Digital Equipment Corporation
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| Digital Equipment Corporation Logo | |
| Industry | Computer manufacturing |
|---|---|
| Fate | Acquired by Compaq, after divestiture of major assets. |
| Successor |
Hewlett-Packard (2002–present) Compaq (1998–2002) |
| Founded | 1957 |
| Defunct | 1998 |
| Headquarters | Maynard, Massachusetts, United States |
| Key people |
Ken Olsen (founder, president, and chairman) Harlan Anderson (co-founder) C. Gordon Bell (VP Engineering, 1972–83) |
| Products |
PDP minicomputers VAX minicomputers Alpha servers and workstations DECnet VT100 terminal LAT and Terminal server StrongARM microprocessors Digital Linear Tape |
| Employees | over 140,000 (1987) |
Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC, or sometimes just Digital) was once a major company in the computing industry.
It was acquired by Compaq in 1998 and most of what is was is now owned by Hewlett-Packard.
DEC is known mostly for its PDP-line of mini-computers, VAX mainframe system and its line of terminals. It has also manufactured workstations and IBM-compatible PCs.
Keyboards[edit | edit source]
See category DEC keyboards
DEC's biggest contribution to keyboards is the invention of the Inverse-T arrangement of cursor keys for the DEC LK201 keyboard.
