This is so true. I used to notice HP connectors at all the Ultrasound pathology labs I'd go to, they'd engineered plugs for sensor devices to HPIB compatible wiring which worked with nitrile gloves, smeared with Ultrasound goop, at a size anyone could un-do, with knurled screw tighteners. Lots of things about HP didn't work for me but I never yet met an Ultrasound or Xray technician who said their GUI was borked for them.
The market has moved on now but for a while there, if it was on a crash-cart in a hospital or related location, chances were it was HP.
The market has moved on now but for a while there, if it was on a crash-cart in a hospital or related location, chances were it was HP.