Commercial Data Processing Ltd has installed this Hewlett Packard 2100A computer in its Sydney Service Bureau to advance its plans to provide mini-computer services (the bureau is believed to be the first in Australia to offer mini-computer services). The

Commercial Data Processing Ltd has installed this Hewlett Packard 2100A computer in its Sydney Service Bureau to advance its plans to provide mini-computer services (the bureau is believed to be the first in Australia to offer mini-computer services). The HP2I00A will be used to help provide a banking-type on-line system involving the use of Olivetti terminals. The configuration includes a 7900A disc drive and a new type of multiplexor. July 20, 1972. (Photo by David Cumming/Fairfax Media via Getty Images).