Digital Equipment Corporation - Revision history

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See also: +DEC Packaged System Nomenclature

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	* [[DEC part number]]s		* [[DEC part number]]s
	* [[DEC engineering drawing numbers]]		* [[DEC engineering drawing numbers]]
			* [[DEC acronyms]]
	* [[DEC Software-related Order Codes]]		* [[DEC Software-related Order Codes]]
			* [[DEC Packaged System Nomenclature]]
	* [[Edited Option/Module List]]		* [[Edited Option/Module List]]
	* [[DEC acronyms]]
	* [[:Category:DEC Documentation Errors\|DEC Documentation Errors]]		* [[:Category:DEC Documentation Errors\|DEC Documentation Errors]]
	* [[:Category:DEC Hardware\|DEC Hardware]]		* [[:Category:DEC Hardware\|DEC Hardware]]

Jnc: /* Websites */ Archive 'The Tragic Tale Of DEC, The Computing Giant That Died Too Soon' (original now offline)

2025-03-19T22:48:12Z

Websites: Archive 'The Tragic Tale Of DEC, The Computing Giant That Died Too Soon' (original now offline)

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	** [https://gordonbell.azurewebsites.net/CGB%20Files/DEC_Is_Dead_Bell_Appendix_Schein_Book.pdf Appendix for Edgar H. Schein “DEC is Dead, Long Live DEC”] - An interesting take on where/how DEC went wrong		** [https://gordonbell.azurewebsites.net/CGB%20Files/DEC_Is_Dead_Bell_Appendix_Schein_Book.pdf Appendix for Edgar H. Schein “DEC is Dead, Long Live DEC”] - An interesting take on where/how DEC went wrong
	* [https://www.abortretry.fail/p/work-at-the-mill Work at the Mill] - "the Story of Digital Equipment Corporation"		* [https://www.abortretry.fail/p/work-at-the-mill Work at the Mill] - "the Story of Digital Equipment Corporation"
	* [https://digital.com/digital-equipment-corporation/ The Tragic Tale Of DEC, The Computing Giant That Died Too Soon]		* [https://web.archive.org/web/20210104122645/https://digital.com/digital-equipment-corporation/ The Tragic Tale Of DEC, The Computing Giant That Died Too Soon] (archived) <!-- https://digital.com/digital-equipment-corporation/ -->
	* [http://www.decconnection.org/digitalstechnology.htm Digital's Technology Heritage]		* [http://www.decconnection.org/digitalstechnology.htm Digital's Technology Heritage]
	* [https://www.ultimate.com/phil/pdp10/dec.disks DEC disk history]		* [https://www.ultimate.com/phil/pdp10/dec.disks DEC disk history]

Jnc: /* External links */ +Work at the Mill

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External links: +Work at the Mill

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	** [https://gordonbell.azurewebsites.net/Digital/timeline/dechistory.htm Digital 41 Year History CD]		** [https://gordonbell.azurewebsites.net/Digital/timeline/dechistory.htm Digital 41 Year History CD]
	** [https://gordonbell.azurewebsites.net/CGB%20Files/DEC_Is_Dead_Bell_Appendix_Schein_Book.pdf Appendix for Edgar H. Schein “DEC is Dead, Long Live DEC”] - An interesting take on where/how DEC went wrong		** [https://gordonbell.azurewebsites.net/CGB%20Files/DEC_Is_Dead_Bell_Appendix_Schein_Book.pdf Appendix for Edgar H. Schein “DEC is Dead, Long Live DEC”] - An interesting take on where/how DEC went wrong
			* [https://www.abortretry.fail/p/work-at-the-mill Work at the Mill] - "the Story of Digital Equipment Corporation"
	* [https://digital.com/digital-equipment-corporation/ The Tragic Tale Of DEC, The Computing Giant That Died Too Soon]		* [https://digital.com/digital-equipment-corporation/ The Tragic Tale Of DEC, The Computing Giant That Died Too Soon]
	* [http://www.decconnection.org/digitalstechnology.htm Digital's Technology Heritage]		* [http://www.decconnection.org/digitalstechnology.htm Digital's Technology Heritage]

