Guide to the Digital Equipment Corporation records

Executives' papers, Series 1, Bulk, 1960-1994 1947-1995

Series Scope and Content

This series consists of the papers of DEC's founders and executives. Since DEC classified many of its employees working at various levels of its hierarchy as “vice presidents,” the decisions to group certain individuals under this series were based largely on multiple organizational charts from different years found within the collection. Rather than basing these decisions on job titles alone, DEC staff members were grouped under this series if they were a founder, president, executive vice president, and/or in charge of a whole branch of DEC's operations (e.g., engineering or sales). Many of the records in this series consist of correspondence and memoranda among DEC's high-level steering and managing committees, including the Works Committee, Operations Committee, Executive Committee, Business Unit Committee, and Small Computer Guidance Committee. Also of interest in this series are records relating to the development of the early computers of the PDP product family, which are documented in the Olsen, Anderson, and Bell papers. Other administrative aspects of DEC's operations are also covered, such as correspondence relating to early sources of funding for DEC in the Hindle and Olsen papers. Material in the Gullotti and Olsen papers also documents company-wide reorganizations and their outcomes and consequences.

Arrangement

This series is arranged into five subseries:

Subseries 1.1, Ken Olsen papers, 1947-1992, bulk 1957-1978

Subseries 1.2, Harlan Anderson papers, 1959-1966

Subseries 1.3, Win Hindle papers, 1958-1994

Subseries 1.4, Gordon Bell papers, 1966-1983, bulk 1974-1983

Subseries 1.5, Russ Gullotti papers, 1979-1995, bulk 1991-1994

Ken Olsen papers, Subseries 1.1, Bulk, 1957-1978 1947-1992

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries contains material collected and created by Kenneth (Ken) H. Olsen, co-founder and President of DEC until 1992.Olsen was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut on February 20, 1926. After serving in the U.S. Navy at the end of World War II, Olsen attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he received bachelor's (1950) and master's (1952) degrees in electrical engineering. Olsen founded DEC with his MIT colleague Harlan Anderson in 1957. Under Olsen's direction, DEC grew from three employees in a corner of a former wool mill to a leading manufacturer of computer systems and associated peripheral equipment and a leader in systems integration with its networks, communications, and software products. This subseries contains the documentation of this success, including Olsen's correspondence, memoranda, personal research, and product line administration at DEC. One key area of Olsen's leadership at DEC is documented in the meetings of the Works Committee, which later became the Operations Committee. Meeting minutes from these committees and memoranda sent between committee members are included in this subseries. Outside of DEC, Olsen served on the President's Science and Advisory Committee, a group of some of the leading scientists and business leaders of the nation assembled to help President Nixon make decisions on technological problems. Olsen also participated on the National Academy of Science's Computer Science and Engineering Board, a similar group made up of industry leaders who advised government entities on the roles of the computer in the U.S. economy and culture. Documents from both of these committees are included in this subseries. In 1986, Olsen became the first recipient of the IEEE Engineering Leadership Recognition Award and was named "America's most successful entrepreneur" by Fortune magazine. Olsen was forced to retire from DEC in 1992 and later became chairman of Advanced Modular Solutions. He died on February 6, 2011, aged 84. This subseries contains records from Olsen's time as a student at MIT in 1947 through his retirement from DEC in 1992.

Arrangement

This subseries is arranged into eight sub-subseries:

Sub-subseries 1.1.1, Correspondence, 1958-1992, bulk 1958-1970

Sub-subseries 1.1.2, Memoranda, 1959-1984, bulk 1960-1970

Sub-subseries 1.1.3, MIT Lincoln Laboratory memoranda and reports, 1947-1967

Sub-subseries 1.1.4, Internal committees, 1964-1986

Sub-subseries 1.1.5, President's Science and Advisory Committee, 1967-1974

Sub-subseries 1.1.6, Computer Science and Engineering Board, 1964-1972

Sub-subseries 1.1.7, Subject files, 1952-1990

Sub-subseries 1.1.8, Product design and production, 1967-1979

Correspondence, Sub-subseries 1.1.1, Bulk, 1958-1970 1958-1992

Sub-subseries Scope and Content

This sub-subseries contains correspondence that Olsen received from others and letters that Olsen authored. Most of the correspondence ranges from 1958 to 1970, with one outlier dated 1992. Also included in this sub-subseries are promotional material and pamphlets attached to correspondence to Olsen. Some of the early letters in this sub-subseries comprise ongoing correspondence with Sidney Weinstein of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine detailing features of the PDP-1 and ARC-1. Other correspondents in this sub-subseries include Georges F. Doriot, who was an early investor in DEC; Robert S. McNamara while McNamara was serving as U.S. Secretary of Defense; and David Packard. Letters in this sub-subseries relate to the recruitment and interviewing of prospective employees—including Win Hindle, questions from potential customers about current and planned product offerings and prices, inquiries for financial statistics, availability of stock in DEC, patent issues and infringement claims, customer problems, and solicitations of support from charitable organizations. Letters to Olsen and letters from Olsen were mostly kept in separate folders, which were labeled with this distinction. Indices listing correspondents and subjects of letters were also sometimes included in the front or back of folders – though many of these indices are incomplete drafts. This sub-subseries also contains unprocessed microfiche of Olsen's correspondence. This sub-subseries is arranged chronologically.

102737374 Ken Olsen letters, 1958-1961 1958-12-17-1961-12-18

102737455 Ken Olsen letters and memoranda, microfiche circa 1958-1970

102737375 Ken Olsen letters, 1962-1964 1962-01-08-1964-12-30

102737376 Ken Olsen letters, 1965 1965-01-06-1965-12-31

102737377 Ken Olsen letters, 1966 1966-01-01-1966-12-30

102737378 Ken Olsen letters, 1968 1968-01-01-1968-12-31

102737379 Ken Olsen letters, 1969 1969-01-01-1969-12-31

102737380 Ken Olsen letters, 1970 1970-01-05-1970-10-27

102737381 Ken Olsen letters, 1992 1992-03-20

Memoranda, Sub-subseries 1.1.2, Bulk, 1960-1970 1959-1984

Sub-subseries Scope and Content

This sub-subseries consists of internal DEC memoranda to and from Ken Olsen primarily from the 1960s. These memoranda relate to: changing corporate policies and procedures; customer relationships; sales call reports from Ted Johnson; reports by various Engineers on recently-released, non-DEC products; possible names for new products; alternate names for the PDP-1; appropriate quantities of equipment to be kept on hand; proposals for manufacturing equipment to be purchased or built; and discussions of design and manufacturing aspects of work on particular machines. Matters pertaining to corporate structure and manufacturing plant organization are also addressed. Memoranda to and from Olsen were kept in separate folders, which were labeled accordingly. This sub-subseries also contains a small amount of memoranda to and from Stephen (Steve) A. Sobel, which were found in Olsen's collection of memoranda. Sobel's memoranda relate to Schedule Review Committee meetings and other product development and review activities for various DEC products. This sub-subseries is arranged chronologically.

102737382 Ken Olsen memoranda, 1959-1960 1959-08-24-1960-12-29

102737383 Ken Olsen memoranda, 1961 1961-01-04-1961-12-26

102737384 Ken Olsen memoranda, 1962 1962-01-02-1962-12-31

102737385 Ken Olsen memoranda, 1963 1963-01-02-1963-12-30

102737386 Ken Olsen memoranda, 1964 1964-01-02-1964-12-31

102737387 Ken Olsen memoranda, 1965 1965-01-04-1965-12-31

102737388 Ken Olsen memoranda, 1966 1966-01-04-1966-12-30

102737389 Ken Olsen memoranda, 1967 1967-01-05-1967-12-29

102737391 Steve Sobel memoranda 1967-12-12-1969-10-14

102737390 Ken Olsen memoranda, 1968 1968-01-03-1968-12-27

102737392 Ken Olsen memoranda, 1969 1969-01-04-1969-12-29

102737393 Ken Olsen memoranda, 1970 1970-01-04-1970-05-15

102737394 Ken Olsen memoranda, 1981-1984 1981-12-22; 1984-06-04

MIT Lincoln Laboratory memoranda and reports, Sub-subseries 1.1.3, 1947-1967

Sub-subseries Scope and Content

This sub-subseries contains the records that Olsen created and collected during the time he was a student at MIT through the founding of DEC up until 1967. The Lincoln Laboratory was a predecessor group for DEC, since Olsen worked there immediately prior to founding DEC, and because many of DEC's early employees were also alumni of MIT, the Lincoln Laboratory, and MIT's School for Industrial Management. Most of the material in this sub-subseries consists of memoranda, technical papers, and reports published by MIT's Lincoln Laboratory. MIT's Servomechanisms Laboratory and Digital Computer Laboratory, which were eventually absorbed by the Lincoln Laboratory, also published material in this sub-subseries. Aside from memoranda and technical papers, this sub-subseries also contains engineering drawings, schematic diagrams, engineering notes, drafts of books on circuit theory and thermodynamics, articles, Lincoln Laboratory administrative records, and one promotional booklet published by Lincoln Laboratory introducing some of its projects and functions. There is also a significant amount of material documenting Project Whirlwind and the development of the Whirlwind I computer at MIT's Servomechanisms Laboratory. Other systems represented in this sub-subseries include the TX-0 and TX-2 computers, which were designed and developed under Olsen's supervision. Lastly, this sub-subseries contains writings authored by Olsen, including multiple printings of Olsen's thesis, "A Magnetic Matrix Switch and its Incorporation into a Coincident-Current Memory," submitted to MIT's Department of Electrical Engineering in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Electrical Engineering. This sub-subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102737401 Articles and clippings 1957-1964

102737402 Book drafts and chapters circa 1953

102737403 Component test reports 1956-1957

102737406 Conference notes and a guide for speakers 1948-1949; 1956

102737399 Engineering drawings schematic diagrams 1954-1957

102737405 Engineering notes 1948-1953

102737400 MIT Instrumentation Laboratory reports 1966-1967

102737404 MIT Lincoln Laboratory administrative records 1956-1960

102737395 MIT Lincoln Laboratory memoranda 1947-1958

102737397 MIT Lincoln Laboratory promotional material circa 1957

102737398 MIT Lincoln Laboratory technical papers and reports 1949-1964

102737408 MIT papers and articles authored by Ken Olsen 1950-1957

102737407 MIT School of Industrial Management 1961-1962

102737396 Project Whirlwind 1950-1954

Internal committees, Sub-subseries 1.1.4, 1964-1986

Sub-subseries Scope and Content

This sub-subseries consists of material created within specific date ranges from three internal DEC committees: the Works Committee (1964-1967), the Operations Committee (1968-1969), and the Marketing Sales/Strategy Committee (1983-1986). Most of the records in this sub-subseries appear in the form of meeting minutes and memoranda sent between committee members. In 1967, the Works Committee was renamed to the Executive Committee and then renamed again to the Operations Committee. These committees had budgetary control over all of the separate product lines at DEC. Product line managers, group managers, and vice presidents had to go through the Works and Operations committees to gain support for the products they managed. Records from the earlier Works Committee include charts titled “Forecasted Product Line Profitability Summary,” which chart and predict the finances of different DEC product lines. Related topics covered in the Operations Committee meetings include salary administration, product proposals, corporate reorganizations, and DEC activities at trade shows. This sub-subseries also contains microfilm reels from Operations Committee meetings ranging from 1970 through 1977. In 1983, the Operations Committee was replaced by three new committees: the Product Strategy Committee, the Marketing/Sales Strategy Committee, and the Management Committee. For more material from the Works and Operations committees, see “Subseries 9.2, Administrative records: Works and Operations committees meeting minutes.” The last committee covered in this sub-subseries, Marketing Sales/Strategy Committee (MSSC), relates to marketing strategies for various DEC products, pricing proposals, revenue projections, and marketing effectiveness studies. This sub-subseries is arranged chronologically.

102737409 Works Committee 1964-1967

102737410 Operations Committee 1968-1969

102737456 Operations Committee microfilm 1970-1977

102737411 Marketing Sales/Strategy Committee (MSSC) 1983-1986

President's Science and Advisory Committee, Sub-subseries 1.1.5, 1967-1974

Sub-subseries Scope and Content

This sub-subseries contains memoranda, correspondence, press releases, and reports from Olsen's participation in the President's Science and Advisory Committee (PSAC). PSAC was created in 1951 under Harry S. Truman's administration to provide advisory opinions on science and technology to the executive branch of the federal government and to influence government agencies. Olsen participated in PSAC's final years under the Nixon administration, before Nixon eliminated the program in 1973. Some of the records in this sub-subseries document the context behind the end of PSAC and includes a letter from Olsen to the Office of the President resigning from his position in PSAC. During Olsen's participation, PSAC was divided into panels, with four to six members with special expertise in each panel's subject focus advising the Science Adviser to the President, which in Olsen's time was Edward E. David Jr. Olsen mainly worked on panels relating to “civilian technology” and programs that promoted research and development in science and technology. However, this sub-subseries also contains records relating to other PSAC initiatives, including health care, environmental health, energy, education, population control, urban planning, and unemployment. This sub-subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102737412 Energy and natural resources 1970-1973

102737413 Health care, ecology, and public health 1971-1974

102737414 Labor and employment 1971-1972

102737415 Mail and communications research 1969-1972

102737371 Population and urban planning 1971-1972

102737416 President's Science and Advisory Committee meetings, agendas, and status reports 1971-1972

102737417 President's Science and Advisory Committee members and administrative correspondence and memoranda 1971-1972

102737418 President's Science and Advisory Committee press releases 1970-1973

102737419 Science and technology policy and funding 1967-1973

102737420 Superconductivity 1971-1972

102737421 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) agreements 1971-1972

102737422 United States metric study 1971

102737423 Youth and education policy 1969-1973

Computer Science and Engineering Board, Sub-subseries 1.1.6, 1964-1972

Sub-subseries Scope and Content

This sub-subseries contains the records that Olsen collected during his time on the National Academy of Science's Computer Science and Engineering Board (CS&E). The Computer Science & Engineering Board was created in 1968 by the National Academy of Sciences to study the role of the computer in the economy and culture of the nation. The Board also advised parts of the federal government “to ensure U.S. leadership in the various fields of computer science and engineering.” Olsen was involved in CS&E activities relating to a “computer export problem” involving aspects of competition in international computing industries. The CS&E panel that Olsen served was called the Export Panel. Included in this sub-subseries are agendas and meeting minutes from various CS&E meetings and conferences; administrative correspondence; National Academy of Sciences overviews, directories, and promotional material; Congressional records and legislative material; press releases; and information related to developing programs for computer science education. Much of the correspondence in this sub-subseries involves Anthony G. Oettinger, founder and chairman of CS&E from 1967 to 1973 and Warren C. House, Executive Secretary for the Board. This sub-subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102737430 Administrative correspondence 1968-1971

102737424 Computer Science and Engineering Board meetings, 1968 1968

102737425 Computer Science and Engineering Board meetings, 1969 1969

102737426 Computer Science and Engineering Board meetings, 1970 1970

102737427 Computer Science and Engineering Board meetings, 1971 1971

102737428 Computer science education 1968-1970

102737429 Congressional records and legislation 1968-1972

102737431 National Academy of Sciences overviews, directories, and promotional material 1964-1970

102737432 Press releases 1967-1968

102737433 Reference material external to the National Academy of Sciences 1968-1969

102737434 Reports and articles 1967-1972

Subject files, Sub-subseries 1.1.7, 1952-1990

Sub-subseries Scope and Content

This sub-subseries comprises material that Olsen collected on various topics relating to research or DEC administrative concerns. Research topics covered in this sub-subseries include military technologies, transportation, multinational corporations and international trade, national productivity, and aeronautics. Some of this research material relates to Olsen's participation in the President's Science and Advisory Committee (PSAC), though none of the files in this sub-subseries were stored with Olsen's PSAC material and they seem to reflect some of Olsen's independent research as well. This sub-subseries also contains DEC-related records, including material relating to the "International Digital Clean Room and Cleaning Technology Conference," DEC building blocks (system plug-in units), a small number of personnel records, and memoranda about a magnetic core memory patent. This sub-subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102737364 A magnetic matrix switch and its incorporation into a coincident-current memory 1952

102737365 Aeronautics and space technology 1971-1972

102737366 Cleaning technologies 1989

102737435 Computer Strategy Committee index 1975

102737438 DEC building blocks (system plug-in units) 1957-1958

102737436 DEC personnel records 1958-1964

102737367 Magnetic core memory patent 1990

102737370 Military technology 1972-1973

102737368 Multinational corporations and international trade 1971-1972

102737369 National productivity 1971-1972

102737437 PEPR and other systems 1962

102737372 Transportation 1971-1972

102737373 U.S. Senate hearing on computer and communications service and technology 1982

Product design and production, Sub-subseries 1.1.8, 1967-1979

Sub-subseries Scope and Content

This sub-subseries contains records collected by Olsen relating to the design and production of various DEC products. Included in this sub-subseries are memoranda, business plans, financial records, engineering status reports, presentation material, and a small number of design drawings covering a variety of issues encountered during product development and manufacture. Comparisons to competitors' products are also included. Of all the products covered in this sub-subseries, the PDP-11 product line is the most documented. This sub-subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102737439 DECSYSTEM-2020 1977-1978

102737440 Engineering status reports 1969

102737441 KL10 processors 1972

102737442 LA30L and LA36 1972-1976

102737443 MIL-11 circa 1975

102737446 PDP-10 1970-1976

102737447 PDP-11 1971-1978

102737448 PDP-15 and PDP-16 1970-1973

102737444 PDP-8 / LSI-8 1971-1975

102737445 PDP-X PERT chart, cycle 2, mod 1 circa 1967

102737449 RK-05 and RK-06 1971-1974

102737450 RSL-1 and RSX-11D 1973-1975

102737451 RT-02 and RT-11 1972-1975

102737452 TU-10, TU-16, and TU-60 1971-1974

102737453 VAX-11 1975-1978

102737454 VT-05, VT-20, VT-30, VT-50, and VT-100 1971-1979

Harlan Anderson papers, Subseries 1.2, 1959-1966

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries is made up of material collected and created by Harlan E. Anderson, who co-founded DEC in 1957 along with Ken Olsen after the two had worked together at MIT's Lincoln Laboratory. Anderson served as DEC's executive vice president until 1966, when he left after a falling out with Olsen. He managed finance, sales, and the PDP-6 product line while at DEC. Material dates from 1959 to 1966. Most of this subseries is made up of correspondence and memoranda to and from Anderson related to various DEC technologies and systems—particularly the PDP subseries—clients, and sales. Attachments like reports, diagrams, and articles are frequently included. Before the entire collection was processed, 16 letters and memos from or to Anderson were individually cataloged and digitized. Of particular interest within this digitized group is a 1961 proposal to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to use a PDP-1 during the Mariner project, a 1959 memo about what to name the PDP series, and a 1959 list of prospective PDP-1 customers. This subseries also contains DEC Biweekly Reports from 1959 to 1966, which detail progress and plans for various DEC projects. There is also a small amount of material related to the development and lease of the PDP-6 line, including operation plans, market analyses, product strategies, budgets, sales information, and the details of a failed agreement with Charles W. Adams Associates to lease a PDP-6 for Adams' Keydata Corporation division, which was ultimately terminated due to DEC's failure to fulfill its obligations. The PDP-6 material is of particular interest because it offers a glimpse of a system's development from analysis to sale. Anderson was involved with the Eastern Joint Computer Conference as the head of the publications committee in 1959, and later the general chairman in 1966, and this subseries contains a small amount of material related to the 1959 conference, including submitted papers, a program, financial statements, and correspondence regarding proceedings. Lastly, there is a small group of Small Computer Guidance Committee meeting minutes from 1964 to 1965. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102750036 Charles W. Adams Associates PDP-6 lease records 1962-1965

102664962 Copy of price quote given to Sylvania Electric Products Inc. 1963-05-25

102750011 Correspondence from Anderson 1960-1966

102664961 Correspondence from Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Industrial Management 1962-01-05

102750014 Correspondence to Anderson 1962-1966

102664169 DEC biweekly report from 1959-10-30 1959-10-30

102664168 DEC biweekly report from 1960-09-16 1960-09-16

102750017 DEC biweekly reports 1959-1966

102750025 Eastern Joint Computer Conference 1959 papers 1959

102750024 Eastern Joint Computer Conference 1959 records 1959-1960

102664963 Letter from Jordan J. Baruch of Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc. 1963-01-08

102750026 Memoranda from Anderson 1961-1965

102750027 Memoranda to Anderson 1959-1966

102664965 Memorandum about Jay Forrester's study of DEC's sales program 1959-12-31

102664969 Memorandum about the CRT inquiry from Sam Phillips 1960-06-09

102664964 Memorandum from Anderson about Bolt Beranek & Newman Inc. 1959-12-21

102664167 Memorandum from Anderson about DEC's participation in a parachute contest 1962-07-23

102664967 Memorandum from Ted Johnson to Sales 1959-11-09

102664968 Memorandum to Anderson about naming the PDP 1959-08-26

102664966 Memorandum to Anderson about PDP customer prospects 1959-12-10

102664970 Memorandum to Anderson about the noncomputer applications of PDP-1 1960-03-18

102664960 Parachute Club of America records 1962

102664166 PDP computer presentation invitation 1961-11-06

102664165 PDP-1 proposal to Jet Propulsion Laboratory for use during the Mariner project 1961-06-27

102750037 PDP-6 development records 1965

102750039 Policies and procedures manual draft undated

102750038 Present pricing procedures report 1962-05-29

102750040 Small Computer Guidance Committee meeting minutes 1964-1965

Win Hindle papers, Subseries 1.3, 1958-1994

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries contains memoranda, notes, correspondence, and other material primarily created by Winston R. Hindle Jr., Senior Vice President of DEC's Corporate Operations. Much of this subseries relates to the administrative committees that Hindle participated in, including the Executive Committee and Operations Committee. Also included are records reflecting business strategy and capital investment that DEC received from sources external to the company. Of particular interest is the material in this subseries relating to Georges F. Doriot, one of the first American venture capitalists. Doriot founded one of the earliest venture capital firms, American Research and Development Corporation (ARDC), which provided the initial capital for Ken Olsen and Harlan Anderson to begin DEC's operation. This subseries contains correspondence from Hindle to Doriot, the transcript of a 1978 interview with Doriot, some of Doriot's notes on DEC, and records from a Georges F. Doriot memorial service that DEC participated in. Also included is a copy of the 1957 proposal for Doriot's firm, ARDC, to invest in DEC. Other external guidance documented in this subseries came from The Research Board Inc., an international think tank organization that guided DEC in operational strategies. Other records in this subseries include a transcript of an interview conducted with Hindle in 1994 and promotional material and development records for early DEC products – including LINC (Laboratory INstrument Computer) and PDP-6. This subseries had previously been arranged and divided into small series by the DEC archives. Because of their small size, these original series from the DEC archives were transferred into individual catalog records under this single subseries. The last series in the DEC archives arrangement was titled “Miscellaneous.” Each topic that was previously grouped under the miscellaneous series was given its own catalog record. The arrangement of the material in this subseries reflects the original order of the DEC archives series.

102737349 Research Board, The 1983-1994

102737350 Executive Committee 1984-1992

102737351 Operations Committee 1969-1987

102737352 Corporate policies 1985-1991

102737353 International operations 1969-1985

102737354 Products 1963-1987

102737355 DEC history 1958-1987

102737356 Committee structures 1975-1984

102737357 Georges F. Doriot 1971-1987

102737358 Company divisions 1982-1989

102737359 Heald Pond meetings 1989-1991

102737360 Manufacturing plant profiles 1992-02-11

102737361 Win Hindle interview transcript 1994

102737362 Sales force photo album circa 1980

102737363 Purchasing strategies 1984

Gordon Bell papers, Subseries 1.4, Bulk, 1974-1983 1966-1983

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries consists of material primarily collected by Chester Gordon Bell while he was DEC's vice president of engineering from 1972 to 1983. Material dates from 1966 to 1983, with the bulk from 1974 to 1983. Bell began his career at DEC in 1960 as an engineer who was instrumental in the design of the PDP series of computers. He designed the PDP-1's input-output subsystem and the PDP-11 Unibus, and he was the architect of the PDP-4 and PDP-6, co-architect of the PDP-5, and a consultant on the design of the PDP-11. As vice president of engineering, Bell led the development of the VAX computer family.

