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The Digital Dictionary
A Guide to Digital Equipment Corporation's Technical Terminology
Second Edition
DEC Library
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 PDP-1 Computer - 1959
A black and white photo of the PDP-1 Computer. Digital demonstrated its prototype PDP-1 computer at the 1959 Joint Computer Conference in Boston, MA. The whole showing was buzzing about this fledgling company called Digital and this little machine…
Digital's Mill's 1847-1977"
A brochure composed by Stephen Wagner of Maynard. The brochure outlines the history of the Maynard Mill buildings in the time period 1847-1977.
Karate Club of Digital Equipment Corporation
A black and white photo of the DEC Karate Club at 62 Nason Street. The instructor's name was Dick Jones.
A prison guard, from Concord Reformatory, Herb Stuart (from South Acton), took over the school around 1968 and eventually moved it to Main…
A prison guard, from Concord Reformatory, Herb Stuart (from South Acton), took over the school around 1968 and eventually moved it to Main…
Ken Olsen Day Commemorative Program
As part of Digital's 25th Anniversary, the Town of Maynard honored Ken Olsen with a dinner and the introduction of Ken Olsen Plaza.
"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…
Mechanical Computing Device
A brass commorative plate reads:
"The first 'Mechanical Voting Device' in the world, originally built in 1823 by Wilhelm Schickard, a German Professor for mathematics, presented to Kenneth Olsen on November 15, 1991. Digital Kienzle,…
"The first 'Mechanical Voting Device' in the world, originally built in 1823 by Wilhelm Schickard, a German Professor for mathematics, presented to Kenneth Olsen on November 15, 1991. Digital Kienzle,…
Building 1 Illuminated
A prize-winning entry in Digital's Photo Contest, taken with Pentax camera (2 second exposure at f/5.6)
Assabet Mills at Night
Photograph of the mill complex at night (with reflection in the mill pond) taken in 1971 when Digital Equipment Corporation was running at "top speed".
Museum Planners at Digital - 1984
People listed in the photo: Kim Archer, Ralph Sheridan, Michael Pizza, Patrick Lolli, Tony Lolli, Elmer Mattson.
Another museum was proposed in 1999 by Marianne Butterline, Kathy Hahn and June Horrigan.
Nothing came to fruition concerning…
Another museum was proposed in 1999 by Marianne Butterline, Kathy Hahn and June Horrigan.
Nothing came to fruition concerning…
VISIT BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN MAYNARD Poster
digital Equipment Corporation
Large poster advertising Maynard and DEC.
DECWORLD'87 Poster (Digital Internal)
Poster used within Digital to advertise the DECworld convention at the World Trade Center in Boston, Massachusetts taking place from September 8-18, 1987.
"Excellent People Dedicated to a Five Star Program"
"Excellent People Dedicated to a Five Star Program"
