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Large circuit board with 2 locking metal insertion handles, and ribbon cable connector on one end; 4 back plane connectors on other.
Edge of board includes various markings, including:
'5404-01-B1' and 'LPWR' followed by the 'digital' logo, and…

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Power supply board, in original box; appears unused.
Box marked '9905439 Rev B 11/80'.
Board marked: '50007271-P2 Side 2'.
Very large capacitors and other components attached.

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Large circuit board with 2 locking plastic insertion handles, 5 back plane connectors. Aluminum heat sink attached to one processor; two additional LSI processor chips.
Heat sink has sticker that reads:
Part #: 21-35023-21
Revision: A
Date Cde:…

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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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Two advertising thermometers for Manning Pharmacy, Maynard, Mass.

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The origins and history of the town's Methodist church from 1867 through 1970.

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A promotional hanging calendar for the pharmacy. Wilder Macurda owned and operated the pharmacy on 12 Nason St.

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From the title page:
"History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Containing Carefully Prepared Histories of Every City and Town in the County, by Well-Known Writers, and A General History of the County from the Earliest to the Present Time". …