Arrangement

This subseries is arranged into four sub-subseries:

Sub-subseries 1.4.1, Product development and research records, 1966-1983, bulk 1974-1983

Sub-subseries 1.4.2, Product and engineering strategy planning, 1977-1983

Sub-subseries 1.4.3, Correspondence and memoranda, 1970-1983

Sub-subseries 1.4.4, Computer Engineering book drafts, 1977-1978

Product development and research records, Sub-subseries 1.4.1 Bulk, 1974-1983 1966-1983

Sub-subseries Scope and Content

This sub-subseries is made up of material related to the research and development of various DEC systems and technologies from 1966 to 1983, with the bulk from 1974 to 1983. The majority of material is related to the development of VAX systems, including the VAX-11/780 (code name Star), VAX 8600 (code name Venus), VAX 8700/8800 (code name Nautilus), and MicroVAX I (code name Seahorse), and the V-11 microprocessor chip set (code name Scorpio). The V-11 and VAX 8600 have the most material of all the systems, and this includes project requirements, project proposals, system development plans, business plans, technical descriptions, specifications, design drawings, performance estimates, and project status documents. Also included is material on the early research and development of the technologies that became VAX. Besides VAX systems, this sub-subseries also contains material related to the research and development of the PDP series of computers and the canceled Jupiter project, multiprocessors, memory and storage, and personal computers. Of particular interest is one of Bell's notebooks filled with his handwritten notes from circa 1975. Also included are memos and meeting minutes from the Office of Development and articles and papers by various authors, including DEC staff, on distributed information systems, editors, office communications systems, artificial intelligence, time-sharing, networking, and UNIX. This sub-subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102750043 Articles and papers 1966; 1974-1979

102750028 Bell notebook circa 1975

102750034 Early VAX development 1974-1976

102750023 Jupiter 1979-1983

102750022 Memory and storage 1977-1982

102750029 MicroVAX I (Seahorse) 1983

102750044 Multiprocessors 1975-1977

102750016 Office of Development records 1974-1975

102750005 PDP series 1974-1979

102750031 Personal computers 1972-1979

102750035 Proposal for a joint effort in personal scientific computing 1979

102750021 Proposal for an electrical engineering casebook 1983

102750015 Trilogy Systems 1983

102750032 V-11 (Scorpio) 1982-1983

102750030 VAX 8600 (Venus) 1979-1983

102750042 VAX 8700/8800 (Nautilus) 1981

102750033 VAX-11/780 (Star) 1975-1979

Product and engineering strategy planning, Sub-subseries 1.4.2, 1977-1983

Sub-subseries Scope and Content

This sub-subseries is made up of material related to the strategic planning of DEC's products and engineering department from 1977 to 1983.. Included are product strategy reports, budget reviews, engineering strategy overviews, and Red Books and Beige Books, which were the Central Engineering department's reports on product, market, and support project long-range plans. A 1983 DEC organizational chart is also included. This sub-subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102750046 Engineering strategy overview reports 1981-1982

102750048 Organizational charts 1982-1983

102750019 Product strategy and budget reviews 1982

102750049 Red and Beige books 1977-1981

Correspondence and memoranda, Sub-subseries 1.4.3 1970-1983

Sub-subseries Scope and Content

This sub-subseries contains correspondence and memoranda that were sent to and from Bell from 1970 to 1983. Topics include engineering budgets, product and marketing strategies, the PDP-11, VAX systems and low-end VAX, extended memory, a computer program for deaf people, the Office of Development, personal computing, WPS, VT278, Scorpio, and the BI module. Also included are related notes and attachments, such as proposals, product descriptions and summaries, reports, and papers. This sub-subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102750020 Correspondence and memoranda from 1970-1975 1970-1974

102750050 Correspondence and memoranda from 1979-1983 1979-1983

Computer Engineering book drafts, Sub-subseries 1.4.4, 1977-1978

Sub-subseries Scope and Content

This sub-subseries consists of drafts, notes, and prepublication reviews of the book Computer Engineering: A DEC View of Hardware Systems Design by Bell, J. Craig Mudge, and John E. McNamara and published in 1978. Material dates from 1977 to 1978. The book is organized into five parts, and included here are drafts of the opening chapters and first three parts of the book, which comprise chapters 1 through 17, plus drafts of the preface, forward, table of contents, references, and bibliography. There are no drafts for parts four of five or the appendices. Most drafts have handwritten editing marks and comments by reviewers. Also included are prepublication reviews of the entire book, which include both positive and negative reviews. This sub-subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102750051 Chapter 1 : seven views of computer systems 1978

102750045 Chapters 2 and 3 : technology, packaging, and manufacturing 1977-1978

102750052 Part I : in the beginning 1978

102750053 Part II : beginning of the minicomputer 1977-1978

102750054 Part III : the PDP-11 family 1977-1978

102750055 Preface 1977-1978

102750056 Preliminary draft review copies 1978

102750057 Prepublication reviews 1978

102750058 Project management checklists 1978

102750059 Table of contents, forward, references, and bibliography 1978

Russ Gullotti papers, Subseries 1.5, Bulk, 1991-1994 1979-1995

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries is made up of material collected and created by Russell (Russ) A. Gullotti from 1979 to 1995, with the bulk from 1991 to 1994. Gullotti was with DEC from 1977 to 1994, and during that time he held a variety of leadership roles, including president of sales and service for the Americas area from 1992 to 1994. He also served as vice president of several DEC departments, including U.S. sales and service, the global service organization, enterprise integration systems, manufacturing, and Digital Services.

Arrangement

This subseries is arranged into three sub-subseries:

Sub-subseries 1.5.1, Group and committee records, 1979-1995, bulk 1989-1994

Sub-subseries 1.5.2, Customer records, 1988-1995, bulk 1992-1994

Sub-subseries 1.5.3, Corporate polices, guides, and reports, 1986-1994

Group and committee records, Sub-subseries 1.5.1, Bulk, 1989-1994 1979-1995

Sub-subseries scope and Content

This sub-subseries contains material related to various DEC committees, business units, and groups, from 1979 to 1995, with the bulk from 1989 to 1994. The majority of material is related to DEC's 1992 reorganization into business units and the planning that went into it, including business plans and Business Unit Committee records; the administration of the Americas and U.S. territory sales and service departments that Gullotti oversaw, including planning reports, organizational charts, policies and procedures, employee surveys, and Gullotti's memos; and the planning of the New Hampshire School Improvement Program (SIP), which Gullotti was involved with as a member of the New Hampshire Business Roundtable on Education. Other groups, committees, and units with material in this sub-subseries include the Audit Committee, Computer Special Systems, Digital Consulting, Digital Services, Educational Services, Enterprise Integration Services, the Healthcare Business Unit, the Investment Committee, the Operations Committee, and the Personal Computer Business Unit. This sub-subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102739765 Americas and U.S. territory sales and service 1991-1994

102739777 Audit Committee 1992-1994

102739762 Business units planning 1991-1994

102739776 Complementary Solutions Organizations Group 1993

102739759 Computer Special Systems 1979-1981; 1994

102739795 Customer Value Chain Program 1994

102739766 Digital Consulting 1994

102739780 Digital Pricing Program 1993

102739758 Digital Services 1992

102739760 Educational Services 1988-1989

102739863 Enterprise Integration Services 1990

102739763 Executive Committee and Product Committee 1991

102739764 Healthcare Business Unit 1992

102739757 Investment Committee 1992-1994

102739769 New Hampshire School Improvement Program and Business Roundtable on Education 1989-1994

102739761 Operations Committee 1990-1992

102739768 Personal Computer Business Unit 1993

Sales and service customer records, Sub-subseries 1.5.2, Bulk, 1992-1994 1988-1995

Sub-subseries Scope and Content

This sub-subseries consists almost entirely of correspondence between customers and DEC regarding customers' complaints and the concerns they have with the direction DEC is headed after the reorganization in 1992. Material dates from 1988 to 1995, with the bulk from 1992 to 1994. Many of the letters from customers detail the problems they are having working with DEC, including repeated changes in their customer service representatives and a lag in DEC's responsiveness, and how it negatively impacts their business. The correspondence and memoranda in this sub-subseries show that Gullotti, as head of sales and service in the Americas area, was heavily involved with allaying his customers' worries and trying to find solutions to their complaints, frequently responding to them personally. Also included are customer satisfaction surveys from 1993 and 1994, which rate DEC poorly, and listings for national accounts and the Executive Partner Program. This sub-subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title, and the folder titles are the names of each company.

102739782 Advanced Digital Data 1993

102739784 Alberto Culver 1993

102739806 All Vietnam Consulting 1993-1994

102739783 Alpha Computer Solutions 1993-1994

102739793 AMD 1990

102739785 Apple 1993

102739786 ARINC 1991-1993

102739781 Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) 1993

102739787 ASK Computer Systems 1992-1993

102739788 AT&T 1988; 1993

102739789 Avnet 1993-1994

102739790 Bechtel 1994

102739791 Bell Atlantic 1993

102739792 Boeing 1992-1994

102739810 Carnegie Mellon University 1994

102739807 Circuit City 1994

102739808 City of Los Angeles 1993

102739809 Cleek, Jim 1994-1995

102739805 Computer Fulfillment 1993-1994

102739794 Customer satisfaction surveys 1993-1994

102739811 Digita1sss 1994

102739804 Dow Chemical Co. 1988-1989

102739796 DuPont 1994

102739815 E. & J. Gallo Winery 1993

102739799 Earle M. Jorgensen Co. 1994

102739813 Eastern Bank 1993

102739812 Ecology and Environment 1993

102739814 Electrical Generation Technology 1993

102739817 General Electric 1992-1993

102739818 GTECH 1993

102739819 Guyre Associates 1993

102739798 Houghton-Mifflin 1994

102739860 Household International 1994

102739825 IBM circa 1991

102739827 Information Builders 1993

102739826 IOCS circa1994

102739802 Johns Hopkins University 1994

102739828 Kodak 1993

102739829 Kubota Pacific Computer 1994

102739858 LogisTechs 1994

102739800 Logitech 1993-1994

102739801 MasPar Computer Corp. 1994

102739830 Mast Industries 1992-1994

102739831 MCI 1993

102739834 Michelin 1994

102739832 Microsoft 1993

102739840 Microtec 1992

102739816 Mobile Telecommunications Technologies (MTEL) 1994

102739833 Monsanto 1992-1994

102739835 National accounts and Executive Partner Program listings 1988-1992

102739837 National Computer Systems (NCS) 1993-1994

102739836 Nazareth College 1993

102739820 Nissan 1993

102739838 North Texas Commission 1993

102739839 Novell 1993

102739821 On Deck Solutions 1993

102739845 Optus Communications 1993

102739847 Oracle 1993-1994

102739797 Origin Technology in Business/Dallas Inc. 1994

102739841 Paul Revere 1993

102739842 Perrier 1993-1994

102739843 Philps LMS 1994

102739846 Pioneer 1992-1994

102739859 Pueblo County Information and Computer Services 1993

102739848 Raytheon 1993

102739803 RealTime Software 1994

102739823 Rocket Science 1993

102739849 Royal Air Force undated

102739822 Santee Cooper 1993

102739861 SHL Systemhouse 1994

102739824 Sierra Health Services 1993

102739850 SONDA 1991-1994

102739844 Sprint 1994

102739851 Standard & Poor's Compustat Services 1993

102739853 Sylvest Management Systems 1992

102739852 TAC-4 1993-1994

102739854 Take Care 1993

102739855 Target Systems 1993

102739856 Toys "R" Us 1993

102739857 Wyle Laboratories 1993

Corporate policies, guides, and reports, Sub-subseries 1.5.3, 1986-1994

Sub-subseries Scope and Content

This sub-subseries is composed of DEC administrative material from 1986 to 1994. Employee guides and corporate policy and procedure manuals make up the bulk of material. Also included are sales and earnings reports from 1986 to 1990, and a 1990 Engineering Beige Book, which summarizes engineering product and support project plans, and its related Yellow Book, which reports updates and changes to those plans. This sub-subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102739773 Client Server Leadership Education Program managers' guide 1994

102739772 Corporate policies manual 1994

102739778 Digital advantage brochure 1987

102739767 Engineering Beige Book 1989

102739775 Ethics philosophy statement manager's advice package 1993

102739779 European mission and objectives : corporate philosophy and ethics 1986

102739774 Marketing Ventures Partnership (MVP) Program kit 1993

102739771 Personnel policies and procedures manual 1994

102739864 Sales and earnings reports 1986-1990

102739770 Sales operations manual 1994

Engineers' papers, Series 2, Bulk, 1970-1998 1951-2002

Series Scope and Content

This series is made up of the papers of DEC engineers, dating from 1951 to 2002, with the bulk of material from 1970 to 1998. The focus of the material is on the research and development of various DEC technologies and products, with the majority related to the computer systems VAX and PDP, processors, computer architecture, semiconductors, and modules. In particular, there is a large amount of material on the development of the PDP-10 family of computers and its operating systems in both the Mike Uhler papers and the Tim Litt collection; the PRISM and Alpha architectures in the Chip Nylander, Dileep Bhandarkar, and Uhler subseries; DECnet network protocols in David Mitton's records; and modules from DEC's early years in the Dick Best papers and for the PDP-8 and LSI-11 in the Don White papers.

Arrangement

This series is arranged into nine subseries:

Subseries 2.1, Mike Uhler papers, 1970-1994

Subseries 2.2, Tim Litt collection, 1965-2002, bulk 1979-1998

Subseries 2.3, Walter Metz papers, 1962-1991, bulk 1980-1991

Subseries 2.4, Chip Nylander PRISM and MIPS records, 1976-1990

Subseries 2.5, David Mitton DECnet records, 1977-1990

Subseries 2.6, Dick Best papers, 1951-2001, bulk 1959-1984

Subseries 2.7, Don White papers, 1960-1987

Subseries 2.8, David Morgan microprocessor records, 1984-1999

Subseries 2.9, Dileep Bhandarkar papers, 1977-1989

Mike Uhler papers, Subseries 2.1, 1970-1994

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries contains material collected and created by DEC senior consulting engineer G. Michael (Mike) Uhler from 1970 to 1994. During his time at DEC, Uhler worked on the development of VAX and Alpha system architecture and VAX microprocessor chips.

Arrangement

This subseries is arranged into five sub-subseries:

Sub-subseries 2.1.1, VAX development records, 1979-1993

Sub-subseries 2.1.2, PDP-10 development records, 1970-1984

Sub-subseries 2.1.3, Alpha and PRISM development records, 1984-1994

Sub-subseries 2.1.4, Other systems and technologies research files, 1974-1992

Sub-subseries 2.1.5, Engineering notebooks, 1983-1994

VAX development records, Sub-subseries 2.1.1, 1979-1993

Sub-subseries Scope and Content

This sub-subseries is made up of material related to the development of various VAX computer systems and processors, from 1979 to1993. Uhler led the architecture development and microcoding of the NVAX and Rigel VAX microprocessors, and this sub-subseries has a large amount of material related to both, including bus and chip specifications, planning and design development records, and performance analyses. Also included is material related to the VAX computer systems 11/750 (Comet), 6000 (Calypso and Neptune), 8600 (Venus), 8700-8800 (Nautilus), and 9000 (Aquarius), and the canceled systems Argonaut, BVAX, and Raven. There is also material on other VAX processors, microprocessors, and chips, memory, and the VMS operating system. This sub-subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102749949 Argonaut system 1986-1988

102749968 Branch predictions 1984; 1993

102749969 Bus proposals 1983-1988

102749971 BVAX 1989

102749984 Consoles 1986

102749970 CVAX 1985-1989

102749967 Distributed systems 1989

102749950 Frigate processor 1984-1985

102749973 HyperVAX 1982-1983

102749951 Mariah microprocessor 1987-1989

102749972 Memory circa 1980-1990

102749974 Microcode tools 1979-1983

102749975 MicroVAX 1984-1986

102749976 Mistral 1987

102749977 Multiprocessing 1979-1986

102749954 NVAX microprocessor performance analysis 1984-1991

102749953 NVAX microprocessor planning and design 1988-1991

102749955 NVAX microprocessor presentations 1989-1992

102749956 NVAX microprocessor specifications 1989-1991

102749978 Parallel processor array : DEC's largest computer 1983

102749985 Performance analysis 1981-1991

102749952 Raven system 1988-1989

102749958 Rigel microprocessor performance analysis 1984-1989

102749957 Rigel microprocessor planning and design 1983-1989

102749960 Rigel microprocessor presentations 1984-1988

102749959 Rigel microprocessor specifications 1986-1988

102749979 RISCy VAX 1988

102749987 Starling VLSI processor set 1988

102749980 System on a chip architecture 1988-1989

102749981 Trilogy Systems 1983-1984

102749982 V-11 miniprocessor chip set (Scorpio) 1982-1987

102749961 VAX 11/750 (Comet) 1983-1987

102749989 VAX 6000 1985-1991

102749962 VAX 8600 (Venus) 1982-1984

102749963 VAX 8700/8800 (Nautilus) 1983-1987

102749964 VAX 9000 (Aquarius) 1986-1991

102749983 VAX architecture 1981-1988

102749966 VAXclusters 1987-1990

102749986 Virtual VAX 1986-1988

102749965 VMS operating system 1982-1991

PDP-10 development records, Sub-subseries 2.1.2, 1970-1984

Sub-subseries Scope and Content

This sub-subseries consists of material related to the development of the PDP-10 supercomputer family. Material dates from 1970 to 1984. Included are project proposals, microcode, large design drawings, and specifications for the PDP-10 models KC10, KC14, KD10, KL10, and KS10. There is also material on the canceled systems Dolphin and Jupiter, with Jupiter having the most material of all the models in this sub-subseries. Also included is material related to PDP-10 architecture, performance analyses, and the operating systems TOPS-10, TOPS-20, and RSX-20F. This sub-subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102739895 Dolphin design development 1975-1982

102749912 File archiving 1977-1980

102739899 Jupiter design development 1979-1983

102739903 KC10 microcode and design drawings 1982-1984

102739908 KC14 console and input/output design drawings 1982

102739900 KD10 proposal 1983

102739902 KL10 development, microcode, and block diagrams 1975-1984

102739901 KS10 microcode and block diagram 1978-1984

102739904 PDP-10 architecture 1970-1983

102739905 PDP-10 performance 1973-1977

102749910 RSX-20F operating system 1976-1980

102739907 Third-party PDP-10 proposals 1983

102739897 TOPS-10 planning 1977-1984

102739898 TOPS-20 dump on BUGCHK 1981

Alpha and PRISM development records, Sub-subseries 2.1.3, 1984-1994

Sub-subseries Scope and Content

The majority of material in this sub-subseries is related to the development of DEC's Alpha RISC architecture and line of microprocessors. Only a small amount of material relates to the PRISM RISC architecture project and its subprojects the Shrike workstation and Emerald operating system. The PRISM project was canceled in 1988 before its completion, and Alpha was based on PRISM's design. Material dates from 1984 to 1994. The majority of Alpha material is related to the system's microprocessors, including specifications and design drawings for the Alpha 21064 (EV-4) and its variants 21066 and 21068 (also known as Low-Cost Alpha), 21164 (EV-5), 21264 (EV-6), and other support chips. There is also material related to Alpha's architecture, memory, graphics, and performance. This sub-subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102749937 Alpha 21064 (EV-4) microprocessor 1989-1992

102749939 Alpha 21066 and 21068 microprocessors 1991-1993

102749945 Alpha 21164 (EV-5) microprocessor 1991-1994

102749936 Alpha 21264 (EV-6) microprocessor 1992-1993

102749941 Alpha architecture 1992-1993

102749948 Alpha graphics and multimedia 1992-1994

102749938 Alpha performance 1991-1994

102749944 Alpha support chips 1992-1994

102749947 Clustered computing undated

102749942 Danube 1990

102749946 GEM compiler system 1992

102749940 PRISM 1984-1990

102749943 Windows NT 1993

Other systems and technologies research files, Sub-subseries 2.1.4, 1974-1992

Sub-subseries Scope and Content

This sub-subseries contains material from 1974 to 1992 that is related to other computer technologies and DEC projects not specific to the systems in the previous sub-subseries. The material not produced by DEC includes research articles and reports on various engineering topics, such as buses, processors, chips, CMOS technology, memory, performance, reliability, and human factors in computing. Material created by DEC includes development and research files on several of the company's engineering projects, including the Kestrel processor and other processors, CMOS 4 and 6, various buses, workstations, ULTRIX, and the PDP-14. This sub-subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102749911 Buses 1989-1994

102749935 Chips 1993

102749916 CMOS technology 1988-1993

102749926 Design verification and simulation 1982-1988

102749920 DX20 / RP20 / TX02 1979-1982

102749928 Graphics and multimedia 1993-1994

102749934 Hardware concepts for advanced compilers 1993

102749932 Human factors in computing 1982

102749915 Kestrel processor 1988-1989

102749933 Keyboards undated

102749917 Memory 1975-1993

102749929 Networks 1979; 1991-1992

102749931 Object and capability based systems 1981

102749923 OM-based tools 1993

102749925 Optimization 1990-1993

102739896 PDP-14 maintenance manual 1974

102749919 Performance analysis and engineering 1986-1994

102739906 Processor design and specifications 1983-1994

102749927 Reliability 1987-1989

102749930 Security 1988-1994

102749922 Software portability 1990

102749924 Standard Performance Evaluation Corp. (SPEC) 1991-1993

102749921 ULTRIX 1987-1991

102749918 Workstations 1983-1991

Engineering notebooks, Sub-subseries 2.1.5, 1983-1994

Sub-subseries Scope and Content

This sub-subseries is made up of Uhler's engineering notebooks from 1983 to 1994. The notebooks contain Uhler's handwritten notes, with related documents stapled inside. Some notebooks are labeled as specific to a project, such as the PDP-10 model KD10, the Rigel microprocessor, the EV-6 (Alpha 21264) microprocessor, and system management, but most are simply labeled with the date and include notes on varying topics and projects. This sub-subseries is arranged chronologically.

102749913 June 1983 to March 1989 1983-1989

102749914 April 1989 to July 1994 1989-1994

Tim Litt collection, Subseries 2.2, Bulk, 1979-1998 1965-2002

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries consists of material created and collected by Timothe (Tim) Litt, whose career mirrored the trajectories of many of DEC's later products, moving beyond DEC to Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, and Intel. Litt worked at DEC from 1979 to 1998 in many roles relating to software engineering and DEC's Large Computer Group (LCG) – ending his career there as a senior consultant engineer. After DEC was acquired by Compaq in 1998, Litt moved there as well, working as a principal member of Compaq's technical staff. Then, the same year that Compaq merged with Hewlett-Packard (HP) in 2002, Litt began working at HP as distinguished technologist. Finally, Litt finished his career at Intel, where DEC's semiconductor and Alpha microprocessor groups eventually moved. Material that was distributed to employees during DEC's acquisitions and mergers with Compaq and HP can be found in this subseries. One focus of Litt's collection is the development of the PDP-10 mainframe computer family. Specific PDP-10 models that are more documented in this subseries include the KS10, KL10 (also marketed as DECsystem-10), and DECsystem-20. This subseries also holds significant information on the operating systems developed for PDP-10 computers, TOPS-10 and TOPS-20, along with the smaller software programs used within those systems.

Arrangement

This subseries is arranged into nine sub-subseries:

Sub-subseries 2.2.1, Background research and corporate communications, 1973-2002

Sub-subseries 2.2.2, Product development, 1968-1998, bulk 1975-1993

Sub-subseries 2.2.3, DECUS records, 1971-1999

Sub-subseries 2.2.4, Promotional and sales material, 1971-2001

Sub-subseries 2.2.5, KL10 records, 1971-1989

Sub-subseries 2.2.6, TOPS-10 and TOPS-20 software performance reports, 1983-1990

Sub-subseries 2.2.7, Manuals, 1965-1998

Sub-subseries 2.2.8, Periodicals, 1973-2002, bulk 1980-1998

Sub-subseries 2.2.9, Course material, 1974-1986

Background research and corporate communications, Sub-subseries 2.2.1, 1973-2002

Sub-subseries Scope and Content

This sub-subseries contains background files and corporate-wide communications for employees of DEC, Compaq, and Hewlett-Packard, which Litt collected during his time at all three companies. Included are articles and clippings from various non-DEC publications, many of which relate to the 1998 merger between DEC and Compaq and the 2002 merger between Compaq and Hewlett-Packard. Also relevant to these mergers, this sub-subseries contains a "Compaq/DIGITAL Merger Communications and Engagement Kit for DIGITAL Services Managers," "Compaq Services: A New Beginning Communication Kit," and instructional material for Compaq employees during the Compaq-Hewlett-Packard integrations. Two separate collections of microform are also contained in this sub-subseries. The first of these is the Reed Powell collection of 105mm duplicate microfiche, a collection of microfiche labeled and arranged in a numerical system that documents manuals, specifications, internal memoranda, DECUS proceedings, periodicals, product development records, and promotional material. Reed Powell was an employee of DEC who had various roles in technical marketing and sales, software support, and DECUS. In a 1982 directory of DEC's Large Computer Group (LCG)—also included in this sub-subseries—Powell is listed as LCG's principal technical support specialist. The second collection of microform in this sub-subseries is a set of eleven microfilm rolls, also arranged in a numerical system, that contain DECUS proceedings, manuals, and course material. Lastly, material relating to competitors' products, a small amount of manufacturing financial records, and personnel reference guides are included here. One helpful personnel reference guide in this sub-subseries is a pamphlet for new DEC employees completely devoted to writing out all of DEC's internal acronyms. This sub-subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102737464 ARPANET directory and Defense Data Network (DDN) protocols 1982; 1985

102737460 Articles and clippings 1975; 1980; 1989-1990; 1998-2002

102737459 Biomation logic analyzers 1981

102737461 Compaq-Digital Equipment Corporation merger employee kits 1998

102737462 Compaq-Hewlett-Packard merger 2001

102737463 Dartmouth College BASIC documentation 1973

102737465 Digital Pathways and the Timing Control Unit (TCU-150) 1979

102737466 DIGITAL services vision 2001engagement kit 2001

102737467 Ken Olsen interview transcript 1988

102737468 Manufacturing markets and finances 1977

102737577 Michigan Bell customer file 1985-1989

102737469 Personnel reference guides and services 1979-1994

102737529 Reed Powell collection of 105mm duplicate microfiche circa 1977-1994

102737530 Tim Litt collection of microfilm circa 1973-1994

Product development, Sub-subseries 2.2.2, Bulk, 1975-1993 1968-1998

Sub-subseries Scope and Content

This sub-subseries comprises Litt's collected program listings, engineering drawings and schematics, design guides, specifications, and other technical documentation relating to DEC's product development. Products with significant amounts of material in this sub-subseries include the VAX 9000 family of computers (code-named Aquarius) and PDP-10-related systems, including KL10 and KI10 models and the TOPS-10 operating system. This sub-subseries also contains a large quantity of design guides and “technology files” from DEC's Semiconductor Engineering Group and CMOS Process Integration Group relating to various CMOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor) systems. Laboratory notebooks from multiple DEC engineers are also included in this sub-subseries, along with documentation of engineering standards and instructions at DEC. Another major part of these records consists of engineering drawings and program listings. Hidden among program listings for DEC products are game listings that Litt and other engineers created and/or edited, for games including TREKII (Star Trek-related) and SNIPER. This sub-subseries also includes a large number of backups of software, systems, databases, and internal inventories on magnetic tape and optical disk cartridges. These backups are mostly related to TOPS-10 and TOPS-20, TOPS-10 on the XKL TOAD-1, KL10 and other PDP-10 systems, VAX 9000 design, other VAX systems, and other software and programming languages. Lastly, this sub-subseries contains microfiche of TOPS-10 and TOPS-20 program listings and product development records relating to Project Jupiter and KC10 systems. This sub-subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102708299 AP10 backup magnetic tapes 1990-08-13

