Hardware
| Name Sort descending | Description |
|---|---|
| HP 840 | The model 840 was the first HP computer to feature the new PA-RISC CPU. The new 32-bit computer had more than double the CPU performance available with the 9000/550. The original 840 came standard… |
| HP 850S | The 850S was HP's second offering in the 800 Series. It came standard with 16 MB of RAM and was about 60% faster than the 840S. |
| HP 86 | The 86 was an even more modular 80 Series machine than the 83. The 86 had no built in printer, mass storage or display. The 86A came standard with two interfaces for 9130 floppy drives and a… |
| HP 87 | The 87 was similar to the 83, but with a wider screen. The 10-inch screen on the 87 could print 24 lines of text by 80 characters and had a graphics resolution of 400 x 544 dots. The 87 came… |
| HP 9000/310 | The model 310 was the first of the 300 Series computers. It featured a 10MHz 68010 CPU. The basic unit came with 1 MB of RAM and built-in HP-IB, RS-232, monochrome video and HP-HIL interfaces.… |
| HP 9000/318M | Low-cost, two-board computer system with 4 MB RAM and 1024 x 768 monochrome video output (for 98786A monitor - included in the price). The 318M used the MC68020 processor running at 16.67 MHz… |
| HP 9000/318M | Low-cost, two-board computer system with 4 MB RAM and 1024 x 768 monochrome video output (for 98786A monitor - included in the price). The 318M used the MC68020 processor running at 16.67 MHz… |
| HP 9000/319C+ | The 9000/319C+ was a low-cost, bundled color workstation. It came standard with an MC68020 processor and MC68881 floating point co-processor. The 319C+ included 4 MB of RAM and was bundled with… |
| HP 9000/320 | The model 320 was introduced at the same time as the model 310. It featured a 16.67 MHz 68020 CPU and a 68881 floating point coprocessor. The basic unit came with 1 MB of RAM and built-in HP-IB,… |
| HP 9000/330 | Like the model 320, the model 330 had a 16.67 MHz 68020 CPU and a 68881 floating point coprocessor. The model 330 also came with 4 MB of RAM and a 32-bit memory bus (compared to 16-bit on the… |
| HP 9000/340 | The Model 340 was the cut down version of the Model 360. The Model 340 had a 68030 CPU and 68882 floating point processor both running at 16.67MHz. Bundled versions of the Model 340 included:… |
| HP 9000/360 | The Model 360 was the first 300 Series machine to use the Motorola 68030 processor. The Model 360 contained both the 68030 CPU and 68882 floating point coprocessor running at 25 MHz. The Model 360… |
| HP 9000/370 | The 9000/370 was almost identical to the 9000/360 except its 68030 processor operated at 33 MHz (instead of 25 MHz), and it offered a maximum memory configuration of 48 MB, instead of 16 MB. |
| HP 9000/380 | The Model 380 was the top-of-the-range member of the 300 Series and used the Motorola 68040 CPU. The model 380 was also the first 300 Series computer to adopt HP's new product numbering system (… |
| HP 9000/520 | The 9020A was the first of the 500 Series computers. When compared to its contemporaries of the time, the 9020 was probably the most advanced workstation ever introduced by HP. |
| HP 9000/530 | The 9030 was the 19-inch rack mount form factor in the 500 Series. It came standard with 512K RAM and a 7-slot backplane. |
| HP 9000/540 | The 9040 was the "mini-cabinet" model in the 500 Series. This computer had the same features as the 9030 and was mounted in a rolling pedestal similar to the 7912/14 tape-disc drives. |
| HP 9000/550 | The 9050 replaced the 9030 and 9040 in 1985. The 9050 adopted the same industrial design form factor as the 300 Series. The 9050 could hold up to 10 MB of RAM and support 32 users. |
| HP 9000/712 | The 712 range was a very successful series for HP. These small computers packed a lot of power into a very small form factor. Except for their reduced expandability, the computers were technically… |
| HP 9000/725 | The 725 was a highly-expandable desktop computer. It used the same chasis as the original Vectra 486U computers. Technically, the 725 was very similar to the 715. |
| HP 9000/735 | The 735 had the same form factor as the original 720. There were two models in the 735 range. The 735/99 ($29,995) featured the PA-7100 running at 99 MHz; the 735/125 incorporated the PA-7150… |
| HP 9000/750 | The 750 was the deskside version of HP's first PA-RISC workstations based on the PA-7000 CPU (running at 66 MHz). The 750 could accomodate up to 192 MB of RAM. It came with two DIO-II and four… |
| HP 9114 Disc Drive | The 9114A/B was a portable, A/C or battery powered, 3.5 inch floppy disc drive designed for use with HP's Portable 110 computer. It was a DS/DD drive with discs holding 710KB of data. It had an HP… |
| HP 9121 Disc Drive | The 9121D was a dual, 3.5 inch floppy disc drive with an HP-IB interface. It's drives accomodated SS/DD discs (270KB). The 9121S was the single drive version of the 9121, priced at $1185. The 9121… |
| HP 9122 Disc Drive | The 9122D was a dual, 3.5 inch floppy disc drive with an HP-IB interface. It's drives accomodated DS/DD discs (710KB). The 9122S was the single drive version of the 9122 priced at $965. The 9122C… |
