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TECHNICAL DATA

The following four pages are scans of a technical data sales brochure from December of 1976. [Medium]   [Large]   [Medium]   [Large]   [Medium]   [Large]   [Medium]   [Large]   [Medium]   [Large]   [Medium]   [Large]

ANNOUNCEMENTS

From the January 31, 1977 issue of Computerworld:

Management System Built for Businesses on HP CPU Addition

PALO ALTO, Calif. - The HP 9896A business information management system from Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) was designed for use by small-to-medium-sized manufacturers, distributors and service organizations.

A standard system includes the HP 9831A desktop system, also announced; a built-in cartridge drive; two flexible disk drives; a character impact printer; and a desk workstation.

Additional Floppies

The unit can accomodate two additional floppy disks, HP said.

Software offered with the system includes accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll, inventory control and general ledger, the company noted.

The system is available with the standard 8K bytes of memory or can be expanded up to 32K bytes.

The CPU itself can work with plotters and CRTs and features a built-in bidirectional tape drive with a 90 in./sec search-and-rewind speed. Average access time is 6 sec, the company stated.

The 9831A CPU costs $7,200; the total business information management configuration costs $18,700, HP said from 1501 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, Calif. 94304.