150 machines from France

[jimpqfly]

Hi guys,

I just joined this group to congratulate modem7 about his MARVELLOUS website.

I own 2x5160s, 1x5170 (to restart, my next project), Apple 2e, Apple 2Cs, GRiDCase (I saw the GRiD section of the forum wohoooo!), Jupiter Ace and MANY other machines I collec from... 2000.

Also a big fan of Adrian Black's videos!

So happy to join this forum ...

 

[Chuck(G)]

I've got an HP Vectra minitower (P2 I think) that carries a "Made in France" sticker.

 

[jimpqfly]

I've got an HP Vectra minitower (P2 I think) that carries a "Made in France" sticker.

Haha, I didn't France ever built any mass-produced PC Is it good or bad?

 

[Chuck(G)]

It still works, the last I looked (about 6 months ago). The last of a line that required a key to open.

 

[Martin Hepperle]

Since 1970 HP had a larger production and development facility in Grenoble...
They made Vectras and terminals and more.

https://www.hewlettpackardhistory.com/item/the-french-connection/
https://www.hpmuseum.net/divisions.php?did=25

 

[Chuck(G)]

Is the facility still in operation? After Carly Fiorina, I suspect not.

 

[Brown]

Hello and welcome to the forums!
I have a 286 computer. Apple 2Cs is a good 16-bit computer.

 

[jimpqfly]

Since 1970 HP had a larger production and development facility in Grenoble...
They made Vectras and terminals and more.

https://www.hewlettpackardhistory.com/item/the-french-connection/
https://www.hpmuseum.net/divisions.php?did=25

Thanks for the link, I didn't even know that!

 

[Martin Hepperle]

According to the internet HP has about 1000 employees in France and 550 of them in Grenoble (97% of them engineers or managers). The rest is located in Paris/Meudon.
What they actually do today ... I don't know.