Digital Equipment Corporation
Dublin Core
Title
Digital Equipment Corporation
Description
Items from Digital Equipment Corporation, which was headquartered in Maynard from 1957-1999.
Contributor
Dave Griffin, David Wisniewski, Lenny Palmer, Chris Lister
Includes a number of artifacts on permanent loan from the Ken Olsen Collection from Gordon College.
Includes a number of artifacts on permanent loan from the Ken Olsen Collection from Gordon College.
This is a PREVIEW of Items in the Digital Equipment Corporation Collection
View ALL of the items in collection
Introduction to Programming Small Computer Handbook Series Digital Equipment Corporation
DEC Library
Hager the Horrible Cartoon
An enlarged copy of a Hager cartoon that hung in Jack Knowles, Engineer, office as a competition reminder. The "Watch out for the competition" statement was added by DEC.
Digital Equipment Corporation History
A partial review of the engineering culture at DEC praising and critiquing the strurcture the company has developed.
The Engineer's Glossary of Standard Terms and Conditions Digital Equipment Corporation
A few facetious definitions to help relieve the stress.
Digital Equipment Corporation Mill Site Services Brochure
This is a 1991 DEC employee directory of services in the Mill complex including phone numbers, times of operation, and location: building number, floor, pole number (e.g., MLO3-1, Pole 46C). The brochure also included a map of the complex and the…
Digital Equipment Corporation Lore: Real Millrats
Real millrats
Real millrats don't wear shoes with soft crepe soles.
Real millrats have been up in the clock tower.
Real millrats don't wince when the pallet trucks rumble past.
Real millrats don't ask why the pond is yellow.
Real millrats know…
Digital Mill Complex Conference Room Directory
Conference room names mentioned:
Colonel Elijah Hale
Asa Smith
Haman Smith
Artemas Whitney
Nathaniel J. Wyeth
Mary Gibson
Joseph Russo
Levi Cheney
Jethro
Samuel Lerer
Jonathan P: Bent
Judge Howard Wilson
Mary Doyle
Abel Haynes
Thomas…
Photo of a Digital KDF-11B CPU Board
A photograph of the KDF-11B is a CPU processor module developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) for its PDP-11 family of 16-bit minicomputers. The KDF-11B board is associated with the PDP-11/23+.
Technically, the KDF-11B is a quad-height…
Technically, the KDF-11B is a quad-height…
Digital PDP-9 Analog-to-Digital Converter (?)
This is a marketing photograph of a late 1960s / early 1970s Digital Equipment Corporation computer module. While no model number is visible, based on labeling and other photographs that accompanied it, it appears to be a PDP-9 A-D Converter Option:…
Digital PDP-9 Backplane Assembly
A photo of a Digital Equipment Corporation wire-wrapped backplane assembly for the PDP-9 computer.
This photograph demonstrates the design philosophy of DEC computer design in the late 1960s and early 1970s: a wire-wrapped (no solder) insulated…
This photograph demonstrates the design philosophy of DEC computer design in the late 1960s and early 1970s: a wire-wrapped (no solder) insulated…
Digital PDP-9 undergoing testing
A Digital Equipment Corporation PDP-9 being manufactured/tested within a lab in the Mill complex.
A note states that the gentleman in the right side of the photo is Frank Capone.
The notation at the bottom of the photograph implies that this…
A note states that the gentleman in the right side of the photo is Frank Capone.
The notation at the bottom of the photograph implies that this…
PDP-9 Core Memory Module (?)
A photo of what is possibly a PDP-9 4K magnetic core memory module / backplane assembly using coincident-current magnetic core memory (see COINC DUAL label)
The top panel shows: DATA ADDRESS Indicators labeled 2048 and 4096
A/B memory sections. …
The top panel shows: DATA ADDRESS Indicators labeled 2048 and 4096
A/B memory sections. …
Internal view of Digital PDP-9
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.
Digital Equipment Corporation PDP-9
A marketing/catalog photograph of Digital Equipment Corporation's PDP-9, a minicomputer that was introduced in 1966 and sold about 400 units.