102686200 AP41 backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102686217 AP41DS backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102686152 AP41DS backup magnetic tape 1991-02-07

102686199 AP61 backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102708342 AP61 backup magnetic tape 1991-02-07

102684961 AP61DS backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102708361 AP61DS backup magnetic tape 1991-02-14

102686189 AP70 backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102659552 AP70DS backup magnetic tape 1991-02-14

102686193 AP70PS backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102686222 AP7ODS backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102708378 AP7ODS backup magnetic tape 1991-01-21

102737471 Aquarius / VAX 9000 and Medusa / B7 development 1989-1992

102737470 Aquarius / VAX 9000 systems development 1986-1991

102753078 Aquarius, Ampex, and other engineering drawings 1973-1991

102659564 ARK backup magnetic tape 1991-02-07

102686197 ARK backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102684938 AUGGIE backup magnetic tape 1991-02-01

102659563 AUGGIE backup magnetic tapes 1991-02-14

102684929 AUGGIE backup magnetic tapes 1990-08-17

102737472 Automatic Measurement, Analysis, and Reporting (AMAR) development circa 1985

102684967 B3620 backup magnetic tape 1990-08-14

102659550 B3620 backup magnetic tape 1991-02-14

102708337 BLKA backup magnetic tapes 1991-01-17

102708334 BLKA backup magnetic tapes 1990-09-06

102708324 BLKB backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102708297 BLKB backup magnetic tape 1991-01-17

102708330 BLKC backup magnetic tapes 1990-09-06

102708301 BLKC backup magnetic tapes 1991-01-17

102708336 BLKD backup magnetic tape 1991-01-17

102708318 BLKD backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102708319 BLKF backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102708344 BLKF backup magnetic tape 1991-01-17

102708320 BLKG backup magnetic tapes 1990-09-06

102708350 BLKG backup magnetic tapes 1991-01-17

102708321 BLKJ backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102708356 BLKJ backup magnetic tapes 1991-01-17

102708353 BLKK backup magnetic tape 1991-01-16

102715006 BLKK backup magnetic tapes 1988-03-16

102708291 BLKK backup magnetic tapes 1990-08-14

102708292 BLKL backup magnetic tape 1991-01-16

102715368 BLKX backup magnetic tape 1987-11-05

102708302 BLKX backup magnetic tapes 1991-01-16

102708285 BLKX backup magnetic tapes 1990-08-14

102708351 BLKY backup magnetic tapes 1991-01-16

102708284 BLKY backup magnetic tapes 1990-08-14

102708322 BLMK backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102708332 BLUI backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102737473 BOOT program listings 1984

102684969 BOXWK backup magnetic tapes 1990-08-16

102686155 BOXWK backup magnetic tapes 1991-02-14

102737502 Canonical Terminal Support (CTS) functional specification and thesis proposal 1982

102684962 CDUMP backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102684941 CHIPS backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102659557 CHIPS backup magnetic tape 1991-02-07

102686212 CLOY61 backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102659548 CLOYD backup magnetic tapes 1990-08-13

102684937 CLOYD backup magnetic tapes 1991-02-15

102684939 CLOYD backup magnetic tapes 1991-02-11

102737476 CMOS design guide 1988-05-27

102737477 CMOS-1 design guide and technology files 1985-1986

102737478 CMOS-2 technology file 1988

102737479 CMOS-3 design guides and technology files 1988-1989

102737480 CMOS-4 design guides and technology files 1989-1993

102737481 CMOS-5, CMOS-5L, and CMOS-5LD technology files 1993-1996

102737482 CMOS-6 and CMOS-6LD technology files 1995-1998

102748692 COBOL-20-V12B program listings 1983

102708281 COMMON backup magnetic tape 1989-08-18

102737500 COMSPL, CLOCK1, PORT, and other program listings 1975-1982

102708382 CPG backup magnetic tape 1991-02-07

102684963 CPG backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102737495 CTERM, EUNITS, CAN, and other program listings 1982-1983

102708313 DALES backup magnetic tape 1991-02-07

102684954 DALES backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102773767 Datensicherung and Sysdump magnetic tapes 1987-1988

102773768 Datensicherung, Sysdump, and other magnetic tapes 1982-1987

102684936 DBMS20 backup magnetic tape 1991-02-14

102684971 DBMS20 backup magnetic tape 1991-01-16

102684972 DBMS20 backup magnetic tape 1990-09-11

102684942 DBMS20 backup magnetic tapes 1990-08-14

102715540 DCUS backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102708304 DCUS backup magnetic tapes 1991-01-17

102708325 DCUS backup magnetic tapes 1990-09-26

102737497 DEC Standard Runoff (DSR), MAPPER, and other program listings 1975-1983

102773745 DECnet, TOPS-20, MAXCIM, and other magnetic tapes 1980-1992

102773757 DECnet-10, TOPS-10, and TOPS-20 magnetic tapes 1985-1990

102773764 DECnet-10/20, BLISS36, FORTRAN-20, and other magnetic tapes 1983-1993

102748693 DECsystem-10 SIMULA language handbook 1978

102659565 DESERV backup magnetic tapes 1991-02-07

102684953 DESERV backup magnetic tapes 1990-08-16

102686192 DICE backup magnetic tape 1990-08-14

102686138 DICE backup magnetic tape 1991-01-16

102684965 DML60 backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102686188 DMLPS backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102753077 DN87, LP20, H720 and other engineering drawings 1969-1982

102737474 DN875 program listings 1983

102686165 DNET41 backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102715350 DSKA backup magnetic tape 1992-06-11

102715539 DSKA backup magnetic tape 1993-02-03

102715353 DSKA backup magnetic tape 1992-06-11

102708293 DSKA backup magnetic tapes 1990-10-02

102715161 DSKA backup magnetic tapes 1993-06-30

102708294 DSKA backup magnetic tapes 1990-05-03

102708354 DSKA backup magnetic tapes 1991-01-17

102715159 DSKA incremental backup magnetic tape 1992-09-09

102715001 DSKB backup magnetic tape 1992-06-11

102715541 DSKB backup magnetic tape 1990-12-10

102708383 DSKB backup magnetic tape 1991-01-14

102715163 DSKB backup magnetic tapes 1993-06-30

102715012 DSKB backup magnetic tapes 1993-02-03

102708346 DSKB backup magnetic tapes 1989-11-06

102708329 DSKB backup magnetic tapes 1990-08-13

102708295 DSKB backup magnetic tapes 1990-08-13

102708355 DSKB backup magnetic tapes 1991-01-17

102715002 DSKB incremental backup magnetic tape 1992-09-09

102715005 DSKB incremental backup magnetic tape 1992-11-18

102715004 DSKB incremental backup magnetic tape 1992-12-07

102715003 DSKB incremental backup magnetic tape 1992-08-19

102715160 DSKB incremental backup magnetic tapes 1992-07-21

102715014 DSKB incremental backup magnetic tapes 1993-04-06

102715013 DSKB incremental backup magnetic tapes 1993-03-19

102715158 DSKC backup magnetic tape 1992-06-11

102715157 DSKC backup magnetic tape 1993-02-03

102708352 DSKC backup magnetic tape 1991-01-16

102708287 DSKC backup magnetic tape 1991-01-17

102715165 DSKC backup magnetic tape 1993-06-30

102686196 DSKC backup magnetic tape 1990-08-17

102715359 DSKC backup magnetic tapes 1994-06-10

102708345 DSKC backup magnetic tapes 1989-10-10

102684946 DSKO backup magnetic tapes 1990-08-17

102708289 DSKS backup magnetic tape 1991-01-17

102708326 DSKV backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102708303 DSKV backup magnetic tape 1991-01-17

102686128 DTR20 backup magnetic tape 1991-02-07

102684944 DTR20 backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102708340 EBOX backup magnetic tape 1991-02-12

102686215 EBOX backup magnetic tape 1990-08-16

102686223 ELF backup magnetic tape 1990-08-16

102659558 ELF backup tape 1991-02-12

102737496 EMACS, ICOPY, TECO, and other program listings 1977-1986

102737484 EV5 CPU chip design guide 1993

102684930 EXODUS backup magnetic tapes 1990-08-17

102659554 EXODUS backup magnetic tapes 1991-02-14

102684940 FBOX backup magnetic tape 1990-08-16

102708339 FBOX backup magnetic tape 1991-02-12

102659572 FLDI70 backup magnetic tape 1991-02-14

102773766 FORTRAN IV, SIGMA 5-7 library, and other magnetic tapes 1974-1988

102773753 FORTRAN-10 and KL1026 magnetic tapes 1978-1994

102773759 FORTRAN-10, FORTRAN-20, TOPS-10, TOPS-20 and other magnetic tapes 1986-1990

102708283 FTN backup magnetic tape 1989-10-13

102684951 FTN backup magnetic tape 1990-08-14

102659569 FTN backup magnetic tape 1991-02-14

102684950 FTN backup magnetic tapes 1990-06-19

102659568 GALAXY backup magnetic tapes 1991-01-14

102684933 GALAXY backup magnetic tapes 1990-08-13

102708360 GALAXY backup magnetic tapes 1991-02-11

102684958 GALKS backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102659567 GALKS backup magnetic tape 1991-02-07

102737492 Genealogy of DEC computer family 1960-1990 circa 1990

102708331 GENL backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102737483 GETNOD program listings 1987

102715364 GIDNEY backup magnetic tape 1993-06-29

102708377 GIDNEY backup magnetic tape 1992-09-25

102684934 GIDNEY backup magnetic tape 1990-08-13

102684927 GIDNEY backup magnetic tape 1990-09-10

102708338 GIDNEY backup magnetic tape 1991-02-15

102659570 GIDNEY backup magnetic tape 1991-02-11

102715365 GIDNEY backup magnetic tape 1992-02-05

102715362 GIDNEY incremental backup magnetic tape 1992-08-19

102715363 GIDNEY incremental backup magnetic tape 1993-03-19

102715361 GIDNEY incremental backup magnetic tape 1992-12-07

102686132 GINSU backup magnetic tape 1991-02-07

102686190 GINSU backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102737499 GLXLIB (Galaxy Library), SCRIBE, and other program listings 1975-1982

102686156 GREEN backup magnetic tapes 1990-08-16

102659553 GREEN backup magnetic tapes 1991-02-14

102659555 GREG backup magnetic tape 1991-01-21

102686206 GREG backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102773788 GWYNED backup magnetic tape 1993-08-21

102737475 High Performance Systems (HPS) Systems Performance Group 1987-1988

102708373 HPE backup magnetic tapes 1991-02-14

102684952 HPE backup magnetic tapes 1990-09-06

102708341 IBOX backup magnetic tape 1991-02-12

102686214 IBOX backup magnetic tape 1990-08-16

102659561 IDEA backup magnetic tapes 1991-02-14

102684925 IDEA backup magnetic tapes 1990-08-16

102684968 IDEA2 backup magnetic tapes 1990-08-17

102659559 IDEA2 backup magnetic tapes 1991-02-12

102686195 IGUANA backup magnetic tape 1990-08-16

102659556 IGUANA backup magnetic tape 1991-02-14

102708282 IGUANA backup magnetic tapes 1989-09-12

102737485 IMP72 compiler for PDP-10 1973

102708323 IRS backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102686219 JACK backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102686208 JAWS backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102659562 JAWS backup magnetic tape 1991-02-07

102684960 JP70DS backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102684966 JP70PS backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102684955 JUNKM backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102737486 KI10 development 1972

102748691 KL systems procedures 1981

102773713 KL10 and KS10 microcode, TOPS-10, and TOPS-20 magnetic tapes 1984-1989

102773714 KL10 and KS10 microcode, TOPS-10, and TOPS-20 magnetic tapes 1979-1986

102737487 KL10, TOPS-10, and PDP-10 development 1978-1983

102773712 KLAD10, KLAD20, and TOPS-20 magnetic tapes 1989-1990

102773726 KLAD10, KLAD20, and TOPS-20 magnetic tapes 1983-1987

102773725 KLAD10, KLAD20, and TOPS-20 magnetic tapes 1982-1989

102773717 KLAD10, KLAD20, and TOPS-20 v4 TSU03 magnetic tapes 1984-1990

102773716 KLAD10, KLAD20, TOPS-10, and TOPS-20 magnetic tapes 1984-1989

102773744 KLAD10, TOPS-10, TOPS-20, and FORTRAN-20 magnetic tapes 1983-1990

102773763 KLAD20 v6.1A-7.0 and TOPS-20 v7.0 TSU03-TSU04 magnetic tapes 1987-1990

102737488 Laboratory instructions and standards 1976-1985

102737489 Laboratory notebooks circa 1984

102684948 LINK backup magnetic tape 1990-08-14

102659566 LINK backup magnetic tape 1991-02-14

102686216 LSCAD backup magnetic tape 1990-08-16

102686135 LSCAD backup magnetic tape 1991-02-12

102737490 Manufacturing tests and specifications 1979-1985

102773751 MAXCIM archives, LSBU, and other magnetic tapes 1989-1992

102773746 MAXCIM databases and reports, LSBU, and other magnetic tapes 1989-1992

102773750 MAXCIM reports and databases magnetic tapes 1989-1992

102773748 MAXCIM reports, archive, and database, and other magnetic tapes 1988-1991

102773747 MAXCIM reports, LSBU, PBUSRE, and other magnetic tapes 1988-1991

102773749 MAXCIM reports, MFG-V53, CAVEAT, and other magnetic tapes 1988-1991

102773752 MAXCIM reports, PBU, LSBU, KL10 files, and other magnetic tapes 1984-1991

102684935 MBOX backup magnetic tape 1990-08-16

102686148 MBOX backup magnetic tapes 1991-02-12

102686151 MCA backup magnetic tape 1991-02-12

102686191 MCA backup magnetic tape 1990-08-17

102686225 MISKIN backup magnetic tape 1990-08-17

102708362 MISKIN backup magnetic tape 1991-02-12

102708305 MKT backup magnetic tapes 1991-02-14

102686160 MKT backup magnetic tapes 1990-08-17

102686227 MODRED backup magnetic tape 1990-08-17

102708307 MODRED backup magnetic tape 1991-02-15

102684932 MOLD backup magnetic tape 1990-08-17

102708306 MOLD backup magnetic tapes 1991-02-14

102708314 MONCRS backup magnetic tape 1991-02-14

102708311 MOOSE backup magnetic tape 1991-01-17

102686202 MOOSE backup magnetic tape 1990-08-17

102708386 MORDOR backup magnetic tape 1991-01-08

102659543 MORDOR backup magnetic tapes 1990-08-14

102708367 MORDOR backup magnetic tapes 1991-02-14

102708387 MORDOR backup magnetic tapes 1991-01-10

102686201 MRAUG backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102686194 MRCHIP backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102708315 MRCHIP backup magnetic tape 1991-02-07

102686147 MRDALE backup magnetic tape 1991-02-07

102684964 MRDALE backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102659546 NAP backup magnetic tape 1990-06-08

102708308 NAP backup magnetic tapes 1991-02-11

102659544 NAP backup magnetic tapes 1990-08-13

102708375 NAP backup magnetic tapes 1991-01-14

102686130 NET backup magnetic tape 1991-02-07

102686203 NET backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102686133 NETPKG backup magnetic tape 1991-02-07

102686162 NETPKG backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102686169 NETU backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102708370 NETU backup magnetic tape 1991-02-07

102737493 Network planning concepts and problem-solving tools circa 1985

102686170 OLDCLO backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102684926 OPR backup magnetic tape 1990-08-14

102708348 OPR backup magnetic tapes 1991-02-15

102686228 PABST backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102737491 Parser program listings 1981-1983

102684943 PASCAL backup magnetic tape 1990-08-17

102686141 PB backup magnetic tape 1991-02-12

102686226 PB backup tape magnetic tape 1990-08-21

102737558 PDP-10 replacement schematics circa 1968

102753044 PDP-11, LP20, TA78, TU78, and other engineering drawings 1975-1988

102753075 PDP-11, T11 DECtape, RP04/05/06, and other engineering drawings 1970-1977

102753076 PDP-11/40 and PDP-10 KS10 and KA10 engineering drawings 1970-1978

102708379 PERF backup magnetic tape 1991-02-07

102684956 PERF* backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102708290 PIT backup magnetic tape 1990-08-13

102737501 POSEIDON software specifications 1983

102737531 Project Jupiter, KC10, and other product development microfiche circa 1978-1987

102708335 PUBLIC backup magnetic tapes 1993-02-05

102708359 PUBLIC backup magnetic tapes 1992-09-25

102659547 PUBLIC backup magnetic tapes 1990-08-13

102708363 PUBLIC backup magnetic tapes 1991-01-14

102708358 PUBLIC backup magnetic tapes 1993-01-29

102708366 PUBLIC backup magnetic tapes 1991-02-11

102715544 RAND2A backup tape 23-Jul-91 1991-02-14

102773795 RANDOM backup magnetic tape 1991-07-23

102773794 RANDOM backup magnetic tape 1991-07-23

102708364 RANDOM backup magnetic tape 1991-07-23

102708365 RANDOM backup magnetic tape 1991-07-23

102686164 RANDOM backup magnetic tapes 1990-08-13

102708357 RANDOM backup magnetic tapes 1993-02-05

102708380 RANDOM backup magnetic tapes 1993-06-29

102708381 RANDOM backup magnetic tapes 1992-09-25

102708312 RANDOM backup magnetic tapes 1991-01-14

102659574 REL41A backup magnetic tape 1991-02-14

102659573 REL41A backup magnetic tape 1991-01-07

102708385 REL7 backup magnetic tape 1991-01-08

102708384 REL7 backup magnetic tape 1991-01-16

102686163 REL7 backup magnetic tapes 1990-08-14

102708296 RENG backup magnetic tapes 1990-08-14

102708286 RENG backup magnetic tapes 1991-01-16

102684928 RIP backup magnetic tapes 1990-08-13

102708372 RIP backup magnetic tapes 1991-01-14

102659571 RIP backup magnetic tapes 1991-02-11

102708347 RIP20 backup magnetic tape 1991-02-12

102684957 RIP20 backup magnetic tape 1990-08-17

102686221 ROCKET backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102708369 ROCKET backup magnetic tape 1991-01-21

102708368 RONCO backup magnetic tape 1991-01-16

102684959 RONCO backup magnetic tape 1990-08-13

102773765 RR1091, system 1095, and TOPS-20 CONAN crash tapes, and other magnetic tapes 1990-1999

102686167 RSU backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102686166 RSU2 backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102715543 RSX20F backup magnetic tape 1991-02-14

102686205 SA06 backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102708317 SA26 backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102686139 SAGE backup magnetic tape 1991-02-12

102684945 SAGE backup magnetic tape 1990-08-17

102737503 SCO semiconductor packaging technology file and design guide 1994-04-29

102708371 SCORCH backup magnetic tape 1991-01-16

102686171 SCORCH backup magnetic tape 1990-08-14

102737494 SETCLK, EBOX Microcode, KDB50-1, and other program listings 1983-1991

102708300 SIRS backup magnetic tapes 1990-08-14

102708288 SIRS backup magnetic tapes 1991-01-16

102708298 SIRS backup magnetic tapes 1990-10-29

102686154 SLICE backup magnetic tape 1991-02-15

102659549 SLICE backup magnetic tapes 1990-08-14

102708374 SNARK backup magnetic tapes 1991-01-14

102708388 SNARK backup magnetic tapes 1991-02-11

102686213 SNARK backup magnetic tapes 1990-08-13

102715366 SNARK6A backup magnetic tape 1991-07-25

102737504 Software catalogs and libraries 1980-1984

102686159 SQUIRL backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102708310 SQUIRL backup magnetic tape 1991-01-16

102686158 SQUIRL backup magnetic tape 1990-07-26

102686157 SQUIRL backup magnetic tape 1990-03-09

102686134 SUDCOM backup magnetic tape 1991-02-12

102686224 SUDCOM backup magnetic tape 1990-08-16

102737505 Symmetrical Multi-Processing (SMP) support notebook 1982-1983

102708327 SYSTEM backup magnetic tapes 1990-08-13

102715347 SYSTEM backup magnetic tapes 1991-03-16

102686168 T22 backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102748694 Table-lookup algorithm for software computation of cyclic redundancy check (CRC) 1974

102686161 TEST: (PI:) backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102737506 Testing and performance reports 1971; 1983; 1991

102686207 THEP backup magnetic tape 1990-08-13

102708349 THEP backup magnetic tape 1991-01-16

102773734 TOPS-10 and TOPS-20 autopatch and other magnetic tapes 1983-1987

102773739 TOPS-10 and TOPS-20 customer support, cusp, autopatch, and other magnetic tapes 1984-1989

102773760 TOPS-10 and TOPS-20 documentation, FORTRAN-10, and other magnetic tapes 1986-1990

102773710 TOPS-10 and TOPS-20 KS10 TSU and other magnetic tapes 1984-1990

102773689 TOPS-10 and TOPS-20 magnetic tapes 1981-1988

102773697 TOPS-10 and TOPS-20 magnetic tapes 1979-1988

102773704 TOPS-10 and TOPS-20 magnetic tapes 1978-1987

102773728 TOPS-10 customer supported, DECnet-20, and other magnetic tapes 1980-1990

102773729 TOPS-10 KS10 TSU, 7.04 TSU, and games magnetic tapes 1983-1990

102773691 TOPS-10 magnetic tapes 1978-1988

102773690 TOPS-10 magnetic tapes 1980-1985

102737533 TOPS-10 program listings microfiche circa 1979

102773711 TOPS-10 v7.01 and v7.04 and other magnetic tapes 1982-1989

102773705 TOPS-10 v7.01-7.04 autopatch and customer supported magnetic tapes 1979-1988

102773703 TOPS-10 v7.01-7.04 magnetic tapes 1982-1988

102773708 TOPS-10 v7.01-7.04 magnetic tapes 1980-1988

102773735 TOPS-10 v7.02-7.03A and TOPS-20 v5.1-7.0 autopatch magnetic tapes 1983-1989

102773706 TOPS-10 v7.02-7.04 and TOPS-20 v4-7 magnetic tapes 1978-1988

102773688 TOPS-10 v7.02-7.04 autopatch magnetic tapes 1985-1988

102773709 TOPS-10 v7.03 and TOPS-20 magnetic tapes 1983-1987

102773701 TOPS-10 v7.03-7.04 and TOPS-20 magnetic tapes 1983-1988

102773758 TOPS-10 v7.03-7.04 and TOPS-20 TSU01 and TSU02 magnetic tapes 1986; 1990

102773702 TOPS-10 v7.03-7.04 magnetic tapes 1985-1988

102773736 TOPS-10 v7.04 and TOPS-20 v4.1-6.1 autopatch and other magnetic tapes 1984-1989

102773687 TOPS-10 v7.04 autopatch magnetic tapes 1988-1989

102773761 TOPS-10 v7.04 TSU01, TSU02, TSU04, and KS bootable magnetic tapes 1989-1990

102773727 TOPS-10, DECnet-10, TOPS-20, VMS, and other magnetic tapes 1981-1988

102773721 TOPS-10, KL10 microcode, TOPS-20, and other magnetic tapes 1981-1990

102773722 TOPS-10, KLAD10, and KLAD20 magnetic tapes 1979-1987

102773699 TOPS-10, TOPS-20, and other magnetic tapes 1978-1987

102773730 TOPS-10, TOPS-20, and other magnetic tapes 1983-1990

102773720 TOPS-10, TOPS-20, Conan KS10, and KLWRP magnetic tapes 1988-1989

102773693 TOPS-10, TOPS-20, DECnet, and other magnetic tapes 1981-1988

102773707 TOPS-10, TOPS-20, DECnet, BLISS-36, and other magnetic tapes 1981-1988

102773733 TOPS-10, TOPS-20, DECnet, DECserver, and other magnetic tapes 1982-1988

102773724 TOPS-10, TOPS-20, RSX-20F, KLAD10, and KLAD20 magnetic tapes 1983-1988

102773718 TOPS-10, TOPS-20, TSU11L, TSU21L, and TSU31L magnetic tapes 1988-1991

102773719 TOPS-10, TSU11L, TSU21L, TSU31L, and TSU41L magnetic tapes 1982; 1991

102773723 TOPS-10/20 RSX-20F, UETP, KLAD, and other magnetic tapes 1989-1988

102773740 TOPS-20 autopatch and cusp update magnetic tapes 1985-1990

102773737 TOPS-20 autopatch and TOPS-10 distribution and TSU02 magnetic tapes 1981-1989

102773732 TOPS-20 monitor source, BLISS-36, and Datatrieve-20 magnetic tapes 1984-1989

102737534 TOPS-20 program listings microfiche circa 1976

102773678 TOPS-20 v2 and v4 magnetic tapes 1979-1981

102773680 TOPS-20 v2-3 and v7.0 magnetic tapes 1977-1978; 1988

102773679 TOPS-20 v3-4 magnetic tapes 1979-1981

102773684 TOPS-20 v4 and FORTRAN-20 magnetic tapes 1981-1989

102773741 TOPS-20 v4.1 and v7.0 autopatch magnetic tapes 1984-1989

102773682 TOPS-20 v4.1 and v7.0 magnetic tapes 1988; 1990

102773683 TOPS-20 v4.1, KS10, and other magnetic tapes 1975-1989

102773742 TOPS-20 v4.1-6.1 autopatch, FORTRAN-20, and other magnetic tapes 1981-1988

102773738 TOPS-20 v4.1-7.0 autopatch and other magnetic tapes 1987-1989

102773685 TOPS-20 v4-6 magnetic tapes 1982-1988

102773698 TOPS-20 v4-6 magnetic tapes 1983-1987

102773700 TOPS-20 v4-7 and other magnetic tapes 1978-1987

102773686 TOPS-20 v4-7 magnetic tapes 1983-1988

102773755 TOPS-20 v7.0 autopatch, KL-B updates, TSU03, and other magnetic tapes 1985-1992

102773681 TOPS-20 v7.0 magnetic tapes 1988-1990

102773731 TOPS-20, ALGOL-20, DEC-20, and other magnetic tapes 1979-1987

102773695 TOPS-20, COBOL-20, and other magnetic tapes 1982-1988

102773696 TOPS-20, DBMS-20, and other magnetic tapes 1980-1988

102773762 TOPS-20, RR1091 full save, and system 195 crash magnetic tapes 1984-1991

102773715 TOPS-20, TOPS-10, DECnet, ALGOL-20, and other magnetic tapes 1978-1985

102773694 TOPS-20, TRAFFIC-20, and other magnetic tapes 1980-1987

102737498 TSC PLT (PLOT), video game program listings, DEASC (DECsystem-10 ALGOL-60), and other program listings 1975-1984

