Introduced in the late 1960's by Hewlett-Packard Corporation, the HP 2100 series was one of the mostly widely used real-time minicomputers. Among the models in this series were
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| Option | Description | Capacity |
| CPU and memory | HP 2114, 2215, 2116, 2100, 21MX, or 1000 | 4KW - 32KW (1024KW on 1000) |
| 2116 options | extended arithmetic | |
| 2100 options | floating point, memory protection, IOP | |
| 1000 options | memory protection, DMS, IOP, extended floating point, double precision integers | |
| RTE OS/VMA/EMA, SIGNAL, VIS firmware extensions | ||
| 12620A/12936A privileged interrupt fence | ||
| Console | 12631A ASR-33 Teletype | |
| 12966A BACI terminal interface | ||
| Paper tape | 12597A reader and punch | |
| Real time clock | 12539A/B/C time base generator | |
| Line printers | 12653A line printer | |
| 12845B line printer | ||
| Terminal multiplexor | 12920A terminal multiplexor | 16 lines |
| 12792C terminal multiplexor | ||
| Disk | 12557A/13210A cartridge disk, 1-4 drives | 1.25/2.5MW |
| 12565A disk pack, 1-2 drives | 11.95MW | |
| 1303, 1-4 disk drives | 7.5-60MW | |
| 12606A/12610A fixed head disk/drum | 0.18MW - 1.54MW | |
| 12821A, 1-4 integrated controller disks (HP-IB) | 20MB - 120MB | |
| Magnetic tape | 12559C 9 track magnetic tape | |
| 13181A/13183A 9 track magnetic tape | ||
| Network | 12556B interprocessor link for Access |
Updated 03-May-2012 by Bob Supnik (simh AT trailing-edge DOT com- anti-spam encoded)