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Hewlett-Packard, (HP); Palo Alto, CA

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Name: Hewlett-Packard, (HP); Palo Alto, CA    (USA)  
Abbreviation: hewlett-pa
Products: Model types Others Tube manufacturer
Summary:

HP, Hewlett-Packard, Palo Alto, CA was founded by Stanford University classmates Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard. HP's first product, was the 200A audio oscillator. One of HP's first customers was Walt Disney Studios, which purchased eight oscillators to develop and test an innovative sound system for the movie Fantasia.

Hp serial numbers (pre. mergewith Compaq) were like this; digits 1 and 2 the year starting with 1960, so in the case of 2936J03986 you add 29 to 1960 to make it 1989, digits 3 and 4 is the week, digit 5 is the country (few examples here) A is USA, G Germany, F France, J Japan, the remaining digits are the actual number manufactured, so the example above is unit 3986.
This is believed valid for all product groups, computers, instruments, medical, analytical and so on. 

Founded: 1939
History:

In 1959 the company establishes a European marketing organization in Geneva, Switzerland, and a manufacturing plant in Böblingen, Germany. From this base, HP steadily expands its European operations. 1960 HP establishes its first U.S. manufacturing plant outside of Palo Alto in Loveland, Colorado. Now HP is one of the "global players" in measurement equipment. For more details see hp.com/hpinfo/abouthp/histnfacts/index.html. See also this catalog No. 18A with its links.

HP's board of directors announces its decision to spin off a new company from the existing HP organization. Agilent Technologies consists of HP's former measurement, components, chemical analysis and medical businesses. HP retains its computing, printing and imaging businesses. Agilent has its initial public offering of common stock on November 18, 1999. HP retains 84.1 percent of common stock. It is Silicon Valley's largest-ever IPO. For more details see here: http://www.agilent.com/about/newsroom/facts/history.html?cmpid=4491

This manufacturer was suggested by Eilert Menke.


Some models:
Country Year Name 1st Tube Notes
USA  75 6 Bit Data Probe 10231B   6 Bit Data probe for usage with HP 1607A Logic State Analyser. 
USA  55–75 VTVM Vacuum Tube Voltmeter 410B 2-01C  1 - 1000 volts DC (300 volts AC) in seven (AC six) ranges. 0.2 ohms - 500 megohms in seve... 
USA  63 Vacuum Tube Voltmeter 410C 12AT7  Electronic Voltmeter. DC 15 mV to 1500 V in 15, 50 sequences, 11 ranges; AC 0.5 V to 300 V... 
USA  66 Voltmeter 427A   The Hewlett-Packard Model 427A is a versatile, compact, self-contained voltmeter. It is c... 
USA  60 RF Millivoltmeter 411A [US version (115 VAC only)] 6AU8  500 kHz bis 1 Gigahertz 
USA  67–80 VHF Signal-Generator 608E 6AL5  VHF Generator 10 MHz - 480 MHz in 5 Bereichen. Ausgangsspannung 0,1 µV bis 1 Volt stufenlo... 
USA  78 Spectrum Analyzer 3582A   The HP 3582A is a a High-Resolution, Low-Frequency Dual Channel Spectrum Analyzer.The meas... 
USA  50 VHF Detector 417A 5876  5 SW/VHF bands: 10-20, 20-40, 40-90, 90-205, 205-500 Mc. 
USA  68 Oscilloscope 141A   General Purpose Mainframe / Plug-In Oscilloscope. Mit Sampling-Unit bis 12,4 GHz Bandbreit... 
USA  68 Sampling Time Base 1425A   Bandwith DC to 1GHz. 
USA  68 Sampling Vertical Amplifier 1410A   Bandwith DC to 1GHz 
USA  54 Vacuum Tube Voltmeter 400D 6625-643-1670 6CB6  1mV to 300V in 12 ranges, 10Hz to 4MHz, -72dB to +53dB, 10Mohms input impedance. 

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Further details for this manufacturer by the members (rmfiorg):

Funkschau 6.1977tbn_usa_hewlettpackard_logo.jpg
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Q: HP, Service-Unterlagentbn_usa_hewlett_packard_logo.jpg
Hp-Logo im Jahre 1957tbn_hp9_logo.jpg
HP-Alleinvertrieb und Kundendienst in Münchentbn_hp9_generalvertretung_deutschland.jpg

  

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