On Sun, Sep 29, 2019 at 8:33 PM Guy Dunphy via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> That's always mystified me too. "1000 series" for model numbers like > 2108B, 2112B, 2113E, etc. > Weird corporate thinking. Maybe too much printed material with "1000" on > to change? > Or some other company had trademarked "2000 series" ? > It was the 2100 series (actual HP part numbers), and then marketing decided to call it "1000 series" as a marketing name, but not for the part numbering. "HP 2000" (and perhaps some other "HP 20nn" part numbers) and "HP 21nn" part numbers were assigned to computers. The actual "HP 1nnn" part numbers had already been assigned to other divisions and products, e.g., HP 16nn logic analyzers. The distinction between "marketing numbers" and actual HP part numbers has caused a heck of a lot of confusion over the years. Other vendors have done similar things.
