[time-nuts] 1970's flashback

[DaveH]

Their large 'office group' laser printers were excellent -- the last great
printers they made.

Originally sold for $4K on up, you can frequently find them at auction for
under $100 -- they are large but built like a tank.  I have a couple
LaserJet 8000DN's that I purchased from Western Washington University with
100K page counts. Not even broken in.

Dave

> -----Original Message-----
> From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com 
> [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On Behalf Of Joseph Gray
> Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 15:26
> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] 1970's flashback
> 
> I imagine that Mr Hewlett and Mr Packard have been spinning in their
> graves for years, seeing what has become of their company. Why anyone
> thought it was a good idea to sell off the divisions that made "real"
> products and become a PC company is beyond my understanding.
> 
> Years ago, I thought HP printers were top rate. I'm not even sure that
> is true any more.
> 
> Joe Gray
> W5JG
> 
> On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 6:44 AM, Volker Esper 
> <ailer2 at t-online.de> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks, Joe. Though I don't have such time equipment, the 
> pictures are
> > fascinating me and make me recall the days when the name 
> "HP" stood for High
> > Precision (or High Price) rather than for cheap printers.
> > Those days are gone...
> >
> > Volker
> >
> >
> > Am 13.01.2013 12:27, schrieb Dave Brown:
> >
> >> Thanks for these, Joe.
> >> The photo with the sign 'set your watch' is especially 
> interesting for
> >> me as it shows a pair of old clock displays the same as 
> one I have here.
> >> These are the two digital displays that are showing the 
> same digits.
> >> There's part of a third one the same on the extreme left 
> but the display
> >> on that one is not visible in the photo. My clock has a different
> >> mechanical dial on the ten turn pot at the extreme right 
> of the front
> >> panel- otherwise the unit I have here looks identical to 
> those in the
> >> photograph.
> >> I have never been able to track down any info on this 
> unit. Mine came
> >> from a US military installation here in NZ (Black Birch) 
> that has long
> >> since been shut down. It's certainly old technology- RCA 'numitron'
> >> displays and mostly TTL circuitry. I've had it running 
> here continuously
> >> now for about six years driven from an HP 5245M timebase - 
> the clock has
> >> never missed a beat. (recent quakes excepted ) Also. one of the
> >> newspaper cuttings in that collection you posted mentions 
> the flying
> >> clock being down here in NZ to visit Mount John, a magnificent
> >> observatory site in South Canterbury. These days it's a well known
> >> astronomical observatory run as part of Canterbury 
> University Physics
> >> Department.
> >> Dave Brown
> >> Christchurch, NZ
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Gray" <jgray at zianet.com>
> >> To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement"
> >> <time-nuts at febo.com>
> >> Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 10:10 PM
> >> Subject: [time-nuts] 1970's flashback
> >>
> >>
> >>> Some time ago, a local Amateur gave me a CD with some 
> radio related
> >>> information. Also on the CD was some information from 
> when he was in
> >>> the Air Force. As it is Time Nuts related, some of you 
> might find this
> >>> of interest. I have posted the images in my Dropbox and will leave
> >>> them there for a few days before removing them. Several images are
> >>> large.
> >>>
> >>> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ri8md891qne99vn/fuSDWspqWD
> >>>
> >>> Joe Gray
> >>> W5JG
> >>>
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