102686129 TSU04 backup magnetic tape 1991-02-05

102686218 TSUKS backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102715542 TSUKS backup magnetic tape 1991-02-07

102737507 TU70 tape drive notes and manuals 1975-1977

102737508 TX01 tape controller, SPAR-10, and 3800-III tape control unit documentation 1973-1975

102686220 UCD36 backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102686146 UCD36 backup magnetic tape 1991-02-07

102773833 Unlabeled magnetic tape reel undated

102708316 USER backup magnetic tapes 1990-08-13

102686204 V40DN backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102686149 V40DN backup magnetic tape 1991-02-17

102773769 VAX 9000 design database backup ARCH01/02 undated

102773812 VAX 9000 design database backup ARCH03/04 undated

102773813 VAX 9000 design database backup ARCH05/06 undated

102773814 VAX 9000 design database backup ARCH07/08 undated

102773815 VAX 9000 design database backup ARCH09/10 undated

102773816 VAX 9000 design database backup ARCH11/12 undated

102773817 VAX 9000 design database backup ARCH13/14 undated

102773818 VAX 9000 design database backup ARCH15/16 undated

102773819 VAX 9000 design database backup ARCH17/18 undated

102773820 VAX 9000 design database backup ARCH19/20 undated

102773821 VAX 9000 design database backup ARCH21/22 undated

102773822 VAX 9000 design database backup ARCH23/24 undated

102773823 VAX 9000 design database backup ARCH25/26 undated

102773824 VAX 9000 design database backup ARCH27 undated

102773829 VAX 9000 design database backups undated

102773831 VAX 9000 design database backups undated

102773828 VAX 9000 design database backups undated

102773825 VAX 9000 design database backups undated

102773830 VAX 9000 design database backups undated

102773826 VAX 9000 design database backups undated

102773827 VAX 9000 design database PYN THAI HPSCAD backups 1991-03-13

102737509 VAX/VMS DEMFA 1989-1993

102773754 VAX/VMS tools, TOPS-20 tools, Quarry systems, and other magnetic tapes 1985-1994

102684931 VENCP1 backup magnetic tapes 1990-08-16

102686144 VENCP1 backup magnetic tapes 1991-02-12

102659541 VENEG1 backup magnetic tape 1990-08-16

102686142 VENEG1 backup magnetic tape 1991-02-12

102659542 VENEG2 backup magnetic tape 1990-08-17

102686140 VENEG2 backup magnetic tape 1991-02-12

102686150 VENFG1 backup magnetic tape 1991-02-12

102686209 VENFG1 backup magnetic tape 1990-08-16

102686143 VENFG2 backup magnetic tape 1991-02-12

102686211 VENFG2 backup magnetic tape 1990-08-17

102659610 VENIG1 backup magnetic tape 1990-08-16

102686136 VENIG1 backup magnetic tape 1991-02-12

102686131 VENIG2 backup magnetic tape 1991-02-12

102684947 VENIG2 backup magnetic tape 1990-08-17

102684949 VENMG1 backup magnetic tape 1990-08-16

102686137 VENMG1 backup magnetic tape 1991-02-12

102686210 VENMG2 backup magnetic tape 1990-08-17

102686145 VENMG2 backup magnetic tape 1991-02-12

102708389 WHITE backup magnetic tape 1991-01-16

102708390 WHITE backup magnetic tape 1991-01-08

102708309 WHITE backup magnetic tape 1991-02-14

102659551 WHITE backup magnetic tapes 1990-08-14

102773756 WORK 1A-4B, DECnet-10, and TOPS-20 magnetic tapes 1986-1991

102773796 WORK backup magnetic tape 1991-07-23

102708328 WORK backup magnetic tape 1990-08-13

102659545 WORK backup magnetic tapes 1990-08-13

102659575 WORK backup magnetic tapes 1991-02-11

102686153 WORK backup magnetic tapes 1991-01-14

102708343 WORK backup magnetic tapes 1993-02-05

102708376 WORK backup magnetic tapes 1993-06-29

102708333 WSM backup magnetic tape 1990-09-06

102737557 XFA DEMFA schematics and design drawings 1990-1991

102773832 XKL TOAD-1 TOPS-10 and TOPS-20 backups 1997

102773797 XUSERS magnetic tape 1987-02-17

DECUS records, Sub-subseries 2.2.3, 1971-1999

Sub-subseries Scope and Content

This sub-subseries contains records published by DECUS, which Litt collected as a member of DECUS and as a contributor to the DECUS Program Library. Included in this sub-subseries is a near-complete run of the DECUS periodical titled Copy-N-Mail, printed from 1973 to 1980. Most of this periodical's editions focus on DECsystem-10 and DECsystem-20 models of the PDP-10. The final issue of Copy-N-Mail identifies John Simon as the editor. Other DECUS periodicals in this sub-subseries—with much fewer editions—include DECUSCOPE, DECUS magazine, Moby Munger (the official organ of DECUS' TECO Special Interest Group), DECUS Update, and DECUS Journal. Another large portion of this sub-subseries comprises DECUS Program Library catalogs and software abstracts, along with forms and correspondence relating to Litt's borrowing and submitting programs to the library. DECUS Program Library records in this sub-subseries include both text and microfiche. Lastly, a DECUS membership guide is included with this sub-subseries. These DECUS records are arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102737510 Annual report 1991

102737511 Conference and symposium material 1979; 1995-1999

102737512 Copy-N-Mail 1973-1980

102737514 DECUS membership records 1982-1984

102737515 DECUS Program Library and software catlog updates, forms, and correspondence 1974-1982; 1995

102737513 DECUS Program Library catalogs and software abstracts 1971-1992

102737532 DECUS Program Library microfiche 1978-1982

102737516 DECUSCOPE, DECUS Magazine, Moby Munger, and other DECUS periodicals 1979-1997

102737517 VAX 9000 performance review 1990

Promotional and sales material, Sub-subseries 2.2.4, 1971-2001

Sub-subseries Scope and Content

This sub-subseries consists of Litt's collected promotional material, press kits, sales and marketing guides, and technical summaries. Most of the material in this sub-subseries was published by DEC, though there are publications from Compaq and Hewlett-Packard and promotional material regarding Intel's DEC-related products—all published after DEC's mergers and acquisitions with these companies. There is also a small amount of material published by National Information Systems (NIS) and Tektronix. The majority of the material published by DEC in this sub-subseries promotes DECsystem-10, DECsystem-20, VAX 9000 systems, and products developed by DEC's Large Computer Group (LCG). Some of this material appears in the form of technical summaries. Also see “Sub-subseries 2.2.7, Manuals” for technical summaries that were previously filed with related manuals and kept in that arrangement. Of interest in this sub-subseries are promotional booklets relating to DEC's early history and achievements, one of which, titled Digital's Mill: 1847-1977 (1985), covers overlaps between DEC's history and the history of Maynard, Massachusetts. Lastly, this sub-subseries contains material used by DEC sales staff to market and sell products. This sub-subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102737518 1991 annual report 1991

102737519 Compaq, Intel, and Hewlett-Packard promotional material 1997-2001

102737520 Customer support guides, presentations, and holiday cards 1982; 1991; 1997

102737527 DECsystem-10 and DECsystem-20 technical summaries 1971-1981

102737521 Large Computer Group promotional material 1982-1983

102737522 National Information Systems (NIS) and Tektronix promotional material circa 1983

102749823 PDP-10 promotional posters 1984

102737523 Press kits 1981-1983

102737524 Printer, storage, ethernet, PDP-10, and other systems promotional material 1979-1984; 1992

102737525 Retrospective achievement booklets 1984-1985; 1992

102737526 Sales and marketing guides 1972; 1977-1982; 1995-1996

102737528 VAX 9000 and other VAX systems promotional material 1982-1992

KL10 records, Sub-subseries 2.2.5, 1971-1989

Sub-subseries Scope and Content

This sub-subseries comprises a separate, but related donation (X3149.2005) made by Tim Litt and Hewlett-Packard a year after the larger DEC collection donated by Hewlett-Packard in 2004 (X2675.2004). Most of the material in this sub-subseries documents KL10-based computing systems. The KL10—also marketed as DECsystem-10—was one model of the PDP-10 mainframe computer family. One other PDP-10 model that is well-documented in this sub-subseries is the KS10. Types of material in this sub-subseries include program listings, manuals, engineering drawings, and microfiche. Also included in this sub-subseries are microfiche library manuals that instruct DEC employees on using the standards and policies of DEC microfiche libraries, particularly libraries relating to large computer hardware documentation like the majority of microfiche in this sub-subseries. This sub-subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102737551 2102 microfiche 1975-1982

102753041 DC20F, MF20, and DN20 field service documentation 1975-1981

102737540 DECsystem-10 and DECsystem-20 manuals 1978; 1982

102737541 DECsystem-10 promotional material 1974

102737542 DECsystem-1080/1090 system description 1977

102737554 Diagnostic listings microfiche 1976-1985

102748535 DX20-V100 magnetic tape subsystem micro-code program listings 1982

102737555 Hardware documentation microfiche 1975-1989

102737543 KL10 maintenance guide 1981

102737544 KL10 microcode for TOPS-10 and TOPS-20 1984

102737545 KL10 specifications, errors, and instruction sets 1974-1975

102753042 KL10-PV, MB20, and RH20 field service documentation 1974-1977

102753039 KL10-R, KL10-PW, and RP04/05/06 field service documentation 1976-1984

102753040 KS10 field service documentation 1977-1980

102737546 KS10 manuals 1978-1979

102737547 KS10 program listings 1979-1986

102737548 MBox storage controller unit description 1976

102753043 MG10, RH20, and MF20 field service documentation 1975-1980

102737556 Microfiche library manuals 1975-1979; 1987

102737553 Paul Marr collection of Large Computer Group (LCG) microfiche 1971-1988

102737549 RH10 and RH20 massbus controller development circa 1976

102737552 System 4097 microfiche 1976-1985

102748556 TOPS-10 monitor internals support 1979

102737550 TU45A magnetic tape subsystem maintenance manual 1976

TOPS-10 and TOPS-20 software performance reports, Sub-subseries 2.2.6, 1983-1990

Sub-subseries Scope and Content

This sub-subseries contains software performance reports for various programs within the TOPS-10 and TOPS-20 operating systems. TOPS-10 and TOPS-20 were both DEC operating systems used on PDP-10 computers. Most of these reports address errors and possible diagnoses for specific software programs written for TOPS-10 and/or TOPS-20. The reports reflect feedback and service to clients of various organizations using TOPS-10 or TOPS-20 systems, as well as other DEC employees using these systems. Specific programs with significant amounts of documentation in this sub-subseries include instances of COBOL-74 and FORTRAN, with reports for these programs under both TOPS-10 and TOPS-20. A small number of the software performance reports address problems with software-related textual documents. In these cases, the reports are titled after the document title, such as a manual title or an edition of the DEC periodical, Software Dispatch. For the majority of this sub-subseries, folder titles are named for each letter of the alphabet, and within the folders, the reports are arranged alphabetically by each program name. The only exception to this system is with the folders that were previously arranged consecutively by versions of the TOPS-10 and TOPS-20 operating systems. This arrangement was preserved for those cases. This sub-subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102737559 A program names 1984-1989

102737560 B program names 1984-1990

102737561 C program names 1984-1990

102737562 D program names 1984-1989

102737563 E program names 1984-1988

102737564 F program names 1984-1989

102737565 G and H program names 1984-1989

102737566 I and K program names 1984-1989

102737567 L program names 1983-1989

102737568 M program names 1983-1988

102737569 N and O program names 1983-1989

102737570 P program names 1984-1988

102737571 Q and R program names 1983-1990

102737572 S program names 1984-1989

102737573 T program names 1984-1990

102737574 TOPS-10 software performance reports 1983-1990

102737575 TOPS-20 software performance reports 1984-1990

102737576 U, W, and X program names 1983-1990

Manuals, Sub-subseries 2.2.7, 1965-1998

Sub-subseries Scope and Content

This sub-subseries comprises Litt's collection of manuals, published by DEC and other institutions. The majority of these manuals are published by DEC, but other publishers include American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T), Control Data Corporation (CDC), Hewlett-Packard, Tektronix, Xerox Corporation, IBM, and Intel. Many of the manuals in this sub-subseries relate to the PDP-10 product line, including manuals for DECsystem-10, DECsystem-20, TOPS-10, TOPS-20, KL10, and KS10. Also included is a significant amount of material for PDP-11 and VAX-based systems. Programming languages are also well-documented in this sub-subseries, including BLISS. Aside from manuals, this sub-subseries contains smaller amounts of educational material, training guides, maintenance manuals, sales guides, and technical summaries. These other types of material were previously filed with related manuals so this arrangement was preserved. For more of Litt's educational material, sales guides, and technical summaries, see “Sub-subseries 2.2.9, Course material” and “Sub-subseries 2.2.4, Promotional and sales material.” Many of the manuals in this sub-subseries are preliminary and/or incomplete drafts of manuals for internal distribution and development. Some of these partial manuals were compiled into “notebooks” (e.g., “TOPS-10 Software Notebooks”), which contained related user documentation from different manuals, collected together into a single notebook for a specific use. This sub-subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102749014 Bell System technical reference manuals 1967-1978

102749023 BLISS, DECnet, TOPS-10, TOPS-20, and other manuals 1965-1986

102749013 DBMS-20, DECsystem-10, TOPS-10, TOPS-20, and other manuals 1974-1989

102748567 DEC-10, DEC peripheral, Systems Concepts, and other manuals 1968-1982

102748565 DECsystem-10, WPS, GIGI, ALL-IN-1, and other manuals 1972-1990

102748560 Educational material on hardware/software products and other manuals 1976-1998

102750644 Handbooks, maintenance guides and other manuals 1966-1984; 1994

102749022 KL10, KS10, and other manuals 1979-1985

102748566 PDP-10, TOPS-10, and DECsystem-10 manuals 1986-1989

102737607 PDP-11, DECsystem-10, DECsystem-20 and other manuals 1975-1985

102749012 PDP-11, RSX-11, SIM11, and other manuals 1976-1982

102750643 PDP-11, VAX and other manuals 1966-1982

102750642 PDP-11, VAX and other manuals 1969-1984

102750641 PDP-11, VAX and other manuals 1971-1982

102749020 PDP-11, VAX, VAXcluster, and other manuals and training guides 1979-1982

102749019 PDP-11, VAX-11, CAE 2000, and other manuals and educational materials 1979-1990

102749021 PDP-11, VAX-11/780, and other manuals 1975-1984

102749015 PDP-15, VAX, TOPS-10, TOPS-20, and other manuals 1973-1994

102748564 RSX-11, peripheral, and other manuals 1974-1984

102749018 TOPS-10, DEC 10/20, DECsystem-10, PDP-10, PDP-11, VAX-11, and other manuals 1965-1994

102749024 TOPS-10, TOPS-20, DECsystem-10, and other manuals 1972-1988

102748568 TOPS-10/TOPS-20 and other manuals 1968-1988

102749011 VAXELN and other manuals 1989-1997

102748561 VAXELN, DEC hardware and software, and other manuals 1974-1989

Periodicals, Sub-subseries 2.2.8, Bulk, 1980-1998 1973-2002

Sub-subseries Scope and Content

This sub-subseries consists of Litt's collected newsletters, magazines, catalogs, and price lists published periodically. Most of this material was published by DEC, but there is a small amount of periodicals published by other organizations. Most of the catalogs, price lists, and “product summaries” of this sub-subseries come from DEC's Large Computer Group (LCG). LCG also published its own magazines and newsletters, including the Large Computer Group Buy-Line and Large Systems News, also both in this sub-subseries. Another magazine with a significant amount of editions in this sub-subseries is Forefront, which was published by DEC and then by Compaq after the latter acquired DEC in 1998. Lastly, this sub-subseries contains microfiche collections of Software Dispatch, a periodical published by DEC's Software Maintenance Service and microfiche of three DEC newsletters: Small Buffer, Large Buffer, and The Buffer. This sub-subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102737578 DEC employee newsletters 1985-1995

102737579 DECsystem-10 price lists 1973-1976

102737536 DECsystem-10 software dispatch microfiche 1977-1991

102737580 DECsystem-20 price lists 1976-1978

102737537 DECsystem-20 software dispatch microfiche 1980-1989

102737581 DECWORLD 1985-1993

102737582 Digital review 1990-1991

102737583 Digital today 1990-1998

102737584 Forefront 1992-1998

102737585 Highlights 1984

102737586 Inform 1998-2001

102737587 InterOffice, Digital Leader, and Enterprise Journal 1986-1987; 1998

102737588 Large computer group buy-line 1981-1984

102737589 Large computer group product summary 1979-1986

102737591 Large systems news 1978-1986

102749607 Large systems news 1985-1986

102737590 Large systems price list 1977; 1980-1983

102737592 LCG applications update 1982-1983

102737593 LSI focus 1986-1987

102737594 Non-DEC periodicals 1994-2002

102737595 Sales update, options summary, and other catalogs and price lists 1980-1989; 1997

102737535 Small buffer, large buffer, and the buffer microfiche 1981-1988

102737596 WRL prospectus 87-88 1987-11-23

Course material, Sub-subseries 2.2.9, 1974-1986

Sub-subseries Scope and Content

This sub-subseries contains Litt's collection of course outlines, student handouts, and seminar notes from his time at DEC. Most of this course material was published by DEC's Educational Services department, though material from other DEC departments and other institutions are also included. Most of the records in this sub-subseries relate to the TOPS-10 and TOPS-20 operating systems, which were developed for DECsystem-10 and DECsystem-20 computers, all of which fell under the PDP-10 family of mainframe computers. Other systems with educational documentation in this sub-subseries include the ANF-10 network protocol, a version of a program called Galaxy 4.1, UNIX, VMS 5.1, and the BLISS programming language. Also see “Sub-subseries 2.2.7, Manuals” for more instructional guides from DEC's Educational Services department, but without accompanying course outlines, notes, and/or student handouts. This sub-subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102737597 ANF-10 network protocol 1975; 1980-1983

102737598 BLISS programming language course material 1978

102737599 Communications and networks course outline and notes 1979-1981

102737600 DECsystem-10 administrator and monitor courses 1974-1978

102737602 Galaxy 4.1, UNIX, and VMS 5.1 course and seminar material 1980-1986

102737603 Large Computer Group (LCG) support team seminar material 1982-1983

102737601 Pre course material for DECsystem-20 sales training seminar : introduction to Ethernet circa 1982

102737604 TOPS-10 networks and monitor internals course material 1978-1986

102737605 TOPS-10 version 7.01 student handouts 1980

102737606 TOPS-20 monitor internals course material 1980

Walter Metz papers, Subseries 2.3, Bulk, 1980-1991 1962-1991

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries contains Walter C. Metz's papers from his engineering work in DEC's Advanced Semiconductor Development (ASD) Group. Metz's engineering titles at DEC included Principal engineer for semiconductor operations and also epitaxial/chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process engineer. The majority of the records in this series relate to Metz's work with epitaxial (epi) growth research in complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) development. Metz, collaborating with Gregory J. Grula, invented at least two methods under this area of research and development titled "Method for Forming Trench Isolated Regions with Sidewall Doping" and "Method of Fabricating Trench Isolated Transistors with Sidewall Doping." Included in this series are correspondence, laboratory results and analyses, Metz's notebooks, patents, specifications, and articles related to this work in semiconductor development. Metz was also involved in a variety of partnerships between DEC and research entities, including North Carolina State University's (NCSU) Engineering Research Center (ERC); the SEMATECH Center of Excellence (SCOE) on Advanced Single Wafer Processing; a campus-based engineering center at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany; and the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC). This subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102737275 Advanced Semiconductor Development (ASD) Group 1987-1990

102737310 Advantage Production Technology silicon surfaces cleaning 1987-1991

102737305 AMS 2000/2001 Silox reactors 1980-1986

102737312 Applied Materials 7700 and 7800 Reactor systems 1988-1990

102737308 Bipolar complementary metal oxide semiconductors (Bi CMOS) 1984-1988

102737304 Bipolar low power Schottky layout design rules, MOS-TIPI, and Mosaic processes 1981

102737309 Course notes and material circa 1985

102737295 Epitaxial (epi) growth research in complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) development 1962-1969; 1976-1984; 1991

102737306 EV5/CMOS5 and Genus G-1500 MeV Implanter equipment 1988-1990

102737313 Intellectual property research 1986; 1990

102737297 Laboratory notebooks 1984-1987

102737307 Laboratory testing and analyses results 1979-1990

102737296 Manufacturing and purchase specifications for semiconductor development 1986-1988

102737300 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) projects 1989-1990

102737291 Meetings notebooks 1981-1989

102737293 North Carolina State University (NCSU) Engineering Research Center (ERC) 1989-1991

102737303 Oxygen levels in silicon material, gettering, surface analysis, C-V profile, spreading resistance 1980-1983

102737314 Résumé by Walter C. Metz circa 1980

102737301 SEMATECH 1988-1991

102737299 Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) 1987-1991

102737292 Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) 1988-1991

102737302 Semiconductor wafers 1976-1986

102737311 Silicon technology research 1968; 1978; 1989-1990

102737294 Trench isolation research and inventions in semiconductor development 1983-1990

102737298 University involvement and funding 1987

Chip Nylander PRISM and MIPS records, Subseries 2.4, 1976-1990

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries is primarily made up of material related to the development of DEC's PRISM and MIPS reduced instruction set computing (RISC) processor architectures, collected and created by Charles (Chip) G. Nylander from 1976 to 1990. Nylander was a senior consulting engineer and the technical director for DEC's Software Development Technologies group, heading many software and systems architecture development projects. The bulk of material in this subseries is related to PRISM. Officially started in 1985, the PRISM project grew from other RISC projects at DEC, but was canceled by DEC management in 1988 as it neared completion. The next largest portion of this subseries is related to MIPS, a RISC architecture developed by MIPS Computer Systems and implemented by DEC with its DECstations following the end of PRISM. Material for both architectures includes documentation about project planning, development, languages, and calling standards. A smaller amount of material in this subseries is related to the early development of Alpha, which was based on PRISM, ULTRIX, the GEM compiler, and PRISM's MICA operating system. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102739890 Alpha development 1986-1990

102739886 Floating point ECO proposal 1978

102739880 GEM compiler development 1984-1989

102739887 HYDRA system overview and specifications 1978

102739909 Long-range and strategic planning 1985-1990

102739879 MICA development 1987-1988

102739891 MicroVAX 1982-1985

102739876 MIPS calling standard development 1987-1989

102739873 MIPS languages 1988-1989

102739877 MIPS non-Software Development Technologies program 1989

102739878 MIPS PL/I research 1989

102739875 MIPS research and reference material 1984-1989

102739874 MIPS Software Development Technologies program planning 1988-1990

102739881 PRISM calling standard and condition handling 1985-1988

102739892 PRISM development 1985-1988

102739882 PRISM documentation reviews 1985-1986

102739883 PRISM languages 1985-1988

102739884 PRISM VAX compatibility working group records 1987

102739893 SRM comments and questions 1985

102739885 ULTRIX task force 1984-1987

102739888 VAX-11 structure definition language (SDL) 1981

102739889 X3J1 meeting reports 1976-1988

David Mitton DECnet records, Subseries 2.5, 1977-1990

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries contains material collected and created by DEC consulting software engineer David Mitton related to the planning and development of DECnet. Material dates from 1977 to 1990. DECnet, DEC's network protocol, was introduced in 1974 and made up its Digital Network Architecture (DNA). The material in this subseries includes records related to the planning and development of DEC's Personal Computing Systems Architecture (PCSA), including OS/2, Pathworks, MS-NET, and NETBIOS emulation; DECnet-DOS; the PCxx personal computer's network architecture and software; and DECnet for Rainbow computers. Included are memoranda, presentations, reports, product descriptions and requirements, sales data, and press. Also included are project management records that show plans, timelines, procedures, individual work plans, product resource reports, and meeting notes. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102739717 DECnet-DOS logbooks 1983-1987

102739715 DECnet-Rainbow 1984-1987

102739716 Ethernet interfaces 1982-1988

102739721 IBM Competetive Strategy Woods Meeting notes and material 1986

102739722 PCxx Task Force meeting notes and presentations 1984-1985

102739718 Personal Computing Systems Architecture (PCSA) 1983-1990

102748301 Product descriptions and requirements 1985

102739720 Product sales data 1986-1988

102739723 Project management files 1985-1989

102739719 Promotional material and press 1985-1989

102739714 Starlet working design document 1977

102739713 VAX architecture standard 1980

Dick Best papers, Subseries 2.6, Bulk, 1959-1984 1951-2001

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries consists of material collected by DEC chief engineer Richard (Dick) L. Best, who began working at DEC in 1959 when he was hired to work on the PDP-1 design. Material dates from 1951 to 2001, with the bulk from 1959 to 1984. Best's papers were acquired by the museum in two separate donations (X2675.2004 and X7042.2014), and this subseries is arranged into two sub-subseries, one for each donation. The majority of material in each sub-subseries is focused on specific aspects of Best's job, but there is overlap on subjects and types of material in each sub-subseries.

