Photograph showing the inside of several PDP-9 cabinets. The Digital Equipment Corporation's PDP-9, a minicomputer that was introduced in 1966 and used discrete transistor logic.
This southerly view of the Tower Clock is likely taken from Mill & Main building #10. The lower building in the foreground was demolished around 2010 to make way for the current main entrance to the Mill.
Boxed presentation pocket knife that was an employee service award (estimated for 10 or 15 years of service), probably from the 1980s. The knife has been embellished with an image of the Clock Tower along with the word "digital".
Prior to Maynard becoming a town in 1871, the land at 129 Parker Street, consisting of some 87 acres, was owned by Asa S. Balcolm of Sudbury, MA. The land stayed in Asa Balcolm's name until his death in 1920. His wife Mary Balcolm took over ownership…
The Maynard Lions Club held a meeting in 1964 with special speaker Kenneth Olsen, President of Digital, The meeting was held at Kaffestuga, Sudbury, MA.
A handbook for Digital employees providing background on the company, its founding principles, offices, products, and laundry list of HR policies and procedures.
A white clock made at the Digital Stow Carpentry Shop that was hung in the Mill. The carpenter/artist who carved and signed this wood clock was Michael G. Giddens, April 4, 1985. There is a light which lights up the clock tower clock dial.
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,…
Four brochures describing the benefits available for Digital employees including medical, retirement, sick leave, vacation, stock options, tuition etc...
A set of hands from the Maynard Mill Clock on the North side. The clock built in 1892 by the Assabet Manufacturing Company was completly refurbished in 1980 by Digital Equipment Corporation.
A collection of business inking stamps from a variety of Maynard concerns including: Digital (3ct), Sandersons, New Idea, Russo's, the CO-OP Inc., Ray's TV, Middlesex Launderers (2ct), and the United Cooperative Society (8ct).
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…