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  • Collection: Digital Equipment Corporation

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Large circuit board; motherboard configuration.
Includes 6 PCI slots, 8 memory slots (filled), processor heat sink, serial and parallel cable connectors.
Front of board marked with 'digital' logo and '5420674-01'
front and back of board marked: …

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Massive processor for servers, includes separable heat sink and stored in original antistatic plastic transport case.
Multiple chips are mounted to a board that is fastened to an aluminum mounting frame which includes ribbon cables and two…

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A poster outlining the development of products by the company from 1958 though 1983.

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The WT/78 Word Terminal shows its VT52 heritage from the general design, but the keyboard was custom designed to support "word processing": color coded keys with fixed functions like cut, paste, insert page, etc. The terminal we have in the…

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A photo of the first Board of Directors of Digital Equipment Corporation.

(L-R): Henry Hoagland, Jack Barnard, Jay Forrester, William Congleton, Harlan Anderson, Ken Olsen, Dorothy Rowe, Vernon Alden, Arnaud de Vitry, and Wayne Brobeck

Ken…

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A whimsical 1978 calendar from Digital's Sales Training group. The days of each month are shown in hexadecimal (base 16). The calendar references the VAX-11/780 computer, the initial model of the VAX series which was introduced in 1977.

Fun…

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Digital had their name on the Formula 1 Ferrari 640 for Grand Prix racing.

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This is a prototype Digital Equipment Corporation SHARK network computer/thin client.

In 1997, Digital Equipment Corporation produced the DIGITAL Network Appliance Reference Design (DNARD), and published the hardware specifications for free…

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A handbook for Digital employees providing background on the company, its founding principles, offices, products, and laundry list of HR policies and procedures.

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A short booklet describing the capabilities of the PDP-14 Programmable Controller

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An informational maintenance card for the Digital model PDP11/04/34.

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A programming reference card for Digital's VT100.

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A 1976 calendar produced by Digital's Employee Communications Group that outlines the benefits available to Digital Employees. February is shown, maternity.

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An account of Ken Olsen as founder of Digital Equipment Corporation.

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Four DIGITAL stamps labeled as: Digital Internal Use Only; Digital Personal; Digital Confidential; and Digital Restricted Distribution.

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A small, black pocket watch encased in a black leather pocket. The lower right-hand corner has a gold metal imprint of the Clock Tower.

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A grey DECTown 1983 Conference binder with Digital logo inside.