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HP launches projector line. The computing giant announces that it is entering the digital projector market, where its competition will include acquisition target Compaq Computer. [CNET News.com]
One of the great experiences of my life was my first experience with an HP calculator. I started engineering school in the slide rule era. Half way through, HP, Bomar & TI announced electronic calculators. HP’s was far more (expensive) advanced than the others. You can catch a feel for the electronic past here. Another slide rule site is here.
It would be wonderful to see HP return to a consciousness of product design and usability that existed in those years – in all their products.