Hardware
| Name Sort descending | Description |
|---|---|
| HP 35401A Autochanger | The 35401A was a quarter-inch cartridge tape autochanger. It held up to eight 16-track tapes (the same tapes used in the 9144A) in a removable magazine. The 35401A had a total storage capacity of… |
| HP 35s Scientific Calculator | Get professional performance from HP’s ultimate RPN scientific programmable calculator—ideal for engineers, surveyors, college students, scientists and medical professionals. Scientific projects… |
| HP 400dl | The 400dl was the lowest cost member of the 400 Series designed for diskless applications. The 400dl was based on the Motorola MC68030 CPU (running at 50 MHz) with an MC68882 floating point… |
| HP 400t | The 400t was basically the same as the 400dl with the addition of a 200 MB hard disc. It featured an MC68030 CPU running at 50 MHz and an MC68882 floating point processor. |
| HP 41C | Around the time of the HP-67, an article in the Hewlett-Packard Journal, stated that electronic technology was no longer the only limitation of pocket calculator progress. The human interface was… |
| HP 425e | The 425e was the "pizza box" model in the 400 series. It had the same industrial design as the 705 from the 700 Series. The 425e came with a Motorola 68040 CPU and could accomodate two disc drives… |
| HP 425t | The 425t was the desktop model in the 400 Series that came with an MC68040 processor. It delivered a performance of 20 MIPS. |
| HP 50960A SRM Server | The 50960A came in the same form factor as the 9000/217. It was designed as a dedicated server for SRM networks and came with a Motorola 68000 CPU. |
| HP 50g Graphing Calculator | With over 2300 built in functions and a 9-line x 33-character screen, the HP 50G is the class leader in graphing calculators. With three entry modes, RPN, algebraic and textbook, it doesn’t matter… |
| HP 600/A CD Drive | The 600/A required a caddy with which to load and unload media. These caddies have the unfortunate habit of becoming separated from the main drive over time. |
| HP 6000 Series | The 6000 storage series was introduced to replace the 7936/37, 7959 and 7962/63 families of drives. Storage capacities were available between 330MB and 1.3GB. |
| HP 6300 Series Magneto Optical | The 6300 Series represented a new storage technology for HP - rewritable optical discs. The 650/A (P/N C1701A) was a SCSI-interface drive that held a single, removable 650 MB disc. The 20GB/A (P/N… |
| HP 6400 Model 1300 DAT Drive | HP's first Digital Audio Tape (DAT) storage drive. The model 1300H (P/N C1511A) came with an HP-IB interface. The model 1300S (P/N C1512A, $5700) came with a SCSI interface. The DDS tapes had a… |
| HP 6400 Model 2000 DAT Drive | This stand-alone, single-cartridge DAT drive came in two SCSI models. The model 2000 (p/n C1520B) provided 2 GB of data storage on a single tape with a data transfer speed of 11 MB per minute. The… |
| HP 700/92 | The 700 Series terminals were introduced in 1987 beginning with the 700/92 and 700/94. The 700/92 was 2392A compatible and held eight pages if display memory. It came with a 14-inch screen and… |
| HP 700/RX | These are the direct successors to the 700/X line of X-Terminals and changed the architecture significantly. They were the first in a line of terminals to be driven by an Intel i960 RISC CPU and… |
| HP 700/X Terminal | 700/X X Windows graphics terminals.These terminals were discontinued on June 1, 1991, having been replaced by the 700/RX family. |
| HP 705/710 | The 705 and 710 came in the pizza box form factor. The 705 ran a PA-7000 CPU at 35 MHz and had no expansion slots. It had a maximum memory of 128 MB and came with the following interfaces: 50-pin… |
| HP 715 | The 715 models were actually two separate series of computers. The first range included the 715/33 ($5,695), 715/50 ($13,995) and 715/75 ($17,295). These machines incorporated the PA-7100 (running… |
| HP 71B | Like the 75C, the 71B was a handheld, single-line BASIC computer. The 71B was smaller and less expensive than the 75C. The 71B had a 64K operating system and 17.5K user memory. It came with four… |
| HP 720/730 | The 720 and the 730 were the first of the new "Snake" workstations based on HP's PA-7000 RISC CPU. The 720 ran at 50 MHz and the 730 ran at 66 MHz. These computers could accomodate up to 64 MB of… |
| HP 7260A Card Reader | The 7260A and 7261A ($2760) were input devices used for reading marked cards. These machines had an input capacity of 300 cards. The 12986A was the bundled part number for the 7260A connected to… |
| HP 75C | The 75C was HP's first portable computer. The 75C was battery or AC powered with built-in BASIC language. It included a one-line LCD display and and HP-IL port for connecting to HP-IL disc drives… |
| HP 7900A Disc Drive | The 7900A was a combination disc drive with a fixed hard disc and a removable hard disc platter. It had a total storage capacity of 4.9MB. The 7900A had an average access time of 35ms and a data… |
| HP 7905A Disc Drive | The 7905A contains a fixed 5MB hard disc and a removable 10MB hard disc. It has an average seek time of 25ms and a data transfer rate of 938KB per second. |