Jnc: Follow ext links guideline

2024-08-30T17:10:30Z

Follow ext links guideline

Jnc: Another copy

2024-03-19T17:19:32Z

Another copy

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	* Clayton M. Christensen, ''The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail'', Harvard Business School, Boston, 1997 - Briefly discusses DEC's inability to adapt to the world with personal computers		* Clayton M. Christensen, ''The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail'', Harvard Business School, Boston, 1997 - Briefly discusses DEC's inability to adapt to the world with personal computers
	* Alan R. Earls, ''Digital Equipment Corporation (Images of America)'', Arcadia, Charleston, 2004 - Mostly covers the early years		* Alan R. Earls, ''Digital Equipment Corporation (Images of America)'', Arcadia, Charleston, 2004 - Mostly covers the early years
			* [https://www.computerhistory.org/pdp-1/_media/pdf/dec.digital_1957_to_the_present_(1978).1957-1978.102630349.pdf Digital Equipment Corporation - Nineteen Fifty-Seven To the Present], 1972-78 - Thumbnail entries, but good coverage
			<!-- http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/_Books/DEC_1957_To_The_Present_1978.pdf -->
			* Jamie Parker Pearson, [http://gordonbell.azurewebsites.net/digital/digital%20at%20work%201992.pdf ''Digital at Work: Snapshots from the First Thirty-Five Years''], Digital, Burlington, 1992 - good overview with many direct quotations from DEC engineers
			<!-- https://www.computerhistory.org/pdp-1/_media/pdf/dec.digital_at_work.1992.102630350.pdf -->
			* C. Gordon Bell, J. Craig Mudge, John. E. McNamara, [http://gordonbell.azurewebsites.net/Computer_Engineering/contents.html Computer Engineering: A DEC View of Hardware Systems Design], Digital Press, Bedford, 1978 - a fair amount of technical detail
			<!-- http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/_Books/Bell-ComputerEngineering.pdf -->

	==External links==		==External links==

	* [https://www.computerhistory.org/pdp-1/_media/pdf/dec.digital_1957_to_the_present_(1978).1957-1978.102630349.pdf Digital Equipment Corporation - Nineteen Fifty-Seven To the Present], 1972-78 - Thumbnail entries, but good coverage
	~~<!-- http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/_Books/DEC_1957_To_The_Present_1978.pdf -->~~
	* Jamie Parker Pearson, [http://gordonbell.azurewebsites.net/digital/digital%20at%20work%201992.pdf ''Digital at Work: Snapshots from the First Thirty-Five Years''], Digital, Burlington, 1992
	* C. Gordon Bell, J. Craig Mudge, John. E. McNamara, [http://gordonbell.azurewebsites.net/Computer_Engineering/contents.html Computer Engineering: A DEC View of Hardware Systems Design], Digital Press, Bedford, 1978
	~~<!-- http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/_Books/Bell-ComputerEngineering.pdf -->~~
	* [https://gordonbell.azurewebsites.net/Digital/DECMuseum.htm Gordon Bell's CyberMuseum for Digital Equipment Corp]		* [https://gordonbell.azurewebsites.net/Digital/DECMuseum.htm Gordon Bell's CyberMuseum for Digital Equipment Corp]
	** [https://gordonbell.azurewebsites.net/Digital/timeline/dechistory.htm Digital 41 Year History CD]		** [https://gordonbell.azurewebsites.net/Digital/timeline/dechistory.htm Digital 41 Year History CD]
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	* [http://www.decconnection.org/digitalstechnology.htm Digital's Technology Heritage]		* [http://www.decconnection.org/digitalstechnology.htm Digital's Technology Heritage]
	* [https://www.ultimate.com/phil/pdp10/dec.disks DEC disk history]		* [https://www.ultimate.com/phil/pdp10/dec.disks DEC disk history]
			* [http://www.vaxarchive.org/hardware/cables.html Cables Reference Guide]
	* [http://www.avanthar.com/healyzh/decemulation/decemu.html The DEC Emulation Website]		* [http://www.avanthar.com/healyzh/decemulation/decemu.html The DEC Emulation Website]
	* [http://www.vaxarchive.org/hardware/cables.html Cables Reference Guide]

