HP 9836

The 9836A was introduced at the end of 1981 and featured a large, 12.2 inch (390 x 512 dot resolution) screen and dual 5.25 inch floppy drives. It was the design engineering computer of the 200 Series. The 9836C arrived in April of 1983 and came with a color monitor ($15,140). Subsequent models included the 9836U (with 12.5 MHz processor and HP-UX capable), and the 9836CU (color monitor version of the 9836U). Additional part numbers avaialble were the 9836S, 9836CS, 9836T and 9836CT. These models comprised base units bundled with additional memory and/or language capability.