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: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] 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 > <[email protected]> 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" <[email protected]> > >> To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" > >> <[email protected]> > >> 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 > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > >>> To unsubscribe, go to > >>> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > >>> and follow the instructions there. > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > >> To unsubscribe, go to > >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > >> and follow the instructions there. > >> > >> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, go to > > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > and follow the instructions there. > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
