The following text was contained in a Hewlett-Packard ad

appearing in the October 1980 edition of Popular Electronics:

Encapsulated in a mere 20 lb. Package, is

a complete computing system. Keyboard,

tape unit, CRT with alphanumerics and

integrated graphics, printer and read/write

memory - all ready for instant use. Just

turn it on. That's all. Its language is power-

ful HP BASIC. The HP-85 is simple

to use. Extremely effective. Highly produc-

tive. In brief, very professional.

Now the HP-85 can be configured even

Further to accommodate your increas-

Ing demands. Instantly. Just plug in the

HP interface bus and handle up to 14

peripherals or instruments. There's no

need to write special operating programs.

HP's peripheral ROM's do it for you.

Options available now include flexible disc

Drives, additional read/write memory,

Graphics plotter, full-width printer, many

software Application Pacs. More

options are under development. Indeed,

Hewlett-Packard is committed to providing

Solutions that meet your varied and

changing needs.

There is no comparable computing

System in the marketplace that offers you

this combination of power, sophis-

ticated growth potential, software, light-

weight portability, convenience and

ease-of-use. In addition, HP maintains

service facilities throughout the world.

On-site service, if you wish.

The personal computer for professionals: HP-85 specifications: Memory - 16K RAM expands to 32K, 32K ROM expands to 80K; CRT - 32 char./line, 16 lines; graphics - 256 X 192 dots; thermal printer - 2 lines/sec.; magnetic cartridge capacity - 200K; I/O - HP-IB (IEEE 488), RS-232, 16-bit GP-IO, BCD; Application Pacs include Statistics and Regression Analysis, Finance, Math, Linear Programming, Text Editing, Waveform Analysis, Circuit Analysis, BASIC Training, & Games.