HP 2116C Pricing Info 1971 free download

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DAVE HARRIS 40 7 1970 ~CT CUPERTINO DIV HEWLETT lW PACKARD NEW PRODUCT o NFORMAT N 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_ - more - - 2 - 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