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A couple of (easy) questions about HP35
06-26-2015, 07:05 PM
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RE: A couple of (easy) questions about HP35
Some details about the start of the calculator production in Singapore:
  • April 1970: Singapore site opening to build core memories. (source: Measure Aug-Sep ’70 – p.10 & Measure Jun-Jul ’70 – p.15)
  • July 1972: No mention by Bill Hewlett of calculator assembly at Singapore: "We now employ 675 people there, about 60 percent of whom are assembling core-plane memories for our computers. [..] The remainder of HP Singapore is devoted to the assembly of special diodes and some LED displays." (source: Measure July 1972 - p.15)
  • February 1973: First mention of calculator assembly at Singapore: "Likewise, the APD people who have worked closely with the HP-Singapore plant in setting up comparable calculator production there for markets outside the U.S. report a similar gung-ho spirit. Some of the APD team are pictured at top, the Singapore assembly crew at right." (source: Measure February 1973 - p.8)
  • October 1973: Bill Hewlett wrote about Singapore: "Within the last year two steps have been taken that changed the pattern of production. The first was the decision to manufacture all the hand-held calculators for markets outside the U.S. in Singapore." (source: Measure October 1973 – p.15)
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