Digital Equipment Corporation, using the trademark Digital, was a major American company in the computer industry from the 1960s to the 1990s. The company was founded by Ken Olsen and Harlan Anderson
Assabet Woolen Mill, headquarters of Digital Equipment Corporation from 1957 to 1992
DEC was headquartered at a former wool mill in Maynard, Massachusetts, from 1957 until 1992.
System Building Blocks (System Module) 1103 hex-inverter card (both sides)
PDP-1 System Building Block #4106, circa 1963 - note that one transistor (yellow) has been replaced
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Compaq Computer Corporation was an American information technology company founded in 1982 that developed, sold, and supported computers and related products and services. Compaq produced some of the
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…the DEC Alpha product line began to make successful inroads in the mid-1990s, but was too late to save the company. DEC was acquired in June 1998 by Compaq in what was at that time the largest merger in the history of the computer industry. During the purchase, some parts of DEC were sold to other companies…
Compaq co-founder Rod Canion, pictured in 2016
Compaq Portable (1983)
The Deskpro 386 was the first personal computer to feature an Intel 386 microprocessor.
The SLT/286, Compaq's first laptop, was released in 1988.