(For details of specific items added, please check the listings at the bottom of this page)

June 2010

• We have recently added about 30 new manuals and promotional pieces, mostly related to the HP 250 and 260 (see below).
• Our big coup for the period was finding software to emulate the 2622D terminal using a standard PC. So, now you can boot your HP 250 computer using WS/260 software thanks to Dick Ur of Irwindale, California. Disk has donated over two pallets of old gear related to the 250/260. We are looking forward to its arrival in Aug/Sep.
• During the period, we also added eleven, mostly minor, new hardware items (see below).

April 2010

• The last two months have focussed on hands-on product work with minimal web updates. We added about 40 new photos and the same number of internal links to aid navigation.
• The main addition to the web site was 45 new product schematics created by that prolific Englishman Tony Duell (see details below).

February 2010

• We added Neely Sales to our profiles of HP divisions. Bob Reade donated a collection of the company's newsletters from 1963 through 1975.
• Gene Dreher donated two pallets of items including HP 3000, 200 Series and HP 150 stuff. We were able to add a number of new titles (software and manuals) to our 200 Series collection including the Statistical Library.
• We also added a profile of HP's Panacom Division and would certainly appreciate more information on it.
• In all, we added 70 new manuals (see details below) and about 90 editions of the Neely La Prensa newsletter.

December 2009

• We added significant new information to our HP Division Profiles, including more information on product introductions and product line performance..
• We updated the Depth Magazine section of our HP Australia information to include Inform magazines from the early 1990s..
• We added 15 new hardware items (see details below).
• We have been scanning like crazy recently and have added 400 new documents, primarily promotional literature and product data sheets from the 1970s and 1980s.

October 2009

• We have added two new TV Commercials from Australia including the 1991 Quality PCs "Shark" ad and the 1992 LaserJet IV "Champagne" ad.
• We have added three new clips of HP products in movies and TV shows including Knight Rider, The Associate and Look Around You.
• We received and added a lot of new promotional material including 9896A brochures and 250/260 Communicator magazines.
• We have also added a dozen or so new software titles including five new 80 Series programs (eg Games Pac II) and SRM software for the 200 Series.
• We also added another 15 new hardware items and about 90 manuals (see detailed list below).

July 2009

• We've spent a lot of time over the last two months scanning PC boards for various hardware. About 150 new images were uploaded.
• We also added several hardware products, primarily consumables, that were distributed by HP's Direct Marketing Division.
• Ian Johnston, a favorite museum contributor, gave us his PC Instruments collection, fascinating hardware and software products produced by HP's New Jersey Division (whose profile we also added).
• Our friend Helmut Reinhardt donated his collection of OEM News, Computer Focus and HP Channels to significantly expand our collection of these magazines (published for HP business and channel partners).

May 2009

• In the last two months, we added several new hardware and software items, 30 manuals and 100 or so images. We've also added video clips featuring HP computing products from the 1980s Silicon Valley TV show "Computer Chronicles". Products with new video clips include: Integral, 2700 terminal, 150, Portable, LaserJet II, ScanJet Plus and LaserJet III.
• Greg McKay from right here in Melbourne donated a 3000/42 as well as a 7925, some printers and some terminals. We also got some 250 software, and this prompted us to finish archiving our collection of 250 software.
• Our big addition for the period came from Sheila Isaacs in New York. Sheila gave us an original 2116A (HP's very first computer) along with a 2020 tape drive, 2752A Teletype terminal and 2748 tape reader. So, we now have a complete original system (from 1966) including the 2116A, 2020, 2752A, 2753A tape punch and 2737A tape reader.

March 2009

• We had a bonus month in February. Former HP Germany Sales rep Helmut Reinhardt donated an almost-complete collection of Data Systems and Computer Systems Newsletters from the 1970s. He also donated an almost complete collection of Computer News from 1980 through 1985. These magazines significantly improved our knowledge of product prices, intro/discontinuance dates and even sales volumes. We were also able to add another 25 print advertisements to our collection.

February 2009

• "What's New" section has been opened! You can get the latest news here as well as the list of recently added items.


• We spent most of 2008 restructuring our web site and databases to make the site easier to maintain, backup and restore.


• The most interesting new section we have added is on HP Computer Divisions. We have added brief profiles of the divisions that actually made the magic, and we have linked most of the products with their originating divisions.
• Many of our products now have links to print advertisements of the time.


• We have added two new publications to our Museum Resources section - 3000 User Group, and 3000 Application Notes.


• We have added an Advanced Search feature to make it easier to retrieve information on product categories of interest (rather then the entire database).


• The user forum is up and running! Registration is required. It also includes 'Classified Ads' section where you can trade your HP products. Click here to check it out!


• New Version of HP Quiz! Different questions, more interesting and more challenging! Click to try it now!

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