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From: phil@hpsmdca.HP.COM (Philip Walden)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: HP Code Names
Message-ID: <61270004@hpsmdca.HP.COM>
Date: 3 Oct 90 01:02:30 GMT
References: <14408@teda.UUCP>
Organization: HP Product Generation Processes
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>	SweetLips	HP 7470A plotter (this was the first plotter using
>			the gritwheel to grip the paper for one
>			direction of motion -- HP patented the
>			technology and it revolutionized plotters --
>			made them office equipment instead of
>			instruments)
>
>	Big Bertha	HP 7580A plotter

Actually the credit of "first gritwheel" goes to Big Bertha. The SweetLips
came out afterwards.