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Hewlett Packard HP-110	Computers	Home Computer	U.S.A.	1984	8086 CMOS	name image company company_name specs tabs forum_thread photos adverts hardware oc_id source HP-110 /media/museum/photos/hp110_2.jpg /companies/hewlett-packard Hewlett Packard label value NAME HP-110 label value MANUFACTURER Hewlett Packard label value TYPE Home Computer label value ORIGIN U.S.A. label value YEAR 1984 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE None, but built-in software :\ Lotus 1-2-3 (spreadsheet), Memomaker (wordprocessor), Terminal (communication) label value KEYBOARD QWERTY / AZERTY mechanical keyboard\ 75 keys, 8 function keys label value CPU 8086 CMOS label value SPEED 5,33 Mhz label value RAM HP-110 : 272 kb (up to 176 kb can be used as a virtual disk)\ HP-110 Plus : 256 kb, upgradable to 1Mb (896 kb max. for virtual disk) label value ROM 384 kb (DOS and built-in applications) label value TEXT MODES HP-110 : 80 x 16\ HP-110 Plus : 80 x 25 label value GRAPHIC MODES HP-110 : 480 x 128\ HP-110 Plus : 480 x 200 label value COLORS No label value SOUND Beeper ? label value SIZE / WEIGHT 32 x 25 x 7 cm / 4kg label value I/O PORTS HP-IL / HP-IB\ RS-232c label value BUILT IN MEDIA Virtual RAM disk label value OS DOS 2.11 label value POWER SUPPLY Acid lead batteries (16h autonomy) label value PERIPHERALS Printer\ Disk Drive label value PRICE HP-110 :5231 (France, 85)\ HP-110 Plus (without software) : 3811 (France, 85) photos adverts hardware 441 title subtitle text image THE HP-110 IN USE /media/museum/photos/hp110.jpg title subtitle text image THE HP-110 PLUS The HP-110 plus had a bigger screen (25 lines instead of 16), the possibility to change the internal ROM sotfware, and more memory upgrade. /media/museum/photos/hp110_plus.jpg title subtitle text image BACK /media/museum/photos/hp110_back.jpg title subtitle text image CLOSED /media/museum/photos/hp110_closed.jpg title subtitle text image THE CARRYING CASE /media/museum/photos/hp110_sacoche.jpg title subtitle text image PARIS-DAKAR The HP-110 was used in the famous Paris-Dakar race... /media/museum/photos/hp_110_parisdakard.gif title subtitle text image PERSONAL COMPUTER WORLD COVER dated July 1984 /media/museum/pubs/hp110_personal-computer-world_cover.jpg title subtitle text image THE COMPLETE SYSTEM HP-110 + Thinkjet printer + Disk-drive /media/museum/hardware/hp110_extensions.jpg title subtitle text image COMPLETE SYSTEM The Thinkjet printer is on top of the Disk-drive. /media/museum/hardware/hp110_extensions_2.jpg title subtitle text image THE DISK-DRIVE 3"1/2 disk-drive. 710 kb. 7000 fr (France, 84) /media/museum/hardware/hp110_diskdrive.jpg title subtitle text image THE ACID LEAD BATTERIES These batteries can power the HP-110 for 16 hours ! /media/museum/hardware/hp110_under.jpg title subtitle text image THE MAIN BOARD In the middle-left part is the 80c86 (40 pins). /media/museum/hardware/hp110_mobo1.jpg title subtitle text image THE UPPER BOARD On this upper board, we can find the interfaces, the power supply circuits, the keyboard and the screen circuits. /media/museum/hardware/hp110_mobo2.jpg 445 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230604181209/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=445 2023-06-04

The HP-110 was the first laptop computer to offer the power and the possibilities of a desktop. As it was possible to connect a printer and a disk-drive to it, it was a very serious machine in its category, with Lotus 1-2-3 integrated.

This was the good occasion for Hewlet-Packard to introduce a laptop computer when IBM and Apple were not yet on this part of the market. The HP-110 is somehow compatible with its big brother, the HP-150, and can communicate with HP "calculators" like the HP-41c.

Its design looks like the Dulmont Magnum or the Gavilan produced at the same time. The screen can be tilted to accomodate the right angle of vision for the user.

The HP-110 is equiped with a 8086 16-bit CPU which is much more powerful than the 8088 for example used in the HP-150.

One year later, HP presented the Portable Plus with bigger screen, more memory upgrade and the possibility to change the internal ROM software.

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Rich Wilson comments:
The HP-110 and Portable Plus were actually multi-processor computers! I see something on the schematic called a PPU, and its part number seems to be 146?0562. But it's blurry; the ? might be 3 or 8, and the 0 might be an 8. In sleep mode, the 8086 is powered off, and the PPU is given the job of keeping the time, controlling the power supply and charger, monitoring the power button, etc.