| HP 9123D Disc Drive | The 9123D was a dual, 3.5 inch floppy disc drive with an HP-IB interface. It's drives accomodated DS/DD discs (710KB). The 9123D had no internal power supply. It connected only to the HP 150… |
| HP 9123D Disc Drive | The 9123D was a dual, 3.5 inch floppy disc drive with an HP-IB interface. It's drives accomodated DS/DD discs (710KB). The 9123D had no internal power supply. It connected only to the HP 150… |
| HP 9125S Disc Drive | The 9125S was a single drive, modular 5.25-inch floppy disc system. It was designed for use with HP 150 Touchscreen to enable transfer of data from Touchscreens to IBM PC systems. The 9125S came… |
| HP 9127A Disc Drive | The 9127A was a modular, external 5.25" floppy disc drive for the HP-150. It was a direct replacement for the 9125S and came with an HP-IB interface. |
| HP 9130A Disc Drive | The 9130A was a modular 5.25 inch floppy disc drive introduced for use only with the 86A computer. The 86A came standard with interfaces to accommodate two 9130A disc drives. The 9130A had a data… |
| HP 9133 Disc Drive | The 9133 was a modular disc drive with an HP-IB interface. It included both a hard disc and a 3.5 inch floppy drive. The part number 9133 was used by HP over five years for combination drives… |
| HP 9134 Disc Drive | The 9134A was a 4.6 MB Winchester disc with HP-IB interface, introduced for use with Series 80 computers. The 9134B had a capacity of 10 MB. The 9134D and 9134XV had capacities of 15 MB. The 9134H… |
| HP 9135A Disc Drive | The 9135A was a modular combination drive with an HP-IB interface. It included a 4.87MB hard disc and 5.25 inch floppy drive (with a capacity of 270K). The 9135A used the AMIGO command set. |
| HP 9142A Tape Drive | The 9142A is a somewhat rare quarter-inch cartridge tape drive designed for HP 150 and Vectra PCs. Tapes for this 16-track drive had a maximum storage capacity of 60 MB. The 9142A required the HP… |
| HP 9144A Tape Drive | The 9144A was a modular, quarter-inch, 16-track tape drive with an HP-IB interface. It had a transfer rate of 2MB per minute. It was used for backup, software distribution and data exchange in a… |
| HP 9145A Tape Drive | The 9145A was a modular, quarter-inch, 32-track tape drive with an HP-IB interface. It had twice the data transfer rate as the 9144A (4MB per minute) and could read both 16-track (67MB) and 32-… |
| HP 9153A Disc Drive | The 9153 was a modular, combination disc drive with an HP-IB interface. The 9153A ($2,180) came with a 10MB hard disc and DS/DD floppy drive. The 9153B ($,3,075) was introduced in 1987 offering a… |
| HP 9153A Disc Drive | The 9153 was a modular, combination disc drive with an HP-IB interface. The 9153A ($2,180) came with a 10MB hard disc and DS/DD floppy drive. The 9153B ($,3,075) was introduced in 1987 offering a… |
| HP 9154 Disc Drive | The 9154 was a modular, hard disc drive with an HP-IB interface. The 9154A ($1,900) came with a 10MB hard disc. The 9154B ($2,860) was introduced in 1987 offering a 20mB hard disc. |
| HP 9262B Removable Drive | The 926XB drives (HP-IB interface) had the same form factor as the 7963B. The disc drives in the 926XB units were key removable. The 9262B came with a 152 MB drive and the 9263B ($14,050) came… |
| HP 94 | The 94 was a rugged "industrial" computer designed for field data collection and item tracking. Applications for the 94 were programmed on IBM-compatible computers in either BASIC or assembly… |
| HP 95LX | The 95LX was the first in a series of handheld, "PDA-like" business computers. It came standard with ROM-based MS-DOS 3.22 and Lotus 1-2-3. Other built-in software included: Appointment Book,… |
| HP 9816 | The 9816 was introduced in late 1982. This was the low-cost model in the 200 Series range. It only had two expansion slots and featured a monitor integrated with the system unit and modular… |
| HP 9817 | The 9817 was very unique in the 200 Series range. This computer was fully modular; mass storage, displays, printers and input devices were separate components. The 9817 incorporated the new… |
| HP 9826A | The 9826 was the first of the Series 200 machines. It came standard with a seven inch screen (300 x 400 dot resolution), 128K RAM and a single 5.25 inch floppy drive. The 9826 also had eight… |
| HP 9836 | The 9836A was introduced at the end of 1981 and featured a large, 12.2 inch (390 x 512 dot resolution) screen and dual 5.25 inch floppy drives. It was the design engineering computer of the 200… |
| HP 9837H | The 9837H was the high-performance graphics workstation of the 200 Series range. This unit came standard with 512K RAM and a 12.5 MHz Motorola 68000 processor. It also came with a high-resolution… |
| HP 9860A Card Reader | The 9860A was a low-cost card reader for 9800 Series computer/calculators. The 9160A preceded the 9860A. It was identical to the 9860A but came with an interface for the 9100A/B computer/… |
| HP 9863A Paper Tape Reader | The 9863A was a paper tape reader for 9800 Series computer/calculators. All 98XX machines require ROMs to work with the 9863A (except the 9815). |
| HP 9865A Tape Drive | The 9865A was a modular, cassette tape storgae peripheral for the 9800 Series of computer/calculators. The 300 foot cassettes (P/N 9162-0050) had a storage capacity of 48,000 program key strokes.… |
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