, the Micro 3000XE replaced the Series 42 at a 30% lower price point. The Micro 3000XE could support up to 56 users. This computer came… |
| HP 3000 Series 30 | The 3000 Series 30 was the new low end of the 3000 family when it was introduced in September of 1979. The Series 30 ("Koala") came packaged in a new cabinet measuring 24 inches by 30 inches by 18… |
| HP 3000 Series 33 | The 3000 Series 33 was a step down from the Series III. The Series 33 was the first HP 3000 that didn't come in a standard 19-ich rack. The Series 33 came in an integrated desk configuration (a… |
| HP 3000 Series 37 | The Series 37 was the first of the 3000 family to adopt the narrow slim-cabinet chasis design (subsequently popularized by HP 9000/300 Series computers). The Series 37 was the entry-level model of… |
| HP 3000 Series 44 | The Series 44 was introduced in December of 1980 as the new high-performance member of the 3000 family. Code neamed "Grizzly", the Series 44 was 60% faster than the Series III and offered twice… |
| HP 3000 Series 58 | The 3000 Series 58 accomodated up to 8 MB of RAM and 4.2 GB of disc storage. It could support up to 152 users. |
| HP 3000 Series 64 | The Series 64 was the top-of-the-range HP 3000 when it was introduced in November of 1981. The 64 was HP's first 1 MIP (million instructions per second) 3000 computer. It was 2.6 times the speed… |
| HP 3000 Series I | The 3000 Series I was introduced after the 3000 Series II. The Series I was the last of the HP 3000s to come with magnetic core memory (rather than semiconductor memory). The 3000 Series I… |
| HP 3000 Series II | The 3000 Series II came standard with 128 KB of semiconductor memory (expandable to 512 KB), a 7920A (50 MB) disc drive, a 7970 tape drive and a 2640 terminal. The model 6 could support up to 32… |
| HP 3000 Series III | The 3000 Series III ran the MPE III operating system. This computer came standard with 256 Kb of semiconductor memory, expandable to 2 MB. The basic model also came standard with a 7920A disc… |
| HP 3000/950 | The 3000/950 was HP's most powerful computer when it was introduced in March of 1986 along with the 3000/930 (which was based on the same hardware as the 9000/840S). It's form factor was slightly… |
| HP 3030A Tape Drive | The 3030 series had a horizontally mounted reel system. They provided both 7-channel and 9-channel NZRI recording onto IBM-compatible half-inch tape. The 3030A had a tape speed of 45 ips; the… |
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