Arrangement

This subseries is arranged into two sub-subseries:

Sub-subseries 2.6.1, Committee and product development records, 1959-1984, bulk 1951-1990

Sub-subseries 2.6.2, Module records, 1959-2001, bulk 1959-1973

Committee and product development records, Sub-subseries 2.6.1, Bulk, 1959-1984 1951-1990

Sub-subseries Scope and Content

This sub-subseries comprises material related to various engineering committees and the research and development of products and technologies, plus some administrative material. Material dates from 1951 to 1990, with the bulk from 1959 to 1984. As chief engineer, Best served on many committees, including the Design Review Committee, Engineering Committee, Library Committee, and Engineering Review Board. Material related to these and other committees includes meeting minutes, notes, product proposals and reviews, and evaluations of engineers for job title reclassification. The Design Review Committee and Engineering Committee have the most material. There is a large amount of records on the research and development of different products and technologies, such as memory systems, computer systems, wiring, video terminals, circuits, and modules. Records on the research and development of modules is one area where the two sub-subseries overlap. While the focus of sub-subseries 2.6.2 is on modules, this sub-subseries does contain a small amount of material on the subject. Also included here is a large amount of promotional material and product specifications from other companies, plus correspondence between DEC and those companies and its clients, and reports of trips DEC personnel took to visit other companies with the purpose of learning more about their products. There is also material on internal and industry standards; field service records; manufacturing, sales, and pricing information; and memos from Ken Olsen from 1959 to 1983 that document the development of a variety of DEC technologies and the growth of DEC as a company. This sub-subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102760957 A-D conversion research and development 1959-1978

102760981 Administrative material 1964-1986

102760966 CAD systems research and development 1980-1981

102760951 CBEMA/SPMC 1973-1979

102760958 Circuit board research and development 1965-1969

102760979 Customer correspondence 1959-1973

102760947 Design Review Committee records 1967-1978

102760974 ECMA 1977-1978

102760944 Engineering Committee meeting minutes and memoranda 1967-1983

102760971 Engineering Product Library System (EPLS) 1976-1984

102760949 Engineering Review Board records 1969-1982

102760941 Engineering Services Committee meeting minutes 1969-1970

102760978 Environmental testing 1968; 1981

102760977 External technical reports 1969-1985

102760940 Field service reports and records 1964-1976

102760906 Flip-Chip test specifications 1964-1968

102760960 Gold research and development 1965-1968; 1979

102760983 Information about other companies circa 1964-1971; 1981

102760954 Integrated circuit research and development 1967-1976

102760965 Jupiter and Venus development 1982

102760948 Library Committee and DEC Corporate Library records 1971-1983

102760946 LSI Committee records 1971-1985

102749992 Manuals and reference cards 1962-1984

102760970 Manufacturing records 1966-1978

102760956 Memory research and development 1964-1978

102749994 Memos from Ken Olsen 1959-1983

102755943 Microfilm cartridges 1967-1973

102760952 Module research and development 1961-1983

102760933 Other internal engineering newsletters and periodicals 1967-1987

102760972 Parts 1969-1981

102760950 Patents and trademarks 1963-1974; 1982-1983

102760962 PDP systems development 1964-1972

102760973 PEPR development 1962-1965

102760955 Power supply research and development 1966-1977; 1989-1990

102760980 PREDIC 1984-04-25

102760976 Pricing 1969-1970

102760963 Printer research and development 1967-1969; 1986

102749996 Project plans and development 1966-1989

102760967 Sales notebook 1962-1968

102760969 Small Systems Product Steering Group records 1978-1979

102760942 Standards, policies, and procedures 1962-1984

102760964 Strates research and development 1965-1969

102760945 Surplus Committee records 1967

102760975 Teletypes 1964-1971

102760968 Trip reports 1965-1972

102760939 Underwriters Laboratories (UL) status and safety-certified products 1974-1978; 1982

102749990 Video terminal development 1971-1983

102749991 Whirlwind project records 1951-1952; 1966

102760959 Wire and cable research and development 1966-1970; 1985

102749998 Works Committee records 1964-1967

Module records, Sub-subseries 2.6.2, Bulk, 1959-1973 1959-2001

Sub-subseries Scope and Content

This sub-subseries is almost entirely made up of material related to the research and development of modules at DEC. Records date from 1959 to 2001, with the bulk from 1959 to 1973. Best was in charge of module design at DEC. Just under half of this sub-subseries consists of schematics for DEC modules, including Flip-Chips, VHF modules, and the G, H, K, M, and W series. There is also a large number of module bulletins, module descriptions, module lists, option designation lists, and option/module lists. Additionally, there are photographs, standards, specifications, catalogs, price lists, and sales material related to modules. This sub-subseries does contain some material not directly related to the research and development of modules, including a large number of issues of Engineering Newsletter from 1963 to 1992, a small number of issues of DEC Engineering Note from 1969 to 1976, material on the development of the EV7 Alpha microprocessor, and architectural drawings for DEC's facilities at the Maynard Mill in Maynard, Massachusetts. This sub-subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102760905 DEC Engineering Note 1969-1976

102760890 Engineering Newsletter 1963-1992

102760909 Engineering Newsletter index 1972-07-13

102760893 Engineering Newsletter memos 1964; 1975

102760936 Ephemera undated

102760903 EV7 development 1993-2001

102760900 Flip-Chip module schematics notebooks 1964-1979

102760898 G series modules large schematics 1967-1971

102760895 H series modules large schematics 1971-1977

102760896 K series modules large schematics 1970-1972

102760897 M series modules large schematics 1969-1971

102760902 Mill facility design drawings circa 1985; 1989

102760907 Module bulletins 1965-1967

102760899 Module descriptions 1959-1969

102760892 Module lists 1970; 1973

102760901 Module schematics notebooks 1959-1970

102760891 Option designation lists 1963-1973

102760908 Option/module lists 1973-1975

102760938 Robinson Nugent short-form catalog 2001

102760935 VHF module development 1962-1963

102760894 W series modules large schematics 1967-1972

Don White papers, Subseries 2.7, 1960-1987

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries is made up of material created and collected by DEC engineer Don White from 1960 to 1987. White worked at DEC from 1960 to 1989, where he developed PDP-8 logic modules based off of DEC's Flip-Chip module series, led the team that developed the PDP-8's OMNIBUS assembly, and was responsible for the design of the PDP-8/L computer. About half of this series is made up of PDP-8 schematics, including those for the M-series of integrated circuits, R-series Flip-Chip modules, and analog memory design. Also included is an R-series terminal loading chart and memoranda and correspondence related to various DEC engineering procedures and projects, including the development of the PDP-8 and its modules. White also collected material related to modules for the LSI-11 microcomputer. Of particular interest are White's engineering notebooks from 1960 to 1980 and material related to some of his patents. This series also includes a set of wiring diagrams for the Teletype Model 33, which was the teleprinter that came with the PDP-8. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102750825 Circuits course 1964-1966

102750646 Engineering notebooks 1960-1980

102750648 LSI-II records 1979-1982

102750649 Memoranda and correspondence 1963-1982

102750637 Patents 1972-1987

102750650 PDP-8 schematics 1964-1971

102750645 R-series Flip-Chip modules terminal loading chart 1965

102750647 Teletype Model 33 wiring diagrams 1970

David Morgan microprocessor records, Subseries 2.8, 1984-1999

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries is made up of material collected by David K. Morgan related to the development of DEC microprocessors from 1984 to 1999, with the majority of material concentrated on VAX, Alpha, and StrongARM microprocessors. Morgan was a DEC engineer and engineering project manager, with several engineering patents under his name. This subseries includes plans, reports, drawings, and specifications for the VAX microprocessors CVAX, Rigel, NVAX, and XMX; the Alpha microprocessors 21064 (EV4), EV45, 21164 (EV5), and 21264 (EV6); and the StrongARM microprocessors SA-110, SA-1100, and SA-1500. Also included are patents and patent applications by Morgan and the third volume of the DEC Semiconductor Engineering Group's Chip Portfolio (1988-1989), which consists of descriptions and color photographs of chips. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102739862 Alpha microprocessors 1989-1999

102739866 DEC periodicals 1992; 1995

102739869 Dragon video system hardware specification 1985

102739867 Patents 1987-1988

102739870 Presentations 1990; 1995

102739865 Semiconductor Engineering Group chip portfolio circa 1990

102739871 StrongARM microprocessors 1994-1997

102739868 Tree operations undated

102739872 VAX microprocessors 1984-1991

Dileep Bhandarkar papers, Subseries 2.9, 1977-1989

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries consists of Dileep P. Bhandarkar's presentation material, notebooks, and some correspondence related to his work managing DEC systems and their architectures. The largest portion of this subseries relates to PRISM architecture (Parallel Reduced Instruction Set Machine). Other systems and design strategies that are documented in these records include VAX-11, PDP-11, reduced instruction set computing (RISC), and large scale integration (LSI). The only job title listed in these records for Bhandarkar is technical director of Mid Range Systems. In other DEC documentation Bhandarkar is described as a principal engineer in the VAX-11/PDP-11 Systems architecture department and as leading the technical direction and product strategy of Alpha Personal Systems, Alpha and VAX Servers, and High Performance Computing. Bhandarkar also worked as Architecture Manager for MicroVAX, Chief Architect for VAX Vector Processing, Technical Director for Base Platforms, and co-architect on the PRISM RISC architecture on which Alpha is based. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102739541 Changes to PRISM architecture 1986-11

102739540 General effects of Large Scale Integration (LSI) on the computer industry circa 1985

102739542 MITRE presentation on reduced instruction set computing (RISC) circa 1989

102739534 Notes on product development, VAX-11 architecture, and PDP-11 architecture 1977-1979

102739533 PRISM architecture 1988-04

Product managers' papers, Series 3, 1966-1997

Series Scope and Content

This series contains the papers of DEC employees who were in charge of managing a specific product line or “group” within DEC's corporate structure. In 1964, DEC reorganized into a business unit-oriented structure. After this restructuring, each business unit had a manager, which DEC initially titled “product line managers.” Subsequently, product line managers became “group managers” under DEC nomenclature. Many of the DEC managers grouped within this series had “product line manager” or “group manager” in their titles at some point in their careers. Some of the people grouped under this series did not have these terms in their job titles, but were generally in charge of managing product development for specific product lines. Also, many of the collections under this series cover multiple stages of each person's career. The decisions to group these subseries under “Project manager personal papers” were based on the work that the majority of the records in each subseries reflect. DEC's Alpha-based systems have the most documentation in this series, covering its early development in the late 1980s to its release in 1992. Most of the people grouped in this series managed the Alpha product line at different points in their careers, especially Supnik, Conklin, and Avery. The earlier-developed VAX architecture and VAX-based systems are also well represented in this series. The Peter Conklin and Bill Demmer papers in this series contain early documentation of VAX's beginnings, including systems migration instructions for DEC's existing PDP-11 customers to migrate to the VAX-based systems when they were first released.

Arrangement

This series is arranged into eight subseries:

Subseries 3.1, Bob Supnik Alpha papers, 1980-1993

Subseries 3.2, Bill Demmer papers, 1985-1995

Subseries 3.3, Peter Conklin papers, 1966-1995, bulk 1975-1994

Subseries 3.4, Al Avery papers, 1978-1994

Subseries 3.5, Roger Cady papers, 1974-1983

Subseries 3.6, Bev Schultz OpenVMS papers, 1979-1994, bulk 1991-1994

Subseries 3.7, Lou Philippon papers, 1967-1997, bulk 1981-1995

Subseries 3.8, Eli Glazer memoranda, 1978-1983

Bob Supnik Alpha papers, Subseries 3.1, 1980-1993

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries is made up of material collected and created by Robert (Bob) M. Supnik from 1980 to 1993 that is related to the development of DEC's Alpha RISC architecture and line of microprocessors, the Rigel and V-11 microprocessor chip sets for VAX, and the VAX 9000 family of supercomputers and mainframe computers. Supnik held a number of positions during his time at DEC, including senior corporate consulting engineer, engineering program manager for Alpha, technical director for the Alpha and VAX Systems Group, group manager for microprocessor development and semiconductor engineering, laboratory manager, vice president of technology and architecture in the Computer Systems Division, and vice president of corporate research and advanced development in the Corporate Strategy and Technology Group. The majority of material in this subseries is related to the Alpha program that Supnik led, including quarterly reports, memos, project plans, design drawings, and presentations that document the development of Alpha from concept to product from 1989 to 1993. A small portion of the material in this subseries is related to VAX-9000 and the development of the VAX microprocessors Rigel and V-11. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102739746 Alpha development files, 1989-1990 1989-1990

102739751 Alpha development files, 1991 1991

102739752 Alpha development files, 1992 1992

102739753 Alpha development files, 1993 1993

102739745 Alpha Quarterly Review 1990-1993

102739756 Rigel development files 1982-1989

102739755 V-11 (Project Scorpio) development files 1980-1989

102739754 VAX 9000 (Project Aquarius) development files 1984-1991

Bill Demmer papers, Subseries 3.2, 1985-1995

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries consists of material collected and created by William (Bill) R. Demmer from 1985 to 1995. Originally an engineer who helped build VAX, Demmer served as the vice president of both the Mid-Range Systems Business Group and the VAX/VMS Systems and Servers Group, and was in charge of Alpha product development. The material in this subseries touches on many facets of the units Demmer helmed and his responsibilities as vice president. The majority of material is made up of correspondence to and from Demmer from 1993 to 1995 that is related to various business and personnel issues, with attached presentations, reports, articles, and other documents. There is also a large amount of material related to the planning, development, and licensing of Alpha, plus records from the Alpha Task Force Demmer created to look at sales and marketing strategies. Also included are long-range plans for the Mid-Range Systems Business Group and VAX/VMS Systems and Servers Product Creation Unit, plus business and development plans for CALYPSO/CVAX and CALYPSO/RIGEL. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102739708 Alpha licensing and trademark 1991-1992

102739706 Alpha planning records 1991-1992

102739709 Alpha Task Force records 1991

102739707 CALPYSO plans 1986-1988

102748169 Correspondence 1993 1993

102739711 Correspondence 1994 1994

102739712 Correspondence 1995 1995

102739704 Emerald Phase 0 plans 1986

102739703 Mid-Range Systems Product Business Unit long-range plans 1988-1989

102739705 VAX product strategy videotape 1985

102739702 VAX/VMS Systems and Servers Product Creation Unit long-range plans 1991

Peter Conklin papers, Subseries 3.3, Bulk, 1975-1994 1966-1995

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries contains records collected and partially created by Peter F. Conklin during his roles at DEC as Director of Alpha Product Development, Software Director of the Advanced Systems Group, and, lastly, Director of Systems Development in the Engineering Excellence Program Office. A large portion of this subseries covers the early development and architecture of VAX and VAX-based computers. Included in the VAX documentation are systems migration instructions for existing PDP-11 DEC customers to migrate to VAX-based systems, VAX glossaries, early VAX architecture development, strategic review meeting documents for EVAX, VAX-11/780 promotional material, and multiple editions of the VAXnews newsletter. Other DEC products covered in this subseries include Alpha, DECsystem-10, and OpenVMS. A major theme that appears throughout this subseries is management strategies – especially strategies that reflect Conklin's methods in managing Alpha product development at DEC. Also emphasized in these records are partnerships and collaborations between DEC and other companies, including Olivetti, Cerner Corporation, IBM, and Mitsubishi. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102737320 Advanced minicomputer designed by team evaluation of hardware/software tradeoffs 1978

102737342 Alpha development and product strategy 1990-1993

102737337 ASCII and standardized character sets 1978-1984

102737329 Command language development and research 1971-1981

102737316 Company identity manual 1989-1990

102737334 Computing trends 1990-1991

102737324 CSO Business Council 1991

102737325 Customer advisory boards and steering committees 1981; 1991

102755945 DEC standards 1979-1983

102737347 DEC standards and specifications 1981

102737339 DEC trivia and general management trends 1983-1994

102737328 DEC's UNIX strategy and UNIX versus VMS 1979-1981; 1991-1992

102737332 DECsystem-10 development 1971-1973

102737330 Engineering operations and strategies 1982; 1993-1994

102737341 Implementation language development 1973-1978

102737318 Management activities and strategies 1976; 1988-1995

102737331 Management of Technology for Global Integration (MTGI) 1990-1991

102737345 Olivetti-DEC partnerships 1992-1994

102737343 OpenVMS product development 1993-1995

102737317 Partnerships and clients 1991-1995

102737348 Peter Conklin microform collection 1972-1985

102737327 Peter Conklin notebooks 1975; 1994

102737319 Presentation slides and graphics 1983-1995

102737315 Product asset management reference set 1994-05

102737323 Product strategy and business plans 1981-1985; 1994-1995

102737340 Reuters RDB Project 1992-1993

102737336 Security and encryption policies and strategies 1974-1991

102737338 Software development 1969-1983; 1994

102737333 Software finances and revenue 1994-1995

102737321 Standards and glossaries 1966-1971; 1976-1981; 1990

102737322 Synergy Associates 1990-1991

102737335 Technical diagrams and drawings circa 1988

102737326 VAX architecture and development 1975-1989

102737344 VMS-21 development 1991

Al Avery papers, Subseries 3.4, 1978-1994

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries contains papers collected by Albert (Al) Avery from 1978 to 1994 related to a variety of roles he worked in at DEC, including in the Alpha Systems Technical Office working with Alpha AXP Systems, in software integration with the Advanced Systems Group, as a product manager in High Performance Systems, and in Engineering Processes and Systems. A large amount of material in this subseries is focused on efforts to develop better internal processes within the engineering departments and between engineering and DEC's market-focused business units. This material dates from 1989 to 1994, when DEC's business was floundering and management was looking for ways to improve the company's standing with customers and within the computer industry. Included are project presentations by the consulting firm Booz Allen & Hamilton, internal process documents, revenue analyses, and interviews with customers and DEC employees to gauge satisfaction with the company. This subseries also includes material related to specific systems and technologies, such as Alpha AXP and VAXclusters, DEC's Stratton conference proceedings, and Avery's engineering notebooks. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102739517 Achieving Excellence in Engineering initiative 1993-1994

102739524 Administrative material 1981-1982; 1993

102739519 Alpha AXP systems 1990-1993

102739522 Customer satisfaction planning 1990-1994

102739525 Departmental computing system proposal for General Electric 1986

102739513 Notebooks 1991-1992

102739523 Revenue analyses 1978-1981

102739521 Strategic and process planning 1989-1993

102739527 Stratton proceedings 1980-1981

102739528 VAX 8974 sample configuration control document 1987

102739518 VAXcluster and Extended VAX (EVAX) planning 1987-1989

Roger Cady papers, Subseries 3.5, 1974-1983

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries comprises Roger C. Cady's correspondence and administrative records from his work at DEC from 1974 to 1983. During these years Cady worked as a manager for three different product groups at DEC: first as product line manager for the Telephone Industry Products Group; then in multiple management roles under Commercial Systems Marketing groups; and finally as group manager and vice president of the Manufacturing, Distribution, and Control (MDC) Product Group. Of particular interest in this subseries are notes and outlines of Cady's presentations given to clients, sales symposia, and conferences relating to his work in the MDC group – including talks given for a visit by Philip Morris representatives to DEC, a Montgomery securities seminar, and a White House meeting of the U.S. Council for World Communications Year (1983).

Arrangement

This subseries is arranged into two sub-subseries:

Sub-subseries 3.5.1, Correspondence, 1974-1983

Sub-subseries 3.5.2, Manufacturing, Distribution, and Control Product Group records, 1980-1983

Correspondence, Sub-subseries 3.5.1, 1974-1983

Sub-subseries Scope and Content

This sub-subseries contains Cady's letters, memoranda, and handwritten messages primarily internal to DEC. From 1974 to 1977, most of Cady's correspondence occurred within DEC's TELCO Product Line when Cady worked as product line manager for DEC's Telephone Industry Products Group. During the following years, from 1978 to 1980, the bulk of Cady's correspondence was under DEC's Commercial Marketing department – including related units called Commercial Systems Marketing and Commercial Systems Group. During these years Cady first worked as group manager for Commercial Systems Marketing and then as director of marketing. The remaining years of Cady's correspondence relate to the management of DEC's MDC product group. For many of his files, Cady kept an “index to correspondence,” included at the beginning of each month's file, which lists the subjects, dates, and participants for each month's correspondence. A large portion of these files only contain correspondence that Cady authored to others; however, for letters and memoranda authored during Cady's work under MDC, correspondence sent to Cady by others was also filed. Correspondence from parts of 1977-1978 and 1980-1983 were not included with this donation. Lastly, Cady kept a file titled “external correspondence,” containing letters between Cady and non-DEC employees, but which were still primarily work-related. This sub-subseries is arranged chronologically.

102739491 1974, Jan-Mar 1974-01-03-1974-03-29

102739498 1974, Apr-June 1974-04-02-1974-06-30

102739499 1974, July-Sept 1974-07-03-1974-09-19

102739500 1974, Oct-Dec 1974-10-02-1974-12-31

102739501 1975, Jan-Mar 1975-01-02-1975-03-20

102739502 1975, Apr-June 1975-04-09-1975-06-27

102739503 1975, July-Sept 1975-07-08-1975-09-25

102739504 1975, Oct-Dec 1975-10-07-1975-12-31

102739505 1976, Jan-Mar 1976-01-06-1976-03-30

102739506 1976, Apr-June 1976-04-05-1976-06-29

102739507 1976, July-Sept 1976-07-02-1976-09-29

102739508 1976, Oct-Dec 1976-10-05-1976-12-21

102739509 1977, Jan-Mar 1977-01-10-1977-03-31

102739510 1977, Apr-June 1977-04-01-1977-05-31

102739511 1978, July-Dec 1978-07-11-1978-12-29

102739512 1979, Jan-June 1979-01-01-1979-06-29

102739514 1979, July-Dec 1979-07-02-1979-12-27

102739515 1980, Jan-July 1980-01-04-1980-07-09

102739516 1981, Mar-Dec 1981-03-17-1981-12-31

102739530 External correspondence 1981-03-23-1983-11-10

102739520 1982, Jan-June 1982-01-04-1982-06-30

102739526 1982, July-Dec 1982-07-01-1982-12-29

102739529 1983, Jan-June 1983-01-05-1983-06-28

Manufacturing, Distribution, and Control Product Group records, Sub-subseries 3.5.2, 1980-1983

Sub-subseries Scope and Content

This sub-subseries consists of material collected and created by Cady when he worked as vice president and group manager of DEC's MDC product group from 1980 to 1983. Most of the material in this sub-subseries concerns the planning and management of this group's operations and products, which were marketed toward DEC's clients with manufacturing activities to improve manufacturing automation and productivity. One of MDC's product lines that is well-documented in this sub-subseries is the Unified Plant Management (UPM) line. To quote a letter to DEC sales representatives: “UPM recognizes and provides short-term solutions to issues such as cost control and productivity improvement and, at the same time, allows for long-term planning and reduces investment risks.” This sub-subseries includes records from MDC's Blue Ribbon Committee (BRC) meetings, which was formed to define the department's accounts and strategies. Also included are notes and outlines of Cady's speeches given to clients, sales symposia, and conferences relating to his work in the MDC group. MDC organizational charts and financial and performance reviews for this product group are also in this sub-subseries. This sub-subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102737608 Financial overviews and departmental performance reviews 1981-1983

102737609 Joint Manufacturing, Distribution, and Control (MDC) / Computer Special Systems (CSS) agreements 1981-1983

102737610 Long range plan (LRP) meetings 1980-1983

102726316 Manufacturing, Distribution, and Control (MDC) Blue Ribbon Committee (BRC) meetings 1981-1982

102737611 Manufacturing, Distribution, and Control (MDC) Product Group organizational charts 1982

102737612 Operational plans 1980-1982

102737613 Product strategy plans 1981-1982

102737614 Speech and presentation notes 1980-1983

102737615 Unified plant management (UPM) products 1982-1983

Bev Schultz OpenVMS papers, Subseries 3.6, Bulk, 1991-1994 1979-1994

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries is made up of material collected and created by Beverly (Bev) J. Schultz from 1979 to 1994, with the bulk of material from 1991 to 1994 when she was the group manager for the OpenVMS Alpha Engineering Group (1992 to 1994) and Office and Teamware Engineering (1990 to 1992). The majority of material is related to the development of OpenVMS for Alpha AXP systems. Material mainly includes presentations, reports, handwritten notes, and memoranda focused on strategic planning for engineering departments and OpenVMS and other operating systems, including UNIX. There is a small amount of material related to Office and Teamware Engineering. An interesting aspect of this subseries is material related to the Synergistic Technologies Team, which focused on creating a cross-OS engineering group and the interoperability and migration between DEC's multiple operating systems. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102739562 Alpha VMS Team and OpenVMS AXP development 1991-1994

102739546 Apple technology exchange 1993

102739549 Bundled and unbundled VMS products 1991-1993

102739551 Client/server personal computing 1992

102739553 Clusters 1991-1993

102739564 Course material 1982-1983

102739552 DECwindows 1993

102739550 Digital Equipment Computer Users Society (DECUS) 1984; 1993-1994

102739545 Expertise centers 1991-1993

102739565 Manuals and guides 1982-1993

102739566 MIT Media Laboratory Interface Agents Symposium 1992

102739558 Office and Teamware Engineering records 1991-1992

102739554 OpenVMS AXP operating system 64-bit project report 1994

102739557 OpenVMS AXP source code licensing 1992-1993

102739560 Operating system interoperability and migration 1993-1994

102739556 Patent program 1992

102739559 Product and software studies 1992-1994

102739555 Quality reviews and metrics 1992-1993

102739567 Schultz biography 1994

102739563 Strategic planning 1989-1994

102739561 UNIX Software Group records 1994

102739548 VMS history 1980-1981; 1987-1993

102739547 Woods meetings 1979; 1987-1988; 1994

Lou Philippon papers, Subseries 3.7, Bulk, 1981-1995 1967-1997

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries contains records relating to Lucien (Lou) R. Philippon's various roles in product management and development at DEC. Some of Philippon's job titles and areas of work at DEC include VAX-11/730 systems product manager, working in the Entry Systems Business (ESB) Product Management group, and managing the development of DEC's MicroVAX and Alpha systems. In this subseries, the system with the largest amount of documentation is the DEC Alpha. Much of this material refers to the earlier-named “Alpha AXP,” which later became known as just Alpha. Alpha-related material includes project strategy presentation material, descriptions and pricing of Alpha systems, status reports, and Alpha nomenclature proposals. Other systems represented in this subseries include DEC's VAX family (including MicroVAX and MicroVAX II), UNIX-based systems, Windows NT, Sable, and NetWare. This subseries also contains promotional material, catalogs, administrative records, sales and marketing guides, business plans, manuals, performance reports for various DEC products, press kits, documents relating to product pricing, reports from customer feedback studies and forums, and a small amount of material from DECUS and DECUS Canada. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102739728 Administrative records 1981-1996

102739733 Alpha systems development 1991-1994

102739729 Automated Drafting System (ADS) 1967-1971

102739724 Business and marketing plans 1979-1995

102739742 Customer feedback forums and studies 1994

102739750 DEC event programs and course material 1985

102739748 Digital ASEAN Link (DiAL) 1997

102739744 Digital Equipment Computer Users Society (DECUS) 1984-1996

102739726 Enterprise Information Delivery Environment Architecture (E-IDEA) 1990

102739747 Micro Systems Development (MSD) 1984-1985

102739732 NetWare 1993

102739734 Performance reports 1989-1996

102739731 Policy manuals and reference guides 1985-1993

102739738 Press coverage regarding Alpha servers, Open Software Foundation, and other announcements 1988-1995

102739737 Press kits for Alpha and electronic mail systems 1994-1995

102739727 Product development 1985-1996

102739740 Product pricing 1983-1987; 1991-1994

102739743 Product shipments and exports 1979; 1986; 1993

102739735 Promotional material and catalogs 1985-1994

102739725 Sable System 1993-1994

102739741 Sales and maketing guides 1983; 1992-1996

102739730 Systems manuals and reference guides 1984-1992

102739736 UNIX systems development 1993-1996

102739739 VAX systems development 1981-1987; 1993

102739749 Windows NT 1993-1995

Eli Glazer memoranda, Subseries 3.8, 1978-1983

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries consists of memoranda sent to and from Eli Glazer from 1978 to 1983. Glazer worked at DEC from 1971 to 1986. He was the product manager in charge of planning operations for Computer Systems Development and, later, Corporate Product Management. The content of both the incoming and outgoing memoranda is related to product strategic planning, including the development of planning and product management processes, and the gathering of information for the creation of product portfolios and engineering strategic plans. Also included are planning guidelines, phase management and review process plans, product development meeting minutes, product schedules and pricing, and material related to the Strategy Planning Unit. Glazer was also the executive director of DECUS and there is quite a bit of material related to DECUS symposia planning. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102750788 Incoming memoranda 1980-1983

102750789 Outgoing memoranda 1978-1982

Sam Fuller corporate research records, Series 4, 1976-1997

Series Scope and Content

This series is made up of material collected and created by Samuel (Sam) H. Fuller from 1976 to 1997. Fuller worked in Central Engineering at DEC from 1978 to 1998, initially creating the VAX Architecture Group and later running all of DEC's research groups. He was the senior group manager of Systems Architecture and Technology from 1982 to 1983, vice president of Corporate Research and Architecture (CRA) from 1983 to 1996, and chief scientist and vice president of Corporate Technology Strategy and Services (CTSS) from 1996 to 1998. As the head of corporate research, Fuller led DEC's research strategy and managed the company's research laboratories, the External Research Program, and all its internal research groups. The first three subseries in this series represent specific DEC departments and groups, and they are arranged hierarchically according to DEC's organizational structure: Central Engineering (subseries 4.1) is a top-level DEC department, with CTSS (subseries 4.2) nested under it, and CRA (subseries 4.3) nested under CTSS (CRA was directly under Central Engineering for many years, but was moved under the newly created CTSS in 1994).