	{{Nav DEC}}		{{Nav DEC}}

Jnc: /* See also */ +DEC Modules by bus

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Jnc: /* See also */ +DEC Semiconductor Chips

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Jnc: /* See also */ +Edited Option/Module List

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Jnc: /* See also */ Ditch 'Category' in entries

2024-01-12T21:12:29Z

Larsbrinkhoff: Typo.

2024-01-10T08:14:59Z

Typo.

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	[[Category: Computer Manufacturers]]		[[Category: Computer Manufacturers]]
	[[Category: Digital Equipment Corporation]]		[[Category: Digital Equipment Corporation]]
	[[Category: PDP-10 Users]		[[Category: PDP-10 Users]]

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	* [[:Category:DEC Software\|DEC Software]]		* [[:Category:DEC Software\|DEC Software]]
	** [[:Category:DEC Operating Systems\|DEC Operating Systems]]		** [[:Category:DEC Operating Systems\|DEC Operating Systems]]
			* [[DEC Modules by bus]]
	* [[Digital Technical Journal]]		* [[Digital Technical Journal]]

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	* [[Taxonomy of DEC consoles]]		* [[Taxonomy of DEC consoles]]
	* [[DEC indicator panel]]		* [[DEC indicator panel]]
			* [[DEC Semiconductor Chips]]
	* [[DEC part number]]s		* [[DEC part number]]s
	* [[DEC engineering drawing numbers]]		* [[DEC engineering drawing numbers]]

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	* [[List of Programmed Data Processors]]		* [[List of Programmed Data Processors]]
			* [[Taxonomy of DEC consoles]]
	* [[DEC indicator panel]]		* [[DEC indicator panel]]
	* [[DEC part number]]s		* [[DEC part number]]s
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	* [[DEC Software-related Order Codes]]		* [[DEC Software-related Order Codes]]
	* [[DEC acronyms]]		* [[DEC acronyms]]
	* [[:Category:DEC Documentation Errors]]		* [[:Category:DEC Documentation Errors\|DEC Documentation Errors]]
	* [[:Category:DEC Hardware]]		* [[:Category:DEC Hardware\|DEC Hardware]]
	* [[:Category:DEC Boards]]		* [[:Category:DEC Boards\|DEC Boards]]
	* [[:Category:DEC Architectures]]		* [[:Category:DEC Architectures\|DEC Architectures]]
	* [[:Category:DEC Buses]]		* [[:Category:DEC Buses\|DEC Buses]]
	* [[:Category:DEC Systems]]		* [[:Category:DEC Systems\|DEC Systems]]
	* [[:Category:DEC Processors]]		* [[:Category:DEC Processors\|DEC Processors]]
	* [[:Category:DEC Memories]]		* [[:Category:DEC Memories\|DEC Memories]]
	* [[:Category:DEC Peripherals]]		* [[:Category:DEC Peripherals\|DEC Peripherals]]
	** [[:Category:DEC Storage Controllers]]		** [[:Category:DEC Storage Controllers\|DEC Storage Controllers]]
	** [[:Category:DEC Disk Drives]]		** [[:Category:DEC Disk Drives\|DEC Disk Drives]]
	** [[:Category:DEC Tape Drives]]		** [[:Category:DEC Tape Drives\|DEC Tape Drives]]
	* [[:Category:DEC Terminals]]		* [[:Category:DEC Terminals\|DEC Terminals]]
	* [[:Category:DEC Software]]		* [[:Category:DEC Software\|DEC Software]]
	** [[:Category:DEC Operating Systems]]		** [[:Category:DEC Operating Systems\|DEC Operating Systems]]
	* [[Digital Technical Journal]]		* [[Digital Technical Journal]]

