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• DECnet
  ...nto one of the first peer-to-peer network architectures, thus transforming DEC into a networking powerhouse in the 1980s. ...DOS and Windows under the name '''[[DECnet-DOS]]''' (later renamed to '''[[DEC Pathworks]]''', transforming these systems into DECnet end-nodes in a netwo
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• RSX-11
  | creator = [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] ...em]]s for [[PDP-11]] computers, created by [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]]; it was common in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It was designed for and
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• RSTS/E
  | creator = [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] ...red]] [[operating system]] developed by [[Digital Equipment Corporation]] (DEC) for the [[PDP-11]] series of 16-bit [[minicomputer]]s, and used primarily
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• PDP-11
  ...mputer]]s introduced in 1969 [1] by the [[Digital Equipment Corporation]] (DEC), in production by them from 1970-1990. Their life-time spanned a period of ...UNIBUS]] for a bus, and the later ones which used the [[QBUS]]. Eventually DEC stopped producing [[UNIBUS]] PDP-11's (the last were the [[PDP-11/44]] and
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• VAX
  ...eXtension') for a family of computers from [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]]. They were the successors to the [[PDP-11]] series of [[minicomputer]]s. There are two kinds of diagnostic software for VAX computers:
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• Nuclear Data
  ...laced these custom designed computers with [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] [[LSI-11]] minicomputers with custom [[peripheral]]s. Their headquarters
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• UNIBUS
  ...gies used with [[PDP-11]]s manufactured by [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]]; it was first seen in the [[PDP-11/20]], in 1970. Later, early [[VAX]] sy ...BUS cable]] instantiation, the UNIBUS was composed of 72 wires (2 standard DEC board edge connectors, with 36 lines per connector); when not counting the
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• Digital Equipment Corporation
  ...the one that led to their success), for a period, the most popular kind of computers in the world. Their product range eventually extended from small [[mainfram ...s, [[System Module]]s. Once those were established, they started producing computers using them.
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• VAX-11/780
  ...VAX-11/780''' was the first member to ship of the [[VAX]] family of larger computers. The VAX series was conceived as the successor to the successful [[PDP-11]] ...ounced on October 25^th, 1977 at [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]]'s Annual Meeting of Shareholders.[[#ref_4|[4]]] The VAX-11/780 was given
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• PDP-8 family
  ...f 12-[[bit]] [[minicomputer]]s produced by [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]]. | [[PDP-8/E]] || 1970 || 1978 || ??? || [[DEC card form factor|quad]] [[printed circuit board|PCBs]] || First [[OMNIBUS]
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• PDP-7
  ...PDP-7''' is a [[minicomputer]] produced by [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]], introduced in 1965; with a low cost, it was cheap but powerful. There we * [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp7/ PDP-7] - Original PDP-7 documents
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• PDP-10
  ...word]] [[mainframe]]-like systems built by [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]]. They were basically a re-implementation of the earlier [[PDP-6]] [[instr DEC sold 4 different generations of PDP-10 processors: the [[KA10]], the [[KI10
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• PDP-8 architecture
  The [[PDP-8 family|PDP-8]] is a 12-bit [[architecture]] from [[DEC]]; the first commercially successful [[minicomputer]]. It was a [[load-stor ...ated standard PC style IDE hard disk adapters for real and simulated PDP-8 computers.
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• Bus
  ...ers data or power between computer components inside a computer or between computers and typically is controlled by [[device driver]] software. Unlike a [[Point One of the first complications was the use of [[interrupt]]s. Early computers performed [[Input/output|I/O]] by waiting in a loop for the peripheral to b
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• Linux
  minix-lookalike for AT-386 computers. It has finally reached the stage Date: 19 Dec 91 23:35:45 GMT
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• FLIP CHIP
  ...to build computers, and [[peripheral]]s for them. They were a successor to DEC's earlier [[System Module]]s. They were introduced as a replacement largely ...(the so-called 'solder' side); the contact pads were 'numbered' from the [[DEC Alphabet]]. A FLIP CHIP plugged directly into a 144-pin connector block [[b
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• PDP-8
  | manufacturer = [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] ...e first model of the [[PDP-8 family]], was [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]]'s major breakthrough, and now considered the first really successful [[mi
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• ULTRIX
  '''ULTRIX''' was [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]]'s official [[UNIX]] for [[VAX]], [[PDP-11]] and [[DECStation]]/[[DECsyste ...e influences from [[UNIX System V|SYSV]] and included support for specific DEC technologies. The latest version is 4.5 from 1995. Earlier versions of ULTR
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• Mass Storage Control Protocol
  ...to interact with [[disk]]s and [[magnetic tape drive]]s for, amongst other computers, [[PDP-11]]s and [[VAX]]en. * [http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/disc/uda50/AA-L619A-TK_MSCP_BasicDiscFnsV1.2_Apr82.pdf MSCP Basic Disk Func
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• Zork
  Zork is one of the most popular, and ported games for mini and personal computers. Zork was written in MIT (Marc Blanc, Joel Berez and others) in the [[Muddl a somewhat paranoid DEC engineer who prefers to remain anonymous.
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