Arrangement

This series is arranged into nine subseries:

Subseries 4.1, Central Engineering planning, projects, and research, 1978-1997

Subseries 4.2, Advanced Technology Group / Corporate Technology Strategy and Services records, 1993-1997

Subseries 4.3, Corporate Research and Architecture records, 1976-1997, bulk 1982-1997

Subseries 4.4, Other working groups, programs, and consortia, 1979-1997

Subseries 4.5, Presentations, 1977-1997

Subseries 4.6, External consultants, 1983-1995

Subseries 4.7, Customers and collaborators, 1983-1997

Subseries 4.8, Competitors, 1978-1996

Subseries 4.9, Correspondence, 1988-1997

Central Engineering planning, projects, and research, Subseries 4.1, 1978-1997

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries consists of material related to DEC's Central Engineering department, dating from 1978 to 1997. Central Engineering was the umbrella department for the groups Fuller managed. Material includes long-range plans for Central Engineering and other Engineering groups, including the Product Business Unit, Product Creation Unit, and Systems Business Unit; product strategy plans; assumptions reports; minutes and presentations from Engineering staff meetings; research into various technology topics, including personal computers, advanced television, networks, the internet, and parallel processing; and project development records, including proposals and reports on Alpha, PRISM, VAX, workstations, and UNIX/ULTRIX. Of note in this series is material related to Central Engineering's 1993 reorganization, including meeting minutes, correspondence, and presentations from Engineering Vice President Bill Strecker and his staff. This series is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102750627 Achieving Engineering Excellence reports 1993

102750600 Advanced television research and development 1989-1996

102750622 ALL-IN-1 development 1989

102750563 Alpha development 1989-1996

102750564 Arachne development 1994-1995

102750619 Assumptions reports 1988-1994

102750626 Chairman's Award for Technical Excellence records 1996-1997

102750567 Computer-aided Acquisition and Logistics Support (CALS) 1989

102750629 Corporate strategy 1991-1993

102750610 Corporate strategy briefings 1995-1996

102750630 CPU strategy 1988

102750566 Databus research and development 1984-1986

102750574 Display technology research 1993-04

102750569 Distributed systems development 1989-1990

102750625 ECL study 1990

102750612 Engineering beige book 1989-11

102750611 Engineering commitments/POR reports 1993

102750617 Engineering long-range plans and Product Creation Unit plans for FY92 1991

102750616 Engineering long-range plans for FY90 1989

102750571 Fiber optics research 1984; 1992

102750633 High-end market analysis 1989

102750631 Industry strategy 1985-1993

102750575 LISP development 1984-1989

102750576 Mail systems development 1991

102750577 Manufacturing research 1991

102750570 Massively parallel processor research and development 1987-1993

102750579 Microprocessor development 1991-1994

102750580 Mobile computing development 1992-1994

102750591 MS-DOS research undated

102750581 Multi-chip module development 1992

102750601 Multiprocessor research 1978; 1990

102750583 National Research and Education Network participation 1991-1992

102750582 Networks and internet research and strategy 1985-1997

102750584 Neural network research and development 1989-1991

102750585 NT strategy 1996

102750586 Object technology research and development 1995

102750587 Online transfer processing development 1986-1989

102750602 Parallel processing research 1986-1991

102750588 Personal computer research and development 1981-1995

102750589 PRISM, Titan, and RISC research and development 1984-1990

102750623 Processor and I/O performance data and slides 1990-05-31

102750609 Product Business Units long-range plans 1987-12-11

102750621 Product Creation Unit strategies and key product update 1991-11

102750628 Product strategy 1983-1992

102750590 Semiconductor research 1985-1989

102750620 Senior management Woods Meeting 1992

102750568 SIGGRAPH '89 1989

102750592 Speech recognition technology research and development 1989

102750632 Staff meetings and presentations 1993-1994

102750593 Standards research and development 1985-1988

102750594 STARS program 1991

102750613 Summary report : engineering plan of record 1993

102750595 Supercomputer research and development 1984-1991

102750597 Superconductor research 1987-1988

102750598 Systems benchmarking 1990

102750618 Systems Business Unit (SBU) product/engineering plans for FY95 1994

102750634 Systems Task Force 1988

102750615 Technology Strategy Council (TSC) Woods Meeting presentations 1988-1989

102750614 Technology Strategy Group (TSG) product strategy overview 1995

102750599 Technology transfer research and development 1988-1994

102750596 TurboLaser development 1996-04-10

102750624 U.S. engineering space building profiles 1994

102750603 UNIX and ULTRIX strategy and development 1979-1991

102750565 VAX development 1984-1990

102750604 Vesta development 1991-04

102750573 Video and image technology research 1989

102750605 VLIW development 1989-1990

102750606 Wireless technology research 1991

102750607 Workstation development 1986-1990

102750578 X Windows development 1986-1989

102750608 Year 2000 preparation 1996-1997

Advanced Technology Group / Corporate Technology Strategy and Services records, Subseries 4.2, 1993-1997

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries contains material related to a DEC engineering group known at different times as the Advanced Technology Group (ATG) and Corporate Technology Strategy and Services (CTSS). Material dates from 1993 to 1997. ATG was formed as a group under Central Engineering in 1994, headed by Vice President and Chief Technical Officer Bill Strecker. Fuller's Corporate Research and Architecture group (CRA) was placed under ATG at this time. In 1996, Fuller became the head of ATG and the name was changed to CTSS. The group's main focus was to lead the development of DEC's corporate technical strategy, seek out and promote the development of innovative technologies, provide technical services to the company, and encourage the development of DEC's technical staff. These records focus on the various groups within ATG/CTSS, including the Corporate Standards Group (CSG), External Technology Group (ETG), Internet Business Working Group (IBWG), Mobile Software Business (MSB), Technical Competency Development Group (TCDG), Technology Strategy Group (TSG), and Video and Interactive Information Services (VIIS). Also included is material that documents the development of ATG/CTSS, including staff meeting minutes, department overviews, hiring plans, business plans, project proposals, budgets, licenses and agreements, and organizational charts. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102750373 Corporate Research and Architecture collaborations with other groups 1993-1994

102750374 Corporate Standards Group (CSG) 1996-1997

102750375 External Technology Group (ETG) 1996-1997

102750376 Internet Business Working Group (IBWG) 1994

102750122 Licenses and agreements 1994-1997

102750116 Mobile Software Business (MSB) 1994

102750378 Planning and administrative records 1994-1997

102750377 Staff meeting minutes 1994-1997

102750379 Technical Competency Development Group (TCDG) 1996-08-01

102750381 Technology Strategy Group (TSG) 1996-1997

102750380 Video and Interactive Information Services (VIIS) 1995

Corporate Research and Architecture records, Subseries 4.3, Bulk, 1982-1997 1976-1997

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries is made up of material related to Corporate Research and Architecture (CRA) from 1976 to 1997, with the bulk from 1982 to 1997. Fuller was the vice president in charge of this department from 1983 to 1996; it was nested under Central Engineering, and later under the Engineering group known first as Advanced Technology Group (ATG) and later as Corporate Technology Strategy and Services (CTSS). CRA's focus was on research and technical leadership and it comprised DEC's External Research Program, research labs, and various research groups, plus it provided technical support and training to all DEC departments, published Digital Technical Journal, managed a corporate library, and reviewed and monitored patents.

Arrangement

This subseries is arranged into three sub-subseries:

Sub-subseries 4.3.1, External Research Program, 1980-1995

Sub-subseries 4.3.2, Research laboratories, 1984-1997

Sub-subseries 4.3.3, Planning and administrative records, 1976-1997, bulk 1983-1996

External Research Program, Sub-subseries 4.3.1, 1980-1995

Sub-subseries Scope and Content

This sub-subseries consists of material related to DEC's External Research Program (ERP). Material dates from 1980 to 1995. Through ERP, DEC created partnerships with the computer science and electrical engineering departments of universities throughout the world, collaborating with them on research projects that would benefit DEC's own technologies and future products. DEC donated funding, expertise, and equipment to the universities, and in return received not only new technological advancements, but also a venue to market its products to students and faculty, and a pool of potential employee recruits in graduating university students. The majority of this sub-subseries consists of material related to specific universities and their DEC projects, proposals, grants, and potential future collaborations. Most universities are in the United States, with MIT, Carnegie Mellon University, and Stanford University having the most material of all the schools. There are also international schools represented, including University of Tokyo; University of Bergen; University College, Dublin; Technical University of Vienna; and University of Karlsruhe. There is also a small amount of material related to the planning and development of ERP and the associated Education Investment Review Board (EIRB), which focused on DEC's relationships with and investment in educational institutions. This sub-subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102750060 Boston University 1983-1987

102750061 Brown University 1987-1993

102750062 California Institute of Technology 1984-1988

102750063 Carnegie Mellon University 1988-1997

102750064 Columbia University 1987

102750065 Cornell University 1989-1997

102750066 Cornell University Design Research Institute and LARC 1993-1994

102750067 Education Investment Review Board 1986-1990

102750068 European Institute of Technology 1991-1993

102750108 External Research Program planning and development 1980-1995

102750069 Harvard University 1992-1993

102750071 Lehigh University 1986

102750072 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 1983-1995

102750107 New Jersey Institute of Technology 1987

102750100 Pennsylvania State University undated

102750074 Princeton University 1986-1991

102750073 Purdue University 1989-1990

102750075 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1989-1991

102750076 Rochester Institute of Technology 1982-1992

102750077 Santa Fe Institute 1989

102750099 Sequoia 2000 and other flagship projects 1991-1993

102750104 Soviet universities 1991

102750078 Stanford University 1989-1995

102750084 State University of New York at Albany 1993

102750079 Stevens Institute of Technology 1989-1992

102750080 Syracuse University 1983-1991

102750101 Technical University of Vienna 1989

102750081 Tufts University 1986-1988

102750083 University College, Dublin 1993

102750098 University of Bergen 1993

102750105 University of California 1990

102750085 University of California, Berkeley 1987-1993

102750086 University of California, Los Angeles 1989

102750087 University of California, San Diego 1991-1997

102750088 University of Cincinnati 1993

102750102 University of Karlsruhe 1987-1995

102750106 University of Maine 1989

102750090 University of Massachusetts Amherst 1994

102750091 University of Michigan 1990-1994

102750103 University of Pennsylvania 1988

102750082 University of Southern California 1986-1993

102750092 University of Texas at Austin 1989

102750093 University of Tokyo and other Japanese universities 1982-1988

102750094 University of Virginia 1991-1992

102750095 University of Washington 1983-1989

102750070 University of Wisconsin-Madison 1986-1990

102750096 West Virginia University 1992

102750097 Yale University 1988-1989

Research laboratories, Sub-subseries 4.3.2, 1984-1997

Sub-subseries Scope and Content

This sub-subseries contains material related to DEC's Cambridge Research Laboratory (CRL), Network Systems Laboratory (NSL), Paris Research Laboratory (PRL), Systems Research Center (SRC), and Western Research Laboratory (WRL). Material dates from 1984 to 1997. NSL, SRC, and WRL were located in Palo Alto, California; CRL was located in Cambridge, Massachusetts; and PRL was located in Paris, France. Almost half of the material in this sub-subseries consists of published articles by PRL researchers and article publication requests sent to Fuller for his approval. The rest of the material documents research projects and the day-to-day administration of the labs, including personnel issues, reactions to corporate restructuring, and the details surrounding the moving of WRL and closing of PRL. This sub-subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102750382 Cambridge Research Laboratory (CRL) 1987-1994

102750383 Network Systems Laboratory (NSL) 1991-1996

102750384 Paris Research Laboratory (PRL) 1988-1995

102750385 Systems Research Center (SRC) 1989-1995

102750386 Western Research Laboratory (WRL) 1984-1997

Planning and administrative records, Sub-subseries 4.3.3, Bulk, 1983-1996 1976-1997

Sub-subseries Scope and Content

This sub-subseries is made up of material related to the planning and administration of Corporate Research and Architecture (CRA) dating from 1976 to 1997, with the bulk from 1983 to 1996. About a quarter of the material consists of CRA operating, strategic, and long-range plans from 1987 to 1996. Another quarter of the material is related to groups within CRA, including the Performance Technology Group (PTG), Massively Parallel Systems Group (MPSG), Management Systems Research (MSR), Artificial Intelligence Research Group (AIRG), Engineers into Education Program (EEP), Graduate Engineering Education Program (GEEP), Internal Control Committee, and Corporate Technical and Information Services (CTIS), which was formerly known as Technical Planning and Development (TP&D). Also included are records related to CRA budgets and finances, employee hiring and recruiting, product planning, legal issues, intellectual property, facilities planning, staff meetings, public relations, and the DEC periodical Research Quarterly. This sub-subseries also contains DEC corporate materials that were likely used by Fuller in his management of CRA, including a synopsis of staff development programs, annual reports, financial overviews, and material on the Executive Partnership Program (EPP). Also included is material related to DECworld and the development of Digital Technical Journal and Digital Engineering Journal. This sub-subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102750394 Artificial Intelligence Research Group (AIRG) 1988-1992

102750400 Budgets and finances 1990-1993

102750406 Charter and mission 1984-1992

102750411 Computer Bowl '91 1990-1991

102750388 Corporate Technical and Information Services (CTIS) 1991-1997

102750414 DEC annual reports 1988-1990

102750554 DEC annual stockholders meeting 1989-1990

102750553 DEC Board of Directors 1992-1993

102750635 DEC corporate strategy 1995-1997

102750416 DEC Government Relations 1989

102750408 DEC quarterly financial reports and investments 1989-1995

102750417 DEC state of the company 1989-1992

102750413 DECworld 1990-1992

102750412 Digital Engineering Journal 1982-1984

102750391 Digital Technical Journal 1985-1991

102750418 Economic and computer outlook report 1989

102750401 Employee hiring and recruiting 1987-1994

102750395 Engineers into Education Program (EEP) 1983; 1989-1992

102750403 Facilities planning 1986-1992

102750396 Graduate Engineering Education Program (GEEP) 1985-1994

102750409 Internal controls 1988-1989

102750389 Legal records 1984-1994

102750404 Management and organizational development 1976-1991

102750390 Management Systems Research (MSR) 1988-1993

102750392 Massively Parallel Systems Group (MPSG) 1990-1993

102750399 Operating, strategy, and long-range plans 1987-1996

102750393 Patent policies 1995-1997

102750387 Performance Technology Group (PTG) 1995-1996

102750397 Product planning and financials 1983-1995

102750407 Public relations 1988-1995

102750398 Research quarterly 1989-1992

102750405 Staff development programs 1981-1993

102750402 Staff meetings 1990-1991

102750415 Travel authorizations 1991-1992

Other working groups, programs, and consortia, Subseries 4.4, 1979-1997

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries contains material related to DEC internal working groups and programs that Fuller had filed under “Internal Committees,” and external consortia that Fuller was involved in. Material dates from 1979 to 1997.

Arrangement

This subseries is arranged into two sub-subseries:

Sub-subseries 4.4.1, Internal working groups and programs, 1979-1997

Sub-subseries 4.4.2, External consortia, 1984-1997

Internal working groups and programs, Sub-subseries 4.4.1, 1979-1997

Sub-subseries Scope and Content

This sub-subseries contains material related to DEC internal working groups and programs, including committees, task forces, advisory boards, boards of directors, and forums. Material dates from 1979 to 1997. Fuller was a member of or involved with many of these working groups. These groups and programs typically evaluated specific DEC programs and strategies and made recommendations for future directions. The working groups with the most material in this sub-subseries are the Corporate Contributions Committee, which advised on corporate donations of cash and equipment; the Product Committee, later called the Strategy Committee, which approved corporate product and market strategies, reviewed and approved the budget for corporate research, and reviewed product budgets and deliverables; the SIMD Task Force, which made recommendations on DEC's massively parallel processing computing strategies; the Strategic Intent Task Force, which developed a strategic intent for DEC that described the company's long-term vision to remain competitive in the marketplace; and the Consulting Engineer Promotion Board (also called the Consulting Engineer Review Board), which created the process and criteria for the promotion of DEC engineers to senior consultant engineers, and vetted and recommended candidates. This sub-subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title, and the folder titles are the group or program names.

102750526 Artificial Intelligence Board of Directors 1982-1989

102750523 Artificial Intelligence Technology Center (AITC) 1989-1992

102750525 Benchmarking Committee 1990-1991

102750516 Benefits Investment Committees 1997

102750534 Business Performance Committee (BPC) 1992

102750521 Chemical R&D Customer Advisory Board 1992-1993

102750549 Clone Task Force 1988-1989

102750515 Compensation Committee 1992-1993

102750524 Computer Rationalization Committee (CRC) 1992

102750512 Consulting Engineer Promotion Board (CEPB) / Consulting Engineer Review Board (CERB) 1985-1993

102750519 Convergence / Information Utility Task Force 1994

102750517 Corporate Contributions Committee 1992-1997

102750533 Corporate Operations Committee 1990-1991

102750535 Corporate Strategy and Management Committee 1992

102750513 Customer Advisory Board (CAB) 1996-1997

102750544 Data Bus Task Force 1989

102750536 Education Board of Directors 1990

102750522 European Technology Management (ETM) 1992

102750537 Executive Committee 1990-1992

102750410 Executive Partnership Program (EPP) 1989-1997

102750548 Future Business / Computing Task Force 1989

102750529 Government Systems Group 1988-1989

102750510 Interconnect Task Force 1979

102750532 Laboratory Data Products (LDP) 1985-1988

102750531 Mid-Range Systems Business (MSB) 1986-1990

102750547 Pacific Rim Task Force 1991-1992

102750545 Print Server Task Force 1984

102750541 Product Committee / Strategy Committee 1992

102750542 RAD Committee 1989-1991

102750538 Senior Leadership Team 1992

102750550 SIMD Task Force 1989-1991

102750530 Software groups 1989-1991

102750543 Strategic Intent Task Force 1992-1993

102750551 Systems Task Force 1990

102750540 Technical Directors Forum 1993

102750528 Technical Leader Program Task Team 1988

102750520 Technology Community Forum 1996

102750539 Technology Context Group 1992-1993

102750527 Technology Strategy Council 1988-1990

102750546 Vision Task Force 1989-1990

102750552 VPA/SPM Task Force 1989-1990

External consortia, Sub-subseries 4.4.2, 1984-1997

Sub-subseries Scope and Content

This sub-subseries contains material related to external consortia that Fuller was involved with from 1984 to 1997. Almost half of the material is related to the Computer Systems Policy Project (CSPP), now known as the Technology CEO Council, which is a consortium of CEOs who work together to advance policies that promote innovation and U.S. competitiveness through technology leadership. DEC CEO Bob Palmer served as chairman of the CSPP from 1995 to 1997, and Fuller was a CSPP member as a senior research official. Material includes letters to government officials from Fuller, and CSPP membership rosters, meeting minutes, and meeting briefing books. Another consortium of interest in this sub-subseries is the Cross-Industry Working Team (XIWT), a group made up of organizations within the computer and telecommunications industry that was created as a project of the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI). Fuller was a board member of the CNRI. The XIWT was tasked to develop a vision for the National Information Infrastructure (NII), which was a goal of the Clinton Administration, with Vice President Al Gore being particularly involved with the initiative. Other consortia in this sub-subseries include the Computer Science Telecommunications Board, Open Software Foundation, DECUS, and DARPA's Information Science and Technology study group. This sub-subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title, and the folder titles are the consortia names.

102750518 Advanced Computing Environment (ACE) 1991-1992

102750556 Collaborate with your competitors, and win 1989

102750372 Computer Science Telecommunications Board (CSTB) 1992-1993

102750511 Computer Systems Policy Project (CSPP) 1992-1996

102750555 CORETECH 1987-1993

102750557 Cross-Industry Working Team (XIWT) 1993-1996

102750559 DECUS 1993-1997

102750558 Information Sciences and Technology (ISAT) 1991

102750560 Microelectronics Center of North Carolina (MCNC) 1984-1992

102750561 National Science Foundation (NSF) 1992-1997

102750562 Open Software Foundation (OSF) 1988-1993

102750514 Software Productivity Consortium (SPC) 1987

Presentations, Subseries 4.5, 1977-1997

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries is made up of presentations and talks from 1977 to 1997 that were primarily given by Fuller. When known, the name and date of the event on which the presentation was given is listed in each record. Many of Fuller's presentations are on the future of computing and industry trends, or technology and research overviews of DEC, which he gave at conferences, seminars, and colleges, and for clients and potential customers. Other Fuller presentations are focused on the DEC departments he was a part of, including the Office of Development, Advanced Technology Group, and Corporate Research and Architecture. These talks were mostly given internally at staff meetings and to leadership, and they include departmental overviews, strategic plans, project updates, and business and project plan proposals. Fuller also collected presentations by his co-workers, with CTO and Central Engineering Vice President Bill Strecker and DEC CEO Bob Palmer having the most presentations. There is also a small amount of material that Fuller filed as “general talk information,” which includes a mix of DEC presentations; notes, outlines, and drafts of presentations and talks; articles and other reference material; and an evaluation of Fuller's speaking style by an external communication company. Finally, the last folder of this subseries contains the presentation inventories that came with the donation. These include the presentations' title, date, and event. Fuller's original filing scheme was kept in the arrangement of this series: He filed his own presentations¬—and a small number of presentations by others or with no author listed—individually by presentation, and he primarily filed presentations by others alphabetically by their name. This subseries is In its original order.

