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'''Digital Equipment Corporation''', (DEC)<br/>
was a major American company in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_industry computer industry] from the 1950s to the 1990s, headquarters located in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maynard,_Massachusetts Maynard, Massachusetts], best known for their successful [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmed_Data_Processor Programmed Data Processor] (PDP), and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VAX Virtual Address eXtension]([[VAX]]) computers, as well as the [[DEC Alpha]] processor. DEC was acquired in June 1998 by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaq Compaq], which subsequently merged with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hewlett-Packard Hewlett-Packard] (HP) in May 2002. Some parts of DEC, notably the compiler business, were sold to [[Intel]] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Equipment_Corporation Digital Equipment Corporation from Wikipedia]</ref>.
=People=
* [[Alan Kotok]]
=Hardware=
* [[DEC Alpha]]
* [[PDP-1]]
* [[PDP-6]]
* [[PDP-8]]
* [[PDP-10]]
* [[PDP-11]]
* [[VAX]]
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Equipment_Corporation Digital Equipment Corporation from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Digital_Equipment_Corporation History of Digital Equipment Corporation from Wikipedia]
* [http://collection.maynardhistory.org/collections/show/9 Digital Equipment Corporation · Maynard Historical Society Archives]
=References=
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'''Digital Equipment Corporation''', (DEC)<br/>
was a major American company in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_industry computer industry] from the 1950s to the 1990s, headquarters located in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maynard,_Massachusetts Maynard, Massachusetts], best known for their successful [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmed_Data_Processor Programmed Data Processor] (PDP), and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VAX Virtual Address eXtension]([[VAX]]) computers, as well as the [[DEC Alpha]] processor. DEC was acquired in June 1998 by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaq Compaq], which subsequently merged with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hewlett-Packard Hewlett-Packard] (HP) in May 2002. Some parts of DEC, notably the compiler business, were sold to [[Intel]] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Equipment_Corporation Digital Equipment Corporation from Wikipedia]</ref>.
=People=
* [[Alan Kotok]]
=Hardware=
* [[DEC Alpha]]
* [[PDP-1]]
* [[PDP-6]]
* [[PDP-8]]
* [[PDP-10]]
* [[PDP-11]]
* [[VAX]]
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Equipment_Corporation Digital Equipment Corporation from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Digital_Equipment_Corporation History of Digital Equipment Corporation from Wikipedia]
* [http://collection.maynardhistory.org/collections/show/9 Digital Equipment Corporation · Maynard Historical Society Archives]
=References=
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