| HP 7906 Disc Drive | The 7906 replaced the 7905. It came in both rack-mounted and cabinet versions. The 7906M and 7906MR (rack-mounted version) included integrated disc drive controllers. The 7906S and 7906SR were… |
| HP 7908 Tape/Disc Drive | The 7908 was the first of the combination quarter-inch cartridge tape and disc drives (followed by the 7911, 7912 and 7914.). The 7908 combined a 16-MB hard disc with a quarter-inch tape drive… |
| HP 7910 Disc Drive | The 7910 was the first HP disc drive to employ Winchester technology (Winchester technology was developed by IBM in Winchester, England). It came in desktop (7910H) and rack mount (7910HR) form… |
| HP 7911/12/14 Tape/Disc Drive | The 7912 was a combination quarter-inch tape drive and 65 MB hard disc. The 7912 had the CS/80 command structure and came standard with an HP-IB interface. The 7912P came in a stand-alone mini… |
| HP 7920 Disc Drive | The 7920 represented the beginning of the next generation of system hard disc drives up from the 790X drives. The 7920 drives held removable 50MB disc platters. The 7920M also included a… |
| HP 7933 Disc Drive | The 7933H was a fixed-media, hard disc drive with a storage capacity of 404MB. It came with an HP-IB interface and had an average seek time of 24ms and a data transfer rate of 1MB per second. The… |
| HP 7935 Disc Drive | The 7935H was the removable-media version of the 7933H. It came with a removable 404MB hard disc platter. The 7935G was a bundled package of three 7935H. It was priced at $74,000 and offered a… |
| HP 7937 Disc Drive | The 7936 and 7937 were the next generation of HP system discs to replace the "washtub" discs of the 793X range. The 7936 had a capacity of 371 MB and the 7937 had a capacity of 571 MB. Seek time… |
| HP 7942A/46A Disc/Tape Drive | The 7942A ($8,500) and 7946A ($10,500) were combination hard disc/quarter-inch cartridge tape drives. The 7942A had a 24 MB hard disc and the 7946A had a 55 MB hard disc. Each accepted the same 16… |
| HP 7958 Disc Drive | The 7958A was a modular 130MB hard disc drive connected primarily to 300 Series machines. It had an HP-IB interface with an average seek time of 29ms and a data transfer rate of 1.25 MB per second… |
| HP 7959 Disc Drive | The 7959B was a modular 304MB hard disc drive connected primarily to 300 Series machines. It had an HP-IB interface with an average seek time of 17ms and a data transfer rate of 1.25 MB per second… |
| HP 7963B Disc Drive | The 7963B could house up to three hard disc drives, each with a capacity of 304 MB. The 7963B featured an average seek time of 17 ms and a burst transfer rate of 1.25 MB/s. The 7963B was… |
| HP 7970 Tape Drive | The 7970 was the first tape drive entirely designed and manufactured by HP for use with its computers. |
| HP 7974A Tape Drive | The 7974A consisted of a half-inch reel-to-reel tape drive mounted in a full-height cabinet. It provided back up for HP 3000, 1000 and 9000 systems (including 200, 300, 500 and 800 Series). The… |
| HP 7976A Tape Drive | The 7976A was introduced as a half-inch, reel-to-reel tape back up system for HP 3000 computers. It could read/write in either the 1600bpi phase-encoded format (like the 7970E) or the ANSI… |
| HP 7978A Tape Drive | The 7978A replace the 7976A as HP's top-of-the-range half inch tape back up solution (at less than half the price). The 7978A recorded in the same formats as the 7976A (6250 GCR/1600 PE) and… |
| HP 7980A Tape Drive | The 7980A was a half-inch reel-to-reel tape drive designed to back up system discs greater than 400 MB. |
| HP 807S | The 9000/807S was the first desk side form factor in the 800 Series. |
| HP 82161A Tape Drive | The 82161A was a mini-cassette drive designed for use with the 41 calculator. It was subsequently used with the 71, 75 and other HP-IL computers. The 82161A was A/C or battery powered. The search… |
| HP 822S/832S | The 822S (A1716A, $19,950) and 832S (A1044A, $32,250) deskside servers were introduced as the low end of the 800 Series. The 822S had a clock speed of 25MHz with a performance of 10 MIPS. The 832S… |
| HP 825S/835S/845S | The 9000/825S was the first low-cost PA RISC server from HP. It was a scaled-down version of the 900/840S. The 825S incorporated the same modular mini cabinet design used by the 9000/550. The 825S… |
| HP 827S | This unit Powers up and contains 1 ea : No Hard Drives 32 mb Memory Defective Taoe Drive 802.3 Lan Card P/N 28640-60001 SCSI Printer APMUX 16 P/N A1703-60022. |
| HP 82901M Disc Drive | The 82901M was a modular, dual 5.25 inch floppy disc drive with an HP-IB interface. Each disc had a capacity of 270KB. The 82901M had an average access time of 187ms and was designed for use with… |
| HP 82902M Disc Drive | The 82902M was a modular, 5.25 inch floppy disc drive with an HP-IB interface. It accepted DS/DD discs with a capacity of 270KB. The 82902M had an average access time of 187ms and was designed for… |
| HP 83 | The 83 had the same features as the 85, excluding the internal printer and tape drive. The 83 was designed to be a lower-cost, modular version of the 85, whereby users would choose separately the… |
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