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DAVE HARRIS 40 7 1970
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HEWLETT lW PACKARD NEW PRODUCT
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PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT. 1501 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, California 94304, Phone 415-326-7000
(Photos enclosed) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TWO NEW COMPUTERS OFFER MORE CORE PER DOLLAR
New Memory Costs Less, Takes Much Less Space
Cost Of Additional Memory Greatly Reduced. Cost of
Some Basic Computer Models Also Reduced.
A new high-density core memory developed by Hewlett-Packard
makes it possible for two new HP computers to have twice as much
memory capacity as their predecessors had in the same size main-
frames. As a result, the computers do not require external add-on
memory extenders, even when their core memories are expanded to
maximum size. Elimination of external memory extenders and lower
manufacturing costs for the new type memory have led to substantial
cost reductions, especially for computers with more than the minimum
amount of core. Viewed another way, the new computers offer sub-
stantially more memory for the same amount of money_
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The larger of the two new computers is the 2116C, a 16-bit
machine with a memory cycle time of 1.6 microseconds. At a price
of $20,000 including an 8K (8l92-word) core memory, the 2ll6C is
$4,000 less than its predecessor, the HP 2ll6B, used to cost.
Additional core can be added to the 2ll6C in 8K increments at
$10,000 per increment, up to a maximum total core memory of 32K.
A 2ll6C with the maximum amount of core memory -- 32,768 words --
costs $50,000, or $19,000 less than a 2ll6B with the same amount
of memory used to cost. What's more, the 2ll6C's maximum memory
fits in the mainframe, whereas the 2ll6B requires an outside ex-
tender to reach 32K.
The smaller of the two new computers, Model 2ll4C, is also
a l6-bit machine, but with a memory cycle time of 2.0 microseconds.
The 2ll4C with 4K core memory will sell for $8,500, the same as
its predecessor, Model 2ll4B. Additional core in 4K increments
will cost $4,500 per increment. But while the 2ll4B's maximum
memory was 8K, the new 2ll4C can have up to 16K, all of it in the
mainframe.
For the present, the 2ll6B and 2ll4B will remain in the HP
product line, along with the new C models. The 21l6B's price is
being reduced to $20,000, and prices of the extender and additional
core memory for the 2ll6B are also being reduced. A 2ll6B with ex-
tender and 32 K core memory now costs $58,000.
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Complete Software and Peripherals
The new computers will operate in the same system con-
figurations as the earlier models, and are compatible with all
existing HP software, peripherals, processor options, and ac-
cessories. Thus the new computers have a large repertoire of
existing hardware and software supporting systems.
Software available includes FORTRAN, ALGOL, and BASIC
compilers, drivers for peripherals and laboratory instruments,
FORTRAN library, utility programs, diagnostics, assembler,
loader, many special applications programs, and 6 operating
systems -- basic control system, disc operating system, magnetic-
tape system, real-time executive system, time-shared BASIC system,
and educational system. Peripherals available include all the
standard computer peripherals, as well as many laboratory instru-
ments.
Availability and Prices
First deliveries of the HP 2ll6C computer are scheduled for
December 1970. Deliveries of the HP 2ll4C minicomputer are sched-
uled to begin in late January 1971. The two computers can either
be purchased at the prices given above, or leased c The HP lease
plan offers terms of 2 to 5 years, at monthly rates of 4.4% to
2.15% of the purchase price.
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High-Density Memory
The new memory that makes the new computers possible takes
full advantage of up-to-date core and integrated-circuit technology
to achieve not only small size, but also better serviceability.
Like many of the newest core memories, the HP-developed memory is
of the planar type -- but with a difference. In the HP memory,
the plane containing the cores is folded so that it forms a thin
stack, small enough to be mounted on one of the computer's printed-
circuit boards. A complete 8K memory including the core stack and
all peripheral circuitry fits on 3 printed circuit boards. These
3 boards replace 6 boards plus a separate two-inch-high core stack.
The new HP memory is a 3-wire memory (X address, Y address,
and sense-inhibit) rather than a 4-wire memory with separate sense
and inhibit wires as was the old memory. Elimination of the fourth
wire saves assembly time and reduces the cost of the memory.
Serviceability of the memory has been improved by packaging
the diodes used in the peripheral circuitry in pluggable modules
that are easily replaced in the field. These diodes have always
been among the more critical parts in core arrays.
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Although the new memory simply plugs into the computer main-
frames, it cannot be used in earlier HP computers. The mainframes
of the 2ll6C and 2ll4C are different from earlier models.
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Hewlett-Packard 2116C (left) and 2114(; Co""puters have new cost-saving
and space-saving core m(~mory.
Three boards at top of picturlB are complete 8If memory for Hewlett-Packard 2116C
and 2114C Computers. 8K memory for 2116B is at bottom.
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