102750112 Multiprocessors 1978-10-30

102750113 Interconnect strategy 1979-04-04; 1979-04-24

102750114 Stratton IV Engineering Woods Meeting 1979-05-11

102750115 Technical Director's Group objectives 1979-08-16

102750117 OOD/PMC Woods Meeting 1979-11-07

102750118 Office of Development budget presentation 1980-01

102750119 Office of Development meeting 1980-03-13

102750120 MCF meeting 1980

102750121 TOEM Team meeting 1980-04

102750123 Office of Development jungle talks 1980-07

102750124 General architecture talk to B. Daley's staff 1980-08-04

102750125 EBOD meeting presentation 1977-1980

102750126 Reuters presentations 1980

102750127 Strategy presentations 1983-03-07; 1983-03-17

102750128 Jupiter DECUS talk 1983-05

102750129 Forum '84 1984-02

102750130 DEC engineering, research, and competition 1984-03-20

102750131 SRC reclassification presentation to Jack Smith's staff 1984-04-16

102750132 Talk with New England recruiters 1984-1985

102750133 Bellcore talk 1984-05-29

102750134 Presentation to U.S. Congress 1985

102750135 Computer architecture talk given at IEEE International Symposium 1985-06-17

102750136 Heald Pond Woods Meeting 1985-08-14

102750137 Consulting Engineer Promotion Committee presentation 1985-09-19

102750138 Technology Management Committee presentation 1985-09

102750139 DECathlon '85 1985

102750140 Technology Management Committee review 1985-10-17

102750141 ULTRIX presentation 1985-10-19

102750142 Executive Committee review of Corporate Research and Architecture 1985

102750143 Review and restructuring of the Technology Management Committee 1985-12-02

102750144 Consulting engineer presentations 1985-1986

102750145 Future directions in computing reference materials 1985-1988

102750146 Future of computing 1986-02-06

102750147 Plant managers meeting 1985-1986

102750148 Corporate Research and Architecture long-range plan 1986-02-14

102750149 New directions within the computer industry 1986-02-24; 1986-10-27

102750150 Technology Management Committee long-range plans recommendations 1986-03-20

102750151 Systems Task Force recommendations for Corporate Research and Architecture 1985-11-20; 1986-02-14; 1986-05-14

102750152 Future of the computing industry 1986-06-19

102750153 Dean Witter Forum presentation 1986-09-11

102750154 New directions within the computer industry and Digital's contributions 1986-10-27

102750155 Future directions in computing 1986-1987

102750156 Technology Strategy Council proposal 1987-02

102750157 Paris Research Laboratory proposal 1987-03-03

102750158 Technology Strategy Council preliminary recommendations 1987-03-18

102750159 Corporate research presentation 1987-04-07

102750160 Congressional subcommittee presentation on technological trends and issues in the computer industry 1987-04-15

102750161 Executive Committee presentation on workstations 1987-05-27

102750162 Corporate Research overview and future directions in computing 1987-06-16

102750163 Executive Committee presentations on workstations 1987-06; 1987-07

102750164 Future directions in computing 1987-06-23

102750165 DEC strategy presentation 1987-09

102750166 Corporate Leaders Forum presentation on the Digital perspective 1987-09

102750168 DECworld '87 1987-09

102750169 Corporate Research and Architecture FY89 operating plan review 1988-03-04

102750170 Jack Smith's Woods Meeting presentation 1988-05-12; 1988-05-13

102750171 Officers' secretary review of Corporate Research and Architecture 1988-05-18

102750172 Consultant Engineer Review Board research job codes presentation 1988-06-30

102750173 Future directions in computing 1987-1988

102750174 MCC review and recommendations for advanced computer architecture and software technology programs 1988-08-05

102750175 Technology trends and issues in the computer industry 1988-08-09

102750176 Overview of Corporate Research 1988-09-14

102750177 DECathalon '88 1988-09; 1988-10

102750178 Parallel processing presentation 1988-11

102750179 Eagle/Raven comparisons 1988-12-09

102750180 Technology trends and issues in the computer industry 1988-12

102750181 Distributed systems presentation 1989

102750182 Power Symposium '89 1989-01-24; 1989-05

102750183 Research results and plans 1989-02; 1989-03

102750184 Technology trends and issues in the computer industry 1989-03

102750185 Corporate Research and Architecture review 1989-02-08; 1989-03-18

102750186 Future challenges and opportunities facing Digital 1989-03-30

102750187 Technology trends and issues in the computer industry 1989-04-11

102750188 National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award presentation 1989-04-21

102750189 Technology Management Education Program presentation 1989-06; 1989-07

102750190 Digital's distributed systems in the 1990s 1989-09-11

102750191 Research review with focus on Systems Research Center 1989

102750192 Corporate Research and Architecture, Low End Systems, and MCC presentations 1989-09-14

102750193 Corporate financial overview for FY90 1989-09-19

102750194 Future directions for computing in the office 1989

102750195 Engineers into Education Program proposal 1989-11

102750196 Business segment management meeting 1989-11-21

102750197 New power to engineers : workstations in the distributed computing environment 1989-11-28

102750198 Product and Technology Strategy Committee meeting 1989-12-12

102750199 New power to engineers : workstations in the distributed computing environment 1989-1990

102750200 Future business vision presentation series 1990-03-13

102750201 Mechanics of technology transfer at Digital 1990

102750202 Corporate Research and Architecture budget presentation 1990-05-15

102750203 Technology Strategy Council review of research and advanced development 1990-05-17

102750204 Athena software and services distribution proposal 1990-06-01

102750205 Corporate Research and Architecture investment and population 1990-07-12; 1990-07-13

102750206 DECworld and Corporate Research press briefing 1990-07

102750207 Technology transfer presentations 1990

102750208 EMC Corporate Research strategy presentations 1990-08-09

102750209 Bellcore corporate visit presentation on Digital's product strategy 1990-08-29

102750210 Western Research Laboratory and Paris Research Laboratory presentations 1990-09-14; 1990-09-18

102750211 From research to reality : why technology transfer is tough 1990-1991

102750212 44th National Conference on the Advancement of Research 1990-1991

102750213 University of Massachusetts at Amherst Technology Roundtable keynote address 1990

102750214 SIMD Task Force summary report 1990-11-06

102750215 Corporate Research operating plan review 1990-03-23

102750216 MPP business plan proposals 1990-1991

102750218 Corporate Research budget process 1991-02-05

102750219 MasPar investment proposal 1991-03

102750220 A review of Corporate Research 1991

102750221 Research and advanced development 1991-04-23

102750226 DEC product strategy 1991

102750227 Executive Committee review of research and advanced development 1991

102750228 Computer Systems Policy Project (CSPP) federal laboratory project 1991-06-06

102750229 National Science Resources Center Elementary Science Leadership Institute 1991

102750230 The truth about technology 1990-1991

102750231 Computers in a new age 1991

102750232 Fortune Education Summit 1991

102750233 Research review with focus on Cambridge Research Laboratory and External Research Group 1991-11

102750234 Selected research topics at Digital 1991

102750235 Making distributed systems work circa 1992

102750236 Strategic intent initiative technology team meeting 1992-01-25

102750237 Corporate Research and Architecture staff meeting 1992

102750238 Corporate Research and Architecture programs and budget proposal for FY93 1992-03

102750239 CASE vision overview 1992-03-13

102750240 The endangered innovation engine 1991-1992

102750241 Future technology developments in the IT industry 1992-04-22

102750242 Corporate Research and Architecture managers' meeting 1992

102750243 Corporate Research and Architecture programs and budget proposal for FY93 1992-05

102750244 Executive committee meeting on the Computer Systems Policy Project (CSPP) 1992-05

102750245 ACM Sigmetrics and Performance '92 keynote address 1992

102750246 Corporate Research and Architecture staff meeting 1992-06

102750247 Corporate interaction maps for FY92 1992-07-01

102750248 Corporate Research and Architecture operating plan proposal for FY93 1992-07-06; 1992-08-05

102750249 MIT Lincoln Laboratory visit and overview of DEC's research and advanced development programs 1992

102750250 Consultant Engineer Promotion Board Woods Meeting 1992

102750251 Corporate Research and Architecture operating plan proposal for FY93 1992-09-14

102750252 Sequoia 2000 presentations 1992-09-15

102750256 Core Competencies Task Force presentation 1992-09-23

102750257 Trends and futures in technical and scientific computing 1992-10-16

102750258 Digital's product directions 1992

102750259 Digital's product directions 1992-12-07

102750260 Trends and futures in the computer systems industry 1993-01-26

102750261 Overview of research and advanced development 1993-03-02

102750262 Strategic intent meeting presentations given to DEC senior leadership 1993-03-12

102750263 Overview of Research : vision, strategy, deliverables 1993-03-26

102750264 Corporate Research review and FY94 proposal 1993-04-07

102750265 Accessing university research : the External Research Program 1993-04-20

102750266 Technology context for Digital's strategic intent 1993-05

102750267 Digital's corporate strategy 1993-05-27

102750268 UNIX and Microsoft Windows NT : friends or foes 1993

102750269 National Information Infrastructure Testbed (NIIT) announcement speech 1993

102750270 FY94 goals for Corporate Research 1993

102750271 Systems Research Center visit presentation 1993-10-25

102750272 General schedule of events in Corporate Research for 1993 1993-11

102750273 The information revolution has only just begun : technology context for Digital's strategic intent 1993-11-22

102750274 The information revolution has only just begun : technology context for Digital's strategic intent 1993-11-23

102750276 Update on research engagements with product groups 1994-01

102750277 Corporate Research and Architecture managers' meeting 1994-02-08

102750278 Update on research engagements with product groups and candidate technical strategies 1993-02-25

102750279 Candidate research themes 1994-03-10; 1994-04

102750280 Discussion of Corporate Research with Systems Engineering 1994-03-16

102750281 Candidate research themes 1994-03

102750282 The information revolution has only just begun 1994-03-29

102750283 Internet opportunity talk 1994-03-31

102750284 The information revolution has only just begun 1994-04

102750285 Corporate Research and Architecture staff meeting 1994-04-11

102750286 Why DEC needs research 1994-04-14

102750287 The information revolution has only just begun 1994-04-18

102750288 Corporate Research benchmarks 1994-04-22

102750289 Corporate Research and Architecture staff meeting 1994-05

102750290 Preliminary internet business plan 1994-05

102750291 The information revolution has only just begun 1994-05

102750292 Advanced Technology Group proposal 1994

102750293 The information revolution has only just begun 1994-07-21

102750294 DEC's product strategy and Advanced Technology Group presentations 1994-09-29

102750295 1994 California general election 1994-11-08

102750296 Driving Digital's technical edge 1994-11

102750297 Making innovation happen 1994-11-30

102750298 Citicorp visit presentations 1994-1995

102750299 CSPP vision of the NII 1994-1995

102750300 Advanced Technology Group review of research 1995-01-25

102750301 The information revolution has only just begun 1993; 1995

102750302 Digital's research in emerging technologies 1995-02-01

102750303 Digital's direction 1994-1995

102750304 Mitsubishi corporate visit presentations 1995

102750305 DECUS '95 1995

102750306 Corporate research plan update and Advanced Programs Group FY96 account overview 1995-05-12

102750307 The emerging information infrastructure : the next information revolution 1995-05-17

102750308 Advanced Technology Group review of Corporate Research Group plan 1995

102750309 Digital's emerging technologies and Advanced Technology Group 1995-09

102750310 Advanced Technology Group review of Corporate Research Group research plan 1995-09

102750311 Corporate Research Group research plan 1995-10-20

102750312 Digital's vision of future technologies : the information revolution has only just begun 1995-10

102750313 Systems Business Group staff meeting on the Corporate Research Group 1995-12-08

102750314 Alpha systems futures TRW technical briefing 1995-12-19

102750315 Corporate technology strategy 1996-01-16

102750316 Corporate strategy and technology review 1996

102750317 Corporate technology strategy and Corporate Research plan 1996-02-15

102750318 Technology Strategy Group meeting 1996

102750319 Digital Unix 1996-06-04

102750320 Corporate technology strategy and services 1996-06-27

102750321 Fiat Group and Shared Medical Systems customer visits 1996-07

102750322 Xerox Networking and Computing Trends Seminar 1996

102750323 ECS technical interchange meeting 1996-07-23

102750324 The argument for high performance computing 1996-07-24

102750325 ECS technical interchange meeting 1996-08-27

102750326 Alpha overview and futures 1996-09-04

102750327 Corporate technology overview 1996-09-09

102750328 What does the future hold? 1996-09-18

102750329 High performance computing 1995-1996

102750330 What does the future hold? 1996-10

102750331 Future of information systems : technology drivers, trends, and possibilities 1996

102750332 Wildfire contingency planning meeting 1996-10

102750333 Digital's direction in high performance computing 1996-11-20

102750334 Digital's leading technologies 1996-12-06

102750335 Corporate technology strategy overview 1996-12-13

102750336 Digital and the year 2000 1996-1997

102750337 Digital and the year 2000 1997-03-20

102750338 Senior Technical Community Forum 1997

102750339 High performance computing 1997-04-16

102750340 Now that the internet has happened... what's next? 1996-04-21

102750341 Corporate Technology Strategy and Services FY98 budget 1997-05-15

102750342 Digital's strategic directions and technologies : a corporate update to TRW 1997-08-26

102750343 Digital technology overview 1997-09-24

102750344 Digital's year 2000 program 1997-10-21

102750345 The internet and electronic commerce : technical directions 1997-11-07

102750347 Presentation by Jean Bonney undated

102750348 Presentation by Wendy Caswell 1996-02

102750349 Presentation by Ralph Christensen 1993

102750350 Presentation by Peter Conklin 1993-05-27

102750351 Presentations by Thomas Gannon circa 1986; 1993-11-12; 1994-03-18

102750352 Presentation by Skip Garvin 1995-04-18

102750353 Presentation by Win Hindle 1992-09

102750354 Presentation by D. Graham Holmes 1987-11-05

102750355 Presentation by Kathy Hornbach 1993-10-22

102750356 Presentation by Bill James 1993-08-20

102750357 Presentation by Bob Jolls 1993-05

102750358 Presentation by Ira Machefsky 1992-09-23

102750359 Presentation by Lloyd Mayhew 1993-12

102750360 Presentations by Bob Palmer 1992-09; 1993-09; 1994-11

102750361 Presentations by Brian Reid 1994-02-25; 1993-12-03

102750362 Presentation by Stan Smits 1993-12-14

102750363 Presentation by Pat Spratt 1993-12-10

102750364 Presentations by Bill Strecker 1993-1995

102750365 Presentations by Bob Supnik and David Stone 1992-11

102750366 Presentation by Tim Yeaton 1993-06-05

102750367 Presentation by Jay Zager 1995

102750368 General talk information 1987-1996

102750446 Presentation inventories 1998

External consultants, Subseries 4.6, 1983-1995

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries contains material related to external consultants DEC hired to advise on the company's research and development, engineering, and product strategies. Material dates from 1983 to 1995. Consultants include Duane Adams; Andersen Consulting; Arthur D. Little; Bain & Company; Booz-Allen & Hamilton; Charles Ferguson; Robert Kahn working with the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (NRI); Edward B. Roberts working with PA Consulting Group; and Sutherland, Sproull, and Associates. The material mainly consists of presentations, reports, and correspondence that provide analyses and suggestions for improving DEC's research and development, engineering, and product strategies, and reports on the feasibility of developing specific products. The material from Charles Ferguson focuses on the competition from the Japanese computer industry. Also included is administrative material, like invoices and internal correspondence about hiring choices. Of particular interest in this subseries is a letter from Booz Allen Hamilton that outlines problems they observed with DEC's company culture that they felt created particular challenges. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title, and the folder titles are the company or consultant names.

102750496 Duane Adams 1983-1985

102750497 Andersen Consulting 1991-1992

102750502 Arthur D. Little 1995

102750503 Bain & Company 1995

102750504 Booz-Allen & Hamilton 1992-1995

102750505 Charles Ferguson 1986-1990

102750506 Robert Kahn (NRI) 1986-1988

102750508 PA Consulting Group 1992-1993

102750509 Sutherland, Sproull, and Associates 1985-1992

Customers and collaborators, Subseries 4.7, 1983-1997

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries is made up of material related to DEC's customers and collaborators from 1983 to 1997. The companies and organizations in this subseries purchased products and services from DEC, or entered into licensing agreements or mutually beneficial research or production partnerships with DEC. Many companies were both customers and collaborators, using DEC equipment and collaborating with them. The majority of material is related to meetings DEC held with these companies to discuss partnership opportunities or their customer accounts. Most customers and collaborators are American corporations, but there is also material related to the U.S. government and Chinese and Korean companies. The companies with the most material in this subseries are MasPar, Intelligent Memory Technology Ltd. (IMTL), Philips, MAYA Design Group, and MIPS Computer Systems. The MAYA Design Group material is related to a collaborative project called the Hyperfax, and the MIPS material is primarily related to the licensing of MIPS technology to DEC. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title, and the folder titles are the company names.

102750489 Adobe 1984-1986

102750491 Advanced Programs Group 1995-1996

102750492 AHOLD 1992

102750493 Alcoa 1985-1992

102750494 Allegheny District 1989-1992

102750495 BBN Advanced Computers 1987-1991

102750436 Bellcore 1988-1992

102750435 Bell-Northern Research (BNR) 1993

102750437 Boeing 1983-1993

102750438 Chinese opportunities 1985-1990

102750439 Citibank 1990-1994

102750440 Citicorp 1992-1995

102750441 Compaq 1990

102750442 Compass 1989-1991

102750443 Concurrent Computer 1990

102750444 Corning 1990; 1996

102750445 Cray Research 1985-1996

102750447 DataBox 1992

102750448 DuPont 1988-1993

102750449 Elsag Bailey 1996

102750450 Fisher Controls 1989

102750451 Ford 1987-1990

102750452 Fortune magazine 1987-1991

102750453 General Electric 1987-1992

102750454 General Instruments 1991

102750455 GigaBit Logic 1987

102750456 GTE 1997

102750457 Harris 1993

102750458 Intelligent Memory Technology Ltd. (IMTL) 1991-1992

102750459 Kodak 1984-1993

102750460 Korean opportunities 1992-1993

102750461 Lockheed 1988-1993

102750462 MasPar 1989-1993

102750507 MAYA Design Group 1986-1995

102750463 McDonnell Douglas 1988

102750464 MCI 1991-1994

102750465 Meiko World 1991-1992

102750466 Michelin 1993-02-09

102750468 Microsoft 1983-1995

102750469 MIPS Computer Systems 1988-1993

102750470 Motorola 1983-1995

102750467 Network Appliance Corp. (NAC) 1993

102750471 Network Solutions Inc. (NSI) 1997

102750472 Northrop 1988

102750473 Olivetti 1989-1995

102750474 Ontologics 1990

102750475 Philips 1990-1994

102750476 PPG Industries 1989

102750478 Raytheon 1992-1993

102750477 RCA 1984-1988

102750479 Rockwell 1994

102750480 Schlumberger 1989-1992

102750481 Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) 1992

102750482 Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) 1983-1992

102750483 Silicon Graphics 1987-1996

102750484 Sony 1990

102750485 Teradyne 1987-1989

102750487 Texas Instruments 1986-1991

102750486 Thinking Machines 1985-1989

102750488 TRW 1996-1997

102750490 United States government 1996

Competitors, Subseries 4.8, 1978-1996

Subseries Scope and Content

Material in this subseries documents DEC's monitoring of its corporate competition from 1978 to 1996. The companies with the most material in this subseries are IBM, Sun Microsystems, Fujitsu, and Xerox. There is also material related to competition with the Japanese computer industry. The majority of material consists of analyst reports and competitive analyses of DEC's competition, along with articles about the companies. Also included are internal memos and reports related to meetings DEC had with these companies, prospective collaborations with them, and strategies to compete with them. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title, and the folder titles are the company names.

102750420 Apple 1979-1991

102750421 AT&T 1984-1991

102750422 Floating Point Systems 1978

102750423 Fujitsu 1986-1990

102750424 Hewlett Packard 1988-1995

102750425 IBM 1985-1995

102750426 Intel 1978-1991

102750427 Japanese computer industry 1986-1987

102750428 Mitsubishi 1991

102750429 NEC 1986-1993

102750430 NeXT 1988

102750431 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) 1987-1991

102750432 Sun Microsystems 1983-1996

102750433 Tandem Computers 1987-1990

102750419 Valuation of selected computer industry firms 1996

102750434 Xerox 1985-1995

Correspondence, Subseries 4.9, 1988-1997

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries consists of correspondence and memoranda written to and from Fuller from 1988 to 1997. He grouped the majority of material under internal or external correspondence organized by year. He separately filed correspondence between himself and Bill Strecker, DEC's CTO and vice president of engineering; memoranda from Jack Smith, DEC's senior vice president of operations; and correspondence regarding a speaking engagement by DEC President Ken Olsen at a 1989 Open Software Foundation symposium. The memos from Smith are particularly interesting because they reflect the financial distress DEC was in, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, discussing budgets, business planning, hiring freezes, cutbacks, and the general feeling of frustration that was felt throughout the company. Correspondence includes attachments, and some includes replies. Fuller's original filing system has been kept.

102750370 Correspondence and memoranda between Sam Fuller and Bill Strecker 1991-1997

102750371 Correspondence related to Ken Olsen speaking at OSF 1989

102750109 External correspondence 1992-1996

102750110 Internal correspondence and memoranda 1992-1996

102750369 Memoranda from Jack Smith 1988-1992

Judy Hall TOPS-20 and Jupiter records, Series 5, 1974-1989

Series Scope and Content

The material in this series was created and collected by DEC software engineer Judith (Judy) S. Hall from 1974 to 1989 and is related to the design of the PDP-10 operating system TOPS-20 and the PDP-10 Jupiter model. A little more than half of this series is made up of TOPS-20 material related to the writing of TOPS-20 programs, the development of the common file system, the system architecture design, and applications terminal support. The rest of the material is related to the Jupiter computer system, which was to be a high-end PDP-10 model, but was canceled in 1983 before manufacture, along with the rest of the PDP-10 line. During development, Jupiter was also known as the 2080, DECsystem-40, and KC10. The Jupiter material consists of memoranda, specifications, reports, plans, and notes related to the technical design development of the computer, including minutes and presentations from design review and Jupiter Working Group meetings. There is also a small amount of material related specifically to the DECsystem-20, which used TOPS-20, a prospective operating system design called the New Operating System, and internal RAD proposals (Hall appeared to have been on a committee that selected which proposals to fund each year). This series is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102750763 DECsystem 10/20 system overviews 1975-1982

102750760 Jupiter console display 1980-1982

102750757 Jupiter debugging 1982

102750755 Jupiter design development memoranda and meetings 1976-1982

102750756 Jupiter functional specifications 1980-1983

102750762 Jupiter performance 1982-1983

102750761 Jupiter storage 1980-1982

102750758 Jupiter system development plan 1980

102750759 New Operating System research and development 1984-1985

102750764 RAD proposals 1986-1989

102750765 TOPS-20 and hardware 1977-1984

102750766 TOPS-20 applications terminal support 1976-1978

102750767 TOPS-20 ARPANET version 1974-1978

102750768 TOPS-20 common file system and CI bus 1977-1985

102750772 TOPS-20 development wish list 1979-1985

102750769 TOPS-20 programs 1974-1984

102750770 TOPS-20 release records 1975-1985

102750771 TOPS-20 system architecture 1979-1984

102750773 TOPS-20/VMS integration 1982-1984

Edward McDonough Far East Manufacturing Group records, Series 6, 1976-1985

Series Scope and Content

This series consists of DEC manufacturing records collected by Edward (Ed) B. McDonough, group manager of DEC's Far East Manufacturing Group and, later, vice president of manufacturing. The records of this series document various facets of DEC's manufacturing activities in the late 1970s and early 1980s – including the widespread geographical areas where DEC manufacturing facilities operated. Specifically, much of this series relates to the manufacturing plants functioning under the Far East Manufacturing Group, which managed DEC's manufacturing activities in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Japan. Types of documents in this series include manufacturing plans, financial records, manufacturing performance reports, administrative correspondence and planning, business plans, product cost reports, and photographs depicting “Far East” manufacturing facilities and McDonough's trips to survey those locations. Also included are records regarding DEC's relations with various government entities – including correspondence between DEC employees, customs attorneys, and customs officials relating to DEC's imports and exports of goods; documentation of DEC's worldwide legal structure; and legal issues regarding the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on U.S. trade relations with Japan and Taiwan and "Motorola's efforts to promote a tougher U.S. stance on trade policy." This series is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102737263 Blue books 1978-1984

102737260 Business plans and analyst reports 1982-1984

102737283 China report 1979

102737261 DEC Canada manufacturing reports 1984-1985

102737279 DEC manufacturing in Hong Kong 1976-1985

102737286 DEC manufacturing in Japan 1980-1984

102737285 DEC manufacturing in Singapore 1980-1984

102737270 Digital Equipment Corporation / RCA management meeting 1982-1983

102737266 District managers' reports 1983-1984

102737267 External Products Group business reports 1984

102737269 Far East Manufacturing Group 1977-1984

102737259 Far East Manufacturing Group actual product cost (APC) reports 1982-1985

102737271 Far East Manufacturing Group finances 1976-1984

102737273 Far East Manufacturing Group manufacturing plans 1978-1984

102737278 Government relations and customs regulations 1977-1982

102737287 Hardcopy I/O Group 1983

102737274 Indices and inventories for Edward B. McDonough papers circa 1985

102737265 Internal Audit Department audit reports 1981-1984

102737258 Kanata manufacturing plant reports 1984-1985

102737262 Manufacturing administration 1976-1984

102737277 Manufacturing administration presentation material 1981-1983

102737272 Manufacturing and operational plans 1980-1984

102737281 Manufacturing inventories 1976-1981

102737289 Manufacturing performance summaries 1977-1984

102737284 Manufacturing personnel 1979-1984

102737276 Manufacturing reference guides and directories 1983

102737280 Power supply systems engineering and business strategies 1978-1983

102737290 Printed wiring boards (PWB) manufacturing 1981-1984

102737268 Product cost reports 1981-1985

102737282 Site accommodation studies 1981

102737264 Springfield story : business in the inner city 1983-10

102737288 Terminals and small systems manufacturing 1981-1983

Ralph Dormitzer America's Cup records, Series 7, 1982-1992

Series Scope and Content

This series is primarily made up of material related to DEC's sponsorship and donations to racing syndicates during the America's Cup yacht races between 1987 and 1992, with material dating from 1982 to 1992. The material was collected by Ralph S. Dormitzer, who was involved as a corporate liaison between DEC and the American racing syndicates. Dormitzer joined DEC in 1982, working as a senior engineer and group manager for both the Desktop Interconnect Products Group and Low End Networks and Communications Group. The majority of material is related to the 1992 America's Cup and DEC's sponsorship of the America3 yacht and donation of computers to be used by the crew during the race. Included are partnership proposals, agreements, and planning records for the sponsorship and donations, plus plans for the publicity DEC would receive in return. Also included are press releases and news clippings about the race in general, DEC's involvement, and the technology used; race programs and schedules; and a DEC presentation on the technology they provided the America3. A smaller amount of material is related to DEC's involvement in the 1987 Cup and sponsorship proposals for races planned for 1988 and 1991. DEC donated two MicroVAX IIs, software, and maintenance to the American yacht the Stars & Stripes to be used during the 1987 Cup to collect and analyze conditions during the race. The defender that year, the Kookabura III, also used MicroVAX IIs. There is also a small amount of material related to DEC's sponsorship of the sailing of the tall ship Spirit of Massachusetts in the Gran Regata Colon in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1992 in celebration of the 500th anniversary of Columbus' 1492 expedition. This series is arranged alphabetically by folder title, and the ships' names are used in the folder titles to differentiate between races.

