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Ken Olsen Plaza
Two color photos of the three dimensional model of Ken Olsen Plaza. The design of the Plaza model was done by Vanasse/Hangen & Associates, Inc.; Lane, Frenchman and Associates, Inc.
25th Anniversary of Digital Equipment Corporation - 1983
A series of 26 color photos celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Digital Equipment Corporation and Testimonial Banquet to Ken Olsen, Founding President. The event was held April 19, 1983. The first photo of attendees include Bill Keto, Winnie Hearon,…
Ken Olsen
Three black and white photos of Ken Olsen, founder of Digital Equipment Corporation. Others in the photos are unidentified. The first photo is of (l-r): Kenneth Olsen, Stan Olsen (his brother), and Harlan Anderson. These three people started…
"DEC Appreciation Night" - 1971
A Program for Appreciation Night held November 30, 1971, in the Maynard High School Auditorium. The event was sponsored by the Town of Maynard to extend its gratitude to Digital Equipment Corporation for bringing "great credit to the name of…
Interior of Digital Equipment Building - 1960 ca
Two black and white photos of the interior of the DEC building. One photo is labeled "module test". The photos are 1960 ca.
Aerial View of Mill - 1970 ca
A black and white aerial view of the Maynard Mill Buildings/Digital Equipment Corp.
Fire Drill at Digital
Everyone was required to leave the plant during fire drills which were scheduled periodically. In the photo, occupants of Building #5 wait for the "all clear" signal.
Assabet Mills at Night- Building 1 Illuminated
A black and white photo of "Building 1 Illuminated" was Yu Hata's prize winning entry in Digital's Photo contest and was taken by a Pentax camera, set for a 2 second exposure at 5.6f stop.
Digital Equipment Corporation Home Office
A black and white copy of a photo of the home office and manufacturing facilities of DEC.
DEC Family Tree
A map of the origin and development of Digital Equipment Corporation from 1957 through 1986. The DEC Tree is an article that was published in the magazine "Computerworld" on September 24, 1986.
Harry S. Mann - 1968
A black and white paper copy of a memorial photo of Harry S. Mann (1917-1968), Vice President of Digital Equipment Corp., 1965-1968.
File Folder for Digital Equipment Corporation
A collection of Digital Equipment Corporation documents including but not limited to the following subjects: Ken Olsen, DEC World, Manuals, Bumper Stickers, newspaper clippings, Celebrations, and a variety of documents.
DEC Calendar - 1985
A poster/calendar for the Digital Central Engineering Development Programs in 1985. The calendar features a picture of the Assabet Mills from Thompson Street in 1881.
Logic Modules - 1957
Digital's first products were logic models enclosed in an extruded aluminum wave guide. The circuits were negative-logic build with surface-barrier germanium transistors, which could run at 5 megahertz. There was no other product on the market like…
Spark Chamber Scanning System 2319
Two black and white photos of the Spark Chamber Scanning System 2319.
Memory Test Systems 1521
The test equipment business was considered by Digital to be a stepping stone to eventually building general-purpose computer products, since they would share the same general circuits. Both Ken Olsen and engineer Dick Best patented many of the…
DEC Memory Tester 1516
A black and white photo of DEC Memory Tester 1516. The first systems Digital made were memory test systems to check the core stacks that were the memories used at that time. The technology used in these test systems were later used to build memories…