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	* Clayton M. Christensen, ''The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail'', Harvard Business School, Boston, 1997 - Briefly discusses DEC's inability to adapt to the world with personal computers		* Clayton M. Christensen, ''The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail'', Harvard Business School, Boston, 1997 - Briefly discusses DEC's inability to adapt to the world with personal computers
	* Alan R. Earls, ''Digital Equipment Corporation (Images of America)'', Arcadia, Charleston, 2004 - Mostly covers the early years		* Alan R. Earls, ''Digital Equipment Corporation (Images of America)'', Arcadia, Charleston, 2004 - Mostly covers the early years

			==External links==

			===Books===

	* [https://www.computerhistory.org/pdp-1/_media/pdf/dec.digital_1957_to_the_present_(1978).1957-1978.102630349.pdf Digital Equipment Corporation - Nineteen Fifty-Seven To the Present], 1972-78 - Thumbnail entries, but good coverage		* [https://www.computerhistory.org/pdp-1/_media/pdf/dec.digital_1957_to_the_present_(1978).1957-1978.102630349.pdf Digital Equipment Corporation - Nineteen Fifty-Seven To the Present], 1972-78 - Thumbnail entries, but good coverage
	<!-- http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/_Books/DEC_1957_To_The_Present_1978.pdf -->		<!-- http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/_Books/DEC_1957_To_The_Present_1978.pdf -->
			<!-- https://s3data.computerhistory.org/pdp-1/dec.digital_1957_to_the_present_(1978).1957-1978.102630349.pdf -->
	* Jamie Parker Pearson, [http://gordonbell.azurewebsites.net/digital/digital%20at%20work%201992.pdf ''Digital at Work: Snapshots from the First Thirty-Five Years''], Digital, Burlington, 1992 - good overview with many direct quotations from DEC engineers		* Jamie Parker Pearson, [http://gordonbell.azurewebsites.net/digital/digital%20at%20work%201992.pdf ''Digital at Work: Snapshots from the First Thirty-Five Years''], Digital, Burlington, 1992 - good overview with many direct quotations from DEC engineers
	<!-- https://www.computerhistory.org/pdp-1/_media/pdf/dec.digital_at_work.1992.102630350.pdf -->		<!-- https://www.computerhistory.org/pdp-1/_media/pdf/dec.digital_at_work.1992.102630350.pdf -->
	* C. Gordon Bell, J. Craig Mudge, John. E. McNamara, [http://gordonbell.azurewebsites.net/Computer_Engineering/contents.html Computer Engineering: A DEC View of Hardware Systems Design], Digital Press, Bedford, 1978 - a fair amount of technical detail		* C. Gordon Bell, J. Craig Mudge, John. E. McNamara, [http://gordonbell.azurewebsites.net/Computer_Engineering/contents.html Computer Engineering: A DEC View of Hardware Systems Design], Digital Press, Bedford, 1978 - a fair amount of technical detail
	<!-- http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/_Books/Bell-ComputerEngineering.pdf -->		<!-- http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/_Books/Bell-ComputerEngineering.pdf -->

	==~~External links~~==		===Websites===

	* [https://gordonbell.azurewebsites.net/Digital/DECMuseum.htm Gordon Bell's CyberMuseum for Digital Equipment Corp]		* [https://gordonbell.azurewebsites.net/Digital/DECMuseum.htm Gordon Bell's CyberMuseum for Digital Equipment Corp]

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	* [[DEC engineering drawing numbers]]		* [[DEC engineering drawing numbers]]
	* [[DEC Software-related Order Codes]]		* [[DEC Software-related Order Codes]]
			* [[Edited Option/Module List]]
	* [[DEC acronyms]]		* [[DEC acronyms]]
	* [[:Category:DEC Documentation Errors\|DEC Documentation Errors]]		* [[:Category:DEC Documentation Errors\|DEC Documentation Errors]]