Hewlett-Packard History Links
This is a directory of links to books, sites, and articles on HP history – the company, the founders, products and reminiscences, reference sites.
(HP stock certificate, 1973)
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| The HP Way | "We have trust and respect for individuals..." |
| "The Great Innovators" | Business Week: "...the birthplace of a new approach to management" |
| "Great Garages" | Forbes: "...the key to the greatness of Bill Hewlett and David Packard was that they held no attachment to things, only people." |
| "Founding Fathers" | Stanford Magazine: "...their contribution... was as much organizational as technological." |
| HP History and Facts | HP: Timeline, Virtual Museum |
| Bill Hewlett on Management | "The Human Side Of Management" by Bill Hewlett – on private site of Ed Sharpe |
| Packard on Management | David Packard's "11 Simple Rules... for getting along with others" – 1958 |
| HP Way | "The HP Way was a way of life" |
| Agilent History | Agilent: Timeline |
| HP CEOs | HP: Biographies of all HP CEOs |
| "A Trek through Time" | HP: History of the garage and the first years of the company |
| Acquisitions, Divestitures | HPAA's list of dates when HP acquired and divested companies |
| William R. Hewlett | "...ceaseless desire to inspire excellence." |
| William R. Hewlett | "His greatest gift... was not the compass he could build with his hands, but his moral compass." |
| Remembering Bill Hewlett | "...philanthropy, curiosity, love of nature and music, good humor and stubborn streak." |
| Hewlett Oral History | Transcript of 1984 IEEE History Center interview – A. Michal McMahon |
| Bill Hewlett on Creativity | "Random Thoughts on Creativity" – Commencement Speech at MIT, 1986 |
| David Packard | "...where he had taken a job washing dishes." |
| Farewell to David Packard | "Dave was a decider, not a ducker. He knew what he thought, and he made decisions that worked." |
| David Packard | "...wasn't afraid to point out what was wrong and suggest improvements." |
| "Big Dave's Legacy" | The Packards and Monterey County... "Dave said, 'That's fine, but where are the birds?' " |
| Fred Terman | Mentor to Hewlett and Packard |
| Silent Partners | "Bill and Dave had two silent partners... their wives." |
| Bill's and Dave's Offices | An online photo tour of Bill's and Dave's preserved offices – including the famous "open doors." |
| Hewlett-Packard 1938-2002 | Statement by David Woodley Packard, May 2002 |
| Hewlett Foundation | "...to address the most serious social and environmental problems facing society, where risk capital, responsibly invested, may make a difference over time." |
| Packard Foundation | "...provides grants to nonprofit organizations in the following program areas: Conservation and Science; Population; and Children, Families, and Communities." |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium | David Packard helped create exhibits at his forge in Big Sur. |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute | "Take risks. Ask big questions. Don't be afraid to make mistakes; if you don't make mistakes, you're not reaching far enough." – David Packard |
| History and Products | HPAA's directory of independent online forums on vintage HP equipment, publications, and manuals. |
| 200A Audio Oscillator |
The first HP product, Bill Hewlett's oscillator – from HP's "virtual museum" |
| Inside HP (revised 9/09) | A 96-page personal narrative history of HP from 1939-1990 – John Minck (2.4MB pdf) |
| Barney Oliver | Oral history by Barney Oliver, founder of HP Labs – Charles Babbage Institute |
| HP Early Years | Rough draft and source materials – private site of Ed Sharpe |
| "HP Memory Project" | History of HP in products from 1939-2000 – private site by Marc Mislanghe |
| HP Computer History | "HP: The Accidentally On-Purpose Computer Company" – Steve Leibson |
| HP Computer History | "HP and Compaq: A Trip Down Memory Lane" – Loyd Case |
| HP Test Equipment | Online museum and technical history of HP instruments – Kenneth Kuhn |
| "HP Archive" Site | Searchable pdf files: 15,000 pages of catalogs, manuals, periodicals, app notes... – Glenn Robb |
| Museum of HP Calculators | Displays and describes HP calculators introduced from 1968 to 1986 – Dave Hicks |
| HP-01 | Wrist Instrument Opens New Dimension in Personal Information – HP Journal |
