HP 9000 Series 200
An integrated HP technical computer.
This HP system brings keyboard and display together in a substantial desktop enclosure. Its place in the collection is alongside the later Series 300 machines.
All photographs of this object
The machine, photographed here
Photographs of the HP 9836 as it is held in the collection.
HP 9000 Series 200 integrated workstation
| Maker | Hewlett-Packard |
|---|---|
| Form factor | Integrated display, logic and keyboard |
| Firmware | BOOTROM 3.0 |
| State | Powers on, halts at “SEARCHING FOR A SYSTEM / SYSTEM NOT RESPONDING” |
Processor, display and keyboard in one case, which in the early 1980s was how a workstation reached a laboratory bench: it had to be one object that could be placed next to the experiment. The integration is the point rather than the specification.
Record & provenance
This HP system brings keyboard and display together in a substantial desktop enclosure. Its place in the collection is alongside the later Series 300 machines.
Reference: ATX-OBJ-HP-9000-INTEGRATED
Source: collection inventory, photographs, and notes accompanying Serious Machines (Amir Husain, 2024).