Computer History Archives Project (CHAP) | Computer History: DEC Digital Equipment Corp. Tech Archives Short Montage, PDP, VAX VMS HP @ComputerHistoryArchivesProject | Uploaded February 2022 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
Computer History DEC, Digital Equipment Corporation: A 4-minute musical montage of memories from Digital’s Archives, PDP, VAX, and desktop terminals. DEC was founded in 1957 by Ken Olsen, Harlen Anderson and Scott Olsen. It rapidly became the global leader in minicomputer systems, known for the PDP (Programmed Data Processor) and VAX (Virtual Address Extension) product lines, the VMS (Virtual Memory System) operating system, DEC Alpha Servers, terminals and more.
A variety of factors caused the company’s decline in the1980’s, early 1990’s. DEC was eventually purchased by Compaq in 1998, and Compaq itself was acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 2002.
The legacy of DEC lives on as a highly influential company in the field of computer history, especially during the 1960’s to 1990’s. This brief montage is built on a 1997 intro presentation by DEC for its 40th anniversary, to which are added additional images and some rarely seen photos of early systems.
{Uploaded for educational and historical value only, by Computer History Archives Project.
Music score is titled “Icelandic Arpeggios” by DivKid.}
Dedicated to Employees and Friends of Digital Equipment Corporation.
For more information see:
DEC Archives, Al Kosow's Bitsavers.com
Doug Jones, PDP FAQ, University of Iowa
https://homepage.cs.uiowa.edu/~jones/pdp8/faqs/
The Computer History Museum (PDP-1 Restoration Project)
computerhistory.org/pdp-1/11bf8870e014de5095b83bb5feb273d4
The DEC Connection
decconnection.org
Article "The PDP-1" by George Michael
computer-history.info/Page4.dir/pages/PDP.1.dir
History of Digital Equipment Corporation: 1957 to Present (1978)
archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2018/08/102740407-05-01-acc.pdf
Video: Lyle Bickley explains the PDP-1
youtube.com/watch?v=1EWQYAfuMYw
Hewlett-Packard History Timeline
hpe.com/us/en/about/history/timeline/timeline-growth.html
Computer History DEC, Digital Equipment Corporation: A 4-minute musical montage of memories from Digital’s Archives, PDP, VAX, and desktop terminals. DEC was founded in 1957 by Ken Olsen, Harlen Anderson and Scott Olsen. It rapidly became the global leader in minicomputer systems, known for the PDP (Programmed Data Processor) and VAX (Virtual Address Extension) product lines, the VMS (Virtual Memory System) operating system, DEC Alpha Servers, terminals and more.
A variety of factors caused the company’s decline in the1980’s, early 1990’s. DEC was eventually purchased by Compaq in 1998, and Compaq itself was acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 2002.
The legacy of DEC lives on as a highly influential company in the field of computer history, especially during the 1960’s to 1990’s. This brief montage is built on a 1997 intro presentation by DEC for its 40th anniversary, to which are added additional images and some rarely seen photos of early systems.
{Uploaded for educational and historical value only, by Computer History Archives Project.
Music score is titled “Icelandic Arpeggios” by DivKid.}
Dedicated to Employees and Friends of Digital Equipment Corporation.
For more information see:
DEC Archives, Al Kosow's Bitsavers.com
Doug Jones, PDP FAQ, University of Iowa
https://homepage.cs.uiowa.edu/~jones/pdp8/faqs/
The Computer History Museum (PDP-1 Restoration Project)
computerhistory.org/pdp-1/11bf8870e014de5095b83bb5feb273d4
The DEC Connection
decconnection.org
Article "The PDP-1" by George Michael
computer-history.info/Page4.dir/pages/PDP.1.dir
History of Digital Equipment Corporation: 1957 to Present (1978)
archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2018/08/102740407-05-01-acc.pdf
Video: Lyle Bickley explains the PDP-1
youtube.com/watch?v=1EWQYAfuMYw
Hewlett-Packard History Timeline
hpe.com/us/en/about/history/timeline/timeline-growth.html