| HP-35 | A history of the HP 35 – John Minck (pages 65-69) |
| HP 80 Series | Documentation and software for HP-85 family of BASIC microcomputers – Vassilis Prevelakis |
| HP 9100 | How the Model 9100A Was Developed – Barney Oliver |
| HP 9825 | The HP 9825 desktop computer was way before its time – Steve Leibson |
| HP Computer Museum | Photos, documentation, literature, and downloadable software – Jon Johnston |
| HP Computer Manuals | Service manuals and other documentation for many HP computers – Al Kossow |
| HP's Early Computers | Interview with Barney Oliver – Kip Crosby |
| HP's Early Computers | Interview with Joe Schoendorf – Kip Crosby |
| HP 1000 | "25 Years of Real-Time Computing – the HP 1000" – Todd Poynor, updated by Don Pottenger |
| HP 3000 | The History of the HP 3000 – Bob Green |
| HP 3000 | "Lunch, the HP Way" – parody by Stephen Harrison and Noel Magee |
| HP 3000 | "The Rise, Fall and Rise of the 3000" – Christopher Edler |
| HP 9000 | "The HP 9000 Computer" – Frank McConnell |
| HP 9000 | HP 9000 model history in the Wikipedia |
| PA-RISC | PA-RISC model history in the Wikipedia |
| HP-UX | HP-UX release history in the Wikipedia |
| HP 300 | HP 300 (Amigo) note in the Wikipedia |
| Plotters and Recorders | San Diego Division and F. L. Moseley Co. |
| The Jet Set Turns 20 | HP: History of the ThinkJet, LaserJet, and DeskJet product lines |
| Inkjet Printers | "Printing Enters the Jet Age" – from American Heritage Invention & Technology |
| Inkjet Printers | "Close-up on color printing" – from HP Labs |
| LaserJet | Early laser printer history – from printer parts company Printer Works |
| Semiconductors at HP | History of HP's semiconductor business – from Avago Technologies |
| Catalogs | 15,000 pages of catalogs, manuals, periodicals, app notes... Searchable pdf files – Glenn Robb |
| HP Journal |
All issues – 1949-1998 – HP Labs.
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| HP Journal Indexes | Searchable pdf files – Glenn Robb |
| Measure | HP employee magazine. Searchable pdf files – Glenn Robb |
| Manuals | Manuals, Bench Briefs, Application Notes, more. Searchable pdf files – Glenn Robb |
| Digital Technical Journal | Issues from 1991-1998 in pdf form – HP Labs |
| Tandem Systems Review | All issues in pdf form – HP Labs |
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HP-Related Business Books |
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| For a directory of HP-related business books, click here: HP Books | |
| Also see HPAA's directory of independent networks, groups, and websites for current and former Hewlett-Packard people. | |
| 3Com | 3Com acquisitions |
| 3Com | 3Com history |
| Agilent | Agilent timeline |
| Agilent | Agilent Wikipedia* article – with references and links |
| Apollo | Apollo Wikipedia* article – with references and links |
| Apollo | University of Michigan Apollo Archive – with many links |
| Compaq | Compaq company history (via the Internet Archive) |
| Compaq | Compaq/DEC Timeline |
| Compaq | Compaq Wikipedia* article – with references and links |
| Convex | Convex Wikipedia* article – with references and links |
| Convex | Danny Faught's Convex Archives |
| DEC | Gordon Bell's "CyberMuseum for DEC" – with many references and links |
| DEC | Timelines, archival documents, trivia quiz, cartoon |
| DEC | DEC contributions in architecture, Internet, services, storage, software, semiconductors, networking |
| DEC | DEC Wikipedia* article – with references and links |
| DEC | DEC Connection history pages. Data, photos, links, books about DEC. |
| EDS | Electronic Data Systems Wikipedia* article – with references and links |
| EDS | Company history on EDS website (same material on HP website: EDS history) |
| EDS | Timeline on EDS website |
| Mercury Interactive | Mercury Interactive Wikipedia* article – with references and links |
| Tandem | Tandem Wikipedia* article – with references and links |
| VeriFone | VeriFone Wikipedia* article – with references and links |
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* The Wikipedia is the 2.5-million-article free online encyclopedia that anyone may edit. Note that the articles change over time, may not cover all aspects of the topic consistently, and may not be written from a neutral point of view. |
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