102750013 America3 partnership proposals, agreements, and planning 1991-1993

102750007 America3 press clippings 1991-1992

102750009 America3 public relations 1989-1992

102750004 America3 technology presentation 1992

102750008 America's Cup 1992 records 1991-1992

102750006 Bruce Jenner Symantec Classic sponsorship proposal 1992

102750003 Christina Group America's Cup defense plans 1989

102750010 DECWorld America3 exhibition 1991-1992

102750012 Spirit of Massachusetts sponsorship 1982-1986; 1991-1992

102750000 Sponsorship proposals for 1988 and 1991 races 1987-1991

102750002 Stars & Stripes donation and race records 1985-1988

Oral history collection, Series 8, Bulk, 1987-1991 1978-1993

Series Scope and Content

This series contains transcripts and audiotape recordings from oral history interviews with DEC employees and board members from 1978 to 1993, with the bulk from 1987 to 1991. Many of these transcripts are not dated, but it appears they are from the mid to late 1980s and into the early 1990s. In general, the oral histories focus on how the interviewee came to work at DEC, their educational and professional background, and what projects they worked on at DEC. Quite a few of the transcripts mention a book that is being put together, so it is assumed that those oral histories were being gathered as source material for the book. Unfortunately, the name of the book is never stated, so it is unknown if it was ever published. Several other transcripts are focused on the interviewee's memories of the venture capitalist Georges Doriot, who invested in DEC when the company was just getting started. Notable interviewees include Ken Olsen, Gordon Bell, Bill Strecker, Bob Palmer, William McLean, Barbara Stephenson, Win Hindle, Jay Forrester, Georges Doriot, and Bob Glorioso. The oral history transcripts and audiotapes are grouped alphabetically by the interviewee's last name, and each record and folder lists the names of the included people; there is one oral history that has no name attached to it. Among the oral histories are a few lecture transcripts, including a group from a Harrison Conference of an unknown date. Finally, signed interview agreements are included. This series is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102752949 A surnames circa 1991

102767613 A-E surnames audio recordings 1990-1991

102752968 Anonymous interview undated

102752950 B surnames circa 1990-1991

102752951 C surnames circa 1990-1991

102752952 D surnames 1978; 1985; 1991

102752953 E surnames 1990

102752954 F surnames circa 1990-1991

102767614 F-J surnames audio recordings 1990-1991

102752955 G surnames circa 1988-1991

102752956 H surnames circa 1988-1991

102752967 Harrison Conference transcript undated

102752957 Interview agreements 1990-1992

102752958 J surnames circa 1990

102752959 K surnames circa 1986-1991

102767615 K-O surnames audio recordings 1990-1992

102752960 L surnames circa 1987-1991

102752961 M surnames circa 1991-1992

102752962 O surnames circa 1987-1991

102752963 P surnames circa 1990-1993

102767616 P-W surnames audio recordings 1989-1992

102752964 R surnames circa 1990

102752965 S surnames circa 1982-1991

102752966 T surnames circa 1989-1990

102752969 W surnames circa 1987-1991

Administrative records, Series 9, Bulk, 1970-1992 1958-1998

Series Scope and Content

This series comprises a variety of administrative material—internal to DEC's staff—relating to corporate communications, operations, and finances. A large portion of this series consists of internal newsletters published by different departments, manufacturing plants, and geographic regions where DEC operated. Another important part of this series is the subseries containing the meeting minutes and correspondence of the Works Committee, Executive Committee, and Operations Committee, which held budgetary control over all of the separate product groups at DEC and greatly influenced corporate structure and policy. Finance and policy are reflected in other parts of this series as well, with corporate policy guides—including DEC's company identity manuals—and financial records, such as earnings results and balance sheets from DEC's accountants. Manufacturing activities are also documented in this series, with photographs of facilities, documentation of multiple plants' design and construction, and plans for specific product manufacturing. Other parts of this series relate to personnel events, policies, personal narratives, and training. Lastly, DEC clients and patterns of revenue generated by these clients are listed and analyzed in this series.

Arrangement

This series is arranged into nine subseries:

Subseries 9.1, Internal newsletters, 1973-1998

Subseries 9.2, Works and Operations committees meeting minutes, 1962-1968

Subseries 9.3, Manufacturing plant records, 1968-1989, bulk 1968-1981

Subseries 9.4, Customer accounts and bookings, 1969-1988

Subseries 9.5, Corporate policy guides, 1976-1992, bulk 1986-1992

Subseries 9.6, Personnel records, 1963-1997, bulk 1980-1995

Subseries 9.7, Business and operational plans, 1974-1998, bulk 1980-1992

Subseries 9.8, Financial records, 1958-1997, bulk 1973-1988

Subseries 9.9, Employee training, 1976-1992

Internal newsletters, Subseries 9.1, 1973-1998

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries contains internal newsletters published by various departments and facilities at DEC. The newsletter with the most editions in this subseries is Digital This Week, published by the Employee Communications Group within DEC's Public Relations Department. Another title that is well represented in this subseries is MGMT MEMO, which was distributed to all of DEC's managers and supervisors “to help them understand and communicate to their employees key business information about the company.” Some of the newsletters in this subseries were published by and for specific manufacturing plants, including publications for DEC facilities in Colorado Springs, CO; Salem, NH; Westminster, MA; and Maynard, MA. Other internal newsletters cover whole geographic regions, such as the New Hampshire View, published for various facilities in New Hampshire; Digital Europa and LINK-UP, both published by Digital Equipment Corporation International Europe; Ayrlines (Digital Scotland); Digitalaren (Sweden); and Digitalk, for employees working in the South Pacific Region. This subseries also contains multiple newsletters published within DEC's Personnel department, including: Digital Personnel Bulletin, Digital Personnel World, Personnel Department Newsletter, and Personnel Perspectives. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102737632 CAD newsletter and other small-runs of staff newsletters 1974-1982; 1989-1996

102737633 Corporate finance newsletter 1987-1996

102737634 DECWORLD 1977-1978; 1989-1993

102737635 Digital Europa 1973-1981

102737636 Digital leader, the 1994-1998

102737637 Digital personnel bulletin 1984-1987

102737638 Digital personnel world 1979-1982

102737639 Digital this week 1973-1992

102737640 Information management and technology directions 1990-1993

102737712 Large computer news / Large systems news 1975-1978

102737641 Leader, the 1985-1992

102737642 LINK-UP 1974-1976

102737643 Manufacturing plant newsletters 1978-1991

102737644 Marketing focus 1991-1993

102737645 Materials matters / Global logistics matters 1989-1991

102737646 MGMT MEMO 1982-1992

102737647 Mr. Clean's corner 1989-1993

102737648 New Hampshire view 1979-1992

102737711 OEM long suit, the circa 1978

102737649 Office views 1981

102737650 On line 1973-1975

102737651 Personnel department newsletter 1975-1978

102737652 Personnel perspectives 1984-1992

102737653 Regional staff newsletters 1989-1992

102737674 U.S. fleet administration bulletin 1984-1986

Works and Operations committees meeting minutes, Subseries 9.2, 1962-1968

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries consists of meeting minutes, correspondence, and administrative material relating to DEC's Works Committee, Executive Committee, and Operations Committee. In 1967, the Works Committee was renamed to the Executive Committee and then renamed again to the Operations Committee, but all three held the same functions and responsibilities. Most of the material in this subseries was created under the names Works Committee and Operations Committee, though a smaller amount of records came out of the 1967 Executive Committee. Other meetings and committees that are mentioned in this subseries include the Product Line Managers meetings and the Marketing Committee. These committees had budgetary control over all of the separate product lines at DEC. Product line managers, group managers, and vice presidents had to go through the Works and Operations committees to gain support for the products they managed. Committee meetings documented in this subseries cover budgeting and financial forecasts for all of DEC's departments, executive responsibilities, product plans, personnel compensation, business plans, and monthly reports by vice presidents and group managers. One of the meetings from 1964 included planning material for the implementation of DEC's restructuring into groups based on products with product line managers "who would feel responsible for all of the details of each computer system." This subseries also contains the 1965 Works Committee ballot, which were filled out by all Works Committee members projecting sales volumes for different products from 1965 to 1967. This ballot also contains responses from committee members regarding forecasts for estimated numbers of people at DEC, new products to be introduced, "industry position desired," and "rent or not rent." Ballots in this subseries were filled out by DEC's early leaders, including Ken Olsen, Win Hindle, Gordon Bell, Dick Best, Maynard Sandler, and Richard Mills. In 1983, the Operations Committee was replaced by three new committees: the Product Strategy Committee, the Marketing/Sales Strategy Committee, and the Management Committee. For more material from the Works and Operations committees, see “Sub-subseries 1.1.4, Ken Olsen papers: Internal committees.” This subseries is arranged chronologically.

102737616 Works Committee meeting minutes, 1962-1963 1962-09-17-1963-12-31

102737617 Works Committee meeting minutes, 1964 1964-01-07-1964-12-29

102737619 Works Committee meeting minutes, 1965 1965-01-04-1965-12-28

102737618 Works Committee ballot 1965-04-09

102737620 Executive Committee and Operations Committee meeting minutes, 1967 1967-01-03-1967-12-28

102737621 Operations Committee meeting minutes, 1968 1968-01-02-1968-12-30

Manufacturing plant records, Subseries 9.3, Bulk, 1968-1981 1968-1989

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries contains records regarding the design, construction, and administration of DEC's manufacturing plants. Facilities that are especially well represented in this subseries include two manufacturing plants in Puerto Rico and an office, administration, and engineering facility in Maynard, Massachusetts. Cost estimates for construction, building contracts and codes, blueprints, and project proposals and correspondence with third-party companies relating to the building of these facilities are included in this subseries. Some of this material relates to the administration and maintenance of DEC facilities after they have started operating. For example, the final assembly and test (FA&T) facility in Salem, New Hampshire—also known as Salem Systems—is documented in this subseries with photographs from a 1978 employee art show and promotional overviews and pamphlets celebrating the plant's history and achievements. Also included are business plans for specific manufacturing projects and documentation of facility-wide policies and performance reports. And there are a small number of reproductive prints depicting aerial views of various manufacturing plants. For more material focusing on DEC's facilities, see “Sub-subseries 11.1.1, Public Relations department records: Central files: Site affairs.” This subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102737654 Aguadilla, Puerto Rico plant design and construction 1970-1973

102737655 Annecy-le-Vieux, France plant design and construction 1975-1978

102737656 Boston, Massachusetts plant KL201 keyboard business plan 1982

102737657 Burlington, Vermont plant DP planning project 1981

102737683 Canadian Standards Association (CSA) certification program 1972-1976

102737658 Cross-facility management plans, policies, and reports 1979-1981; 1987-1989

102737659 Manufacturing plant promotional overviews 1975-1981

102737660 Maynard, Massachusetts Parker Street facility design and construction 1971-1975

102737661 Merrimack, New Hampshire plant design and construction 1976

102737662 Northborough and Westborough (Massachusetts) plants monthly reports 1976-1978

102737663 Puerto Rico facilities design and construction memoranda 1968-1973

102737664 Real Estate and Construction Organization (RECO) operating report and business plan 1981

102737665 Salem, New Hampshire final assembly and test facility 1978-1982

102737666 San Germán, Puerto Rico plant and Sam P. Wallace & Company 1969-1972

102737667 San Germán, Puerto Rico plant correspondence and memoranda 1968-1973

102737668 San Germán, Puerto Rico plant design and construction 1968-1973

102737669 San Germán, Puerto Rico plant water supply 1969-1973

102737670 Still images of DEC manufacturing plants circa 1977

Customer accounts and bookings, Subseries 9.4, 1969-1988

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries contains material relating to DEC's customers and clients, primarily created within the Corporate Accounts department. A significant amount of this subseries consists of lists of customer accounts generated by DEC's Customer History Database to analyze different patterns in revenue, location, and types of customers. Also included are reports relating to models and processes that were used in the analysis of this account data, such as the Account Driven Resource Deployment Plan (ADRD) and the Account Business and Operating Plan (ABOP). Of interest in this subseries is a transcript of an interview with Kenneth Farmer, who was the vice president of Management Information Services and Administration at Abbott Laboratories. The ways in which this transcript was titled and filed suggest that DEC conducted many interviews with customers, but only Farmer's was included in this donation. Also of interest is material that DEC sent to Lawrence Academy documenting equipment that the school acquired from DEC, including hardware checklists and a bibliography of PDP-8/I software manuals. Lastly, this subseries holds a collection of microfiche that mostly consists of DECsystem-10 contracts, alphabetized by client. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102737622 Account business and operating plan (ABOP) 1985-1987

102737623 Account driven resource deployment plan (ADRD) 1987-1988

102737626 Account performance by geographic region 1986-1988

102737624 Account selection criteria 1985-1986

102737625 Bookings and revenues by account in rank order 1983-1985

102737627 CAP accounts 1984

102737628 Corporate account performance reviews 1985-1988

102737703 DECsystem-10 contracts microfiche 1969-1973

102737629 Investment accounts 1982-1984

102737630 Kenneth Farmer interview circa 1985

102737765 PDP-8/I customer material 1970

102737631 U.S. bookings volume analysis summaries 1975-1978

Corporate policy guides, Subseries 9.5, 1976-1992

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries consists of internal reference guides and handbooks relating to DEC policies, procedures, departmental standards, and management guidelines. Examples of resources in this subseries include company identity manuals published by DEC's Corporate Identity Group and guides and policy overviews focusing on disclosures of proprietary information published by the Corporate Operations department. Also included are management guidelines written for new supervisors and managers published by the Semiconductor Operations Group (SCO) and the product group for Semiconductor and Interconnect Technology (SCIT). Some promotional brochures are filed with resource guides and briefing books for the same departments or functions. For example, there is promotional material for the DECWORLD conference stored with an internal briefing book for the same conference. Similarly, a resource guide for the Corporate Quality Group is filed with a brochure about DEC's Corporate Quality Education program, featuring quotes, images, and excerpts from interviews with Grace Murray Hopper and Joseph M. Juran. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102737672 Business agreements and third party guidelines circa 1980

102737673 Company identity manuals circa 1991

102737766 Corporate policies for system announcement, product announcement, and first customer ship 1979-1981

102737675 Corporate quality group resource guide and brochures 1988-1989

102737676 DECWORLD conference briefing book and promotional material 1987; 1990-1992

102737738 Digital program methodology guidelines 1991

102737677 Directories of in-house services and Internal Equipment Group handbook 1979; 1988; 1991

102753932 Engineering notebook requirements and safety standards for information technology equipment 1979; 1989

102737697 Engineering standards for design documentation and non-compliant products 1990-1992

102737678 Product marking requirements manual 1987

102737680 Proprietary information policies 1986-1990

102737679 Semiconductor and Interconnect Technology (SCIT) management guidelines 1989-1991

102737681 Semiconductor Operations Group (SCO) guides 1987-1992

102737682 Software specialists handbook 1976

Personnel records, Subseries 9.6, Bulk, 1980-1995 1963-1997

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries contains a variety of material concerning DEC employee events, speeches and presentations, personnel policies, commemorations, awards, and personal narratives. Included in this subseries are transcripts for speeches and presentations by Ken Olsen, Bob Palmer, and John Sims, who was the vice president of Strategic Resources in the late 1980s. There are also staff telephone directories and guides and policies for newly hired employees. Additionally, this subseries contains drafts and correspondence for a book about DEC, specifically about DEC's unique products and corporate structure. Other personal narratives consist of a series of papers titled “A Study in Corporate Cultures,” intended to show “what the Digital Culture is, has been, and is becoming in the words of the employees who have been successful.” An early document in this subseries is a pamphlet for a 1966 "Digital outing," with fun, games, and food for DEC employees and their families. Lastly, two photographic prints of Grace Hopper and a large portrait of Georges F. Doriot are included in this subseries. While Doriot was not DEC personnel, he founded one of the earliest venture capital firms, American Research and Development Corporation (ARDC), which provided the initial capital for Ken Olsen and Harlan Anderson to begin DEC's operation. He also provided guidance in DEC's subsequent activities and management. Similarly, Grace Hopper served DEC as a senior consultant after her retirement from the United States Navy Reserve in 1986 until her death in 1992. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102737684 A study in corporate cultures 1984-1989

102737685 Bob Palmer speech and interview transcripts 1994-1995

102737686 Commemorative programs 1983; 1997

102737700 DEC - excellent company : strategy of the world's number one minicomputer maker 1985

102737687 Digital telecommuting program handbook 1995

102737688 Drafts and correspondence for a book about DEC 1987-1988

102737689 Employee awards 1987

102737690 Employee events 1966; 1975; 1984-1988

102737691 Employee forums 1984

102748695 Georges F. Doriot circa 1980

102737725 Guides for managing employee transfers and layoffs 1990

102712251 Hopper, Grace circa 1988

102712250 Hopper, Grace circa 1988

102737692 John Sims speech and presentation transcripts 1988-1989

102737693 Ken Olsen presentation material 1977; 1986

102737695 Newly hired employee guides 1980; 1983

102737696 Personnel standards and forms 1995

102737698 Regional staff library charters 1980

102737694 Staff telephone directories and organizational charts 1963; 1969-1970; 1976; 1992

102737699 T-61 correspondence and memoranda 1991-1992

Business and operational plans, Subseries 9.7, Bulk, 1980-1992 1974-1998

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries consists of business plans, technology strategies, long-range plans for specific DEC departments, project reports, and plans for corporate partnerships. One department that is well-documented in this subseries is Digital Information Systems (DIS), particularly Performance and Data Management Services (PDMS) within DIS. This subseries also contains a significant amount of material regarding partnerships and agreements between DEC and Trilogy Limited, including an agreement for DEC to acquire an option to license advanced semiconductor technology from Trilogy. Other technologies and corporate bodies represented in this subseries include the E97 Data Management System, the Information Technology Forum (ITF), and the Software Services Management Committee (SMC). Of particular interest is a proposal to DEC stockholders from its board of directors calling for a vote on the merger between DEC and Compaq. Also of interest are records relating to a plan to establish a corporate archives and a review of DEC's Historical Collection Program, which is also documented in Series 18, Exhibit records. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102737713 Cabletron-Digital Equipment Corporation partnerships 1997-11-25

102737701 Compaq-Digital Equipment Corporation merger proposal to stockholders 1998-05-06

102737704 DEC archives and history program 1990-1992

102737739 Departmental opportunities in the telecommunications services industry 1986

102737705 Digital Information Systems (DIS) project reports. 1980-1982; 1989

102737706 Field Service long range plan 1981

102737707 Internal Software Services (ISWS) business plan 1982-1986; 1990

102737708 Software Services Management Committee (SMC) meetings and other staff meetings 1974-1975

102737709 Technology strategies 1981; 1987-1993; 1996

102737710 Trilogy-Digital Equipment Corporation partnerships 1982-1986

102737740 User research papers 1982-1983

Financial records, Subseries 9.8, Bulk, 1973-1988 1958-1997

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries contains financial performance summaries, material relating to DEC shareholders, and financial plans. One part of this subseries with a significant amount of material relates to product prices for authorized industrial distributors. Included are price books that list product prices for authorized distributors of DEC products and also drafts of distributor price books with notes and correspondence regarding proposed changes to prices. Early records in this subseries include earnings results, statements of income, and balance sheets from DEC's accountants dating from the late 1950s and a 1964 letter from Ken Olsen notifying DEC employees of the first annual report being issued to stockholders. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102737714 Annual and quarterly reports for the Securities and Exchange Commission 1974-1994

102737715 Annual meetings of stockholders 1973; 1981-1997

102737716 Business controls review - Europe 1988

102737717 Coopers & Lybrand financial analysis of Digital Equipment Corporation 1973

102737718 Corporate long range plan for finance 1992

102737719 Earnings results, statements of income, and balance sheets 1958-1972

102737720 Employee stock purchase plans 1973; 1977-1981; 1988

102737721 Financial results teleconference transcripts 1995-1997

102737722 Notification of first annual report to DEC employees 1964

102737723 Performance summaries and reports for Europe 1974-1975

102737724 Product prices for authorized industrial distributors 1980-1985

Employee training, Subseries 9.9, 1976-1992

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries is comprised of course material, reference guides, and records from seminars and workshops for the professional development, education, and training of DEC employees. Some of this training material was created for learning specific systems and products, such as Autonet and Sales Workbench. Other resources in this subseries are broader in scope, including employee reference guides on product management, systems growth planning, and office automation. There are also training guides for internal consistency across departments and locations at DEC, which address operational and fiscal policies. Some of the material in this subseries was created by DEC's Educational Services department. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102737726 Business controls courses and manuals circa 1980

102737729 Courses and seminars for specific systems and products 1965; 1978-1979; 1989-1991

102737727 Employee development guides 1983; 1992

102737823 Engineer's orientation manuals 1974-1982

102737728 Product management workshops and guides 1981; 1987-1992

102737730 Professional computer education series 1982

102737731 Standard disk interface/standard tape interface (SDI/STI) technology and patents course 1991

102737732 Successful growth planning : a guide to systems growth planning 1990

102737733 Tape concepts and disk principles managers' guides 1976

Product lifecycle records, Series 10, 1952-1990

Series Scope and Content

This series is made up of material that documents the lifecycle of DEC products from initial concept to cancelation. Material dates from 1952 to 1990. Included are a variety of plans, reports, and engineering drawings, including initial proposals, phase plans, project updates, pricing and manufacturing plans, performance summaries, specifications, field maintenance documentation, change orders, and design drawings. Systems with the most material include VAX, MicroVAX, PDP, Alpha, and PRISM. Also included are DEC Central Engineering Yellow Books, which contain project status reports, Mid-Range Systems Group reports, specific engineers' engineering notebooks, and system logbooks.

Arrangement

This series is arranged into seven subseries:

Subseries 10.1, VAX development records, 1973-1993

Subseries 10.2, MicroVAX development records, 1980-1992

Subseries 10.3, PDP development records, 1960-1987

Subseries 10.4, PRISM and Alpha development records, 1986-2002

Subseries 10.5, Other systems and products development records, 1952-1996

Subseries 10.6, Engineering drawings and field maintenance documentation, 1957-1990

Subseries 10.7, Engineering notebooks, 1958-1990, bulk 1978-1990

VAX development records, Subseries 10.1, 1973-1993

Subseries Scope and Content

The material in this subseries is related to the development of VAX systems from 1973 to 1993. The models with the most material are the VAX-11, VAX 8600 (Venus), and VAX 9000 (Aquarius). There is also material related to the VAX 6000 (Calypso/Neptune), VAX 8650 (Morningstar), VAX 8700-8800 (Nautilus I and II), VAXstations 100, 125 (Pearl), 300 (Agate), 500, and 600, and early VAX technology development. Material spans the initial project proposal to the closing report, and includes a variety of plans and reports, including project and technology plans, manufacturing plans, performance summaries, benchmark reports, pricing plans, product overviews, design plans and specifications, and development and review meeting minutes. Included are Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC) benchmark reports, and issues of the VAX System Dispatch, VAX/VMS Systems Dispatch, and VMS Systems Dispatch, which provided new and revised software product descriptions, programming notes, software problem statements, and responses. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102750746 Attis quarterly review 1983

102750653 Cirrus project 1987

102750654 CVAX circa 1987

102752994 Firefly memory circa 1990

102750651 KA630/MS630 1984

102750639 Performance summaries 1985-1991

102750662 RVAX 1989

102750655 TPC benchmark reports 1989-1992

102750656 VAX 8600 (Venus) announcement 1984

102750657 VAX 8600 (Venus) design verification 1981-1983

102750751 VAX 8600 (Venus) family product book 1987-04

102750658 VAX 8600 (Venus) memoranda and meeting minutes 1979-1989

102750659 VAX 8600 (Venus) performance 1981-1982

102750660 VAX 8600 (Venus) presentations 1979-1982

102750661 VAX 8600 (Venus) project plans and requirements 1978-1984

102750663 VAX 8650 (Morningstar) 1985-1986

102750665 VAX 9000 (Aquarius) announcement 1989

102750664 VAX 9000 (Aquarius) board of directors review 1985-1987

102750666 VAX 9000 (Aquarius) licensing and partnerships 1983-1990

102750667 VAX 9000 (Aquarius) memoranda and meeting minutes 1983-1991

102750668 VAX 9000 (Aquarius) overviews and specifications 1984-1991

102750669 VAX 9000 (Aquarius) presentations 1985-1991

102750670 VAX 9000 (Aquarius) pricing and profitability 1987-1991

102750671 VAX 9000 (Aquarius) project plans 1984-1991

102749988 VAX plans and reports on microfiche circa 1970-1990

102750672 VAX system dispatch 1981-1984

102752948 VAX/VMS program listings 1982

102750673 VAX/VMS systems dispatch 1985-1989

102750652 VAX-11 and early VAX development records 1973-1983

102750674 VAXstation 1983-1984

102750675 Venus Improvement Project (VIP) and Nautilus II 1984

102750676 VMS systems dispatch 1989-1993

MicroVAX development records, Subseries 10.2, 1980-1992

Subseries Scope and Content

The material in this subseries is related to the development of MicroVAX systems from 1980 to 1992. About half of the material consists of memoranda related to the development of the MicroVAX II. The other half of the material is related to the development of MicroVAX I and includes a large amount of memoranda, plus presentations, business plans, marketing plans, engineering plans, pricing reports, meeting minutes, competitor information, product forecast data, MicroVAX chip development records, specifications, and DebitCredit and Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC) benchmark reports. Of particular interest is a chronology of the MicroVAX program that shows a timeline of developments from 1981 to 1985. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102750678 Benchmark reports 1989; 1992

102750680 Chip development 1983-1987

102750679 Low-end 32-bit systems : market outlook 1983-1988 1983-10-05

102750636 MicroVAX II memoranda 1981-1986

102750681 MicroVAX Program Office meetings 1983-1984

102750682 MicroVAX Program Office memoranda 1982-1984; 1989

102750638 Performance summaries 1989-1990

102750683 Plans and specifications 1983

102750677 Presentations 1982-1983

