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Posted by : Sachin Kumar Sahu Thursday, 1 January 1970


 

Hewlett-Packard is Founded. David Packard and Bill Hewlett found Hewlett-Packard in a Palo Alto, California garage. Their first product was the HP 200A Audio Oscillator, which rapidly becomes a popular piece of test equipment for engineers. Walt Disney Pictures ordered eight of the 200B model to use as sound effects generators for the 1940 movie “Fantasia.”


David Packard and Bill Hewlett in their Palo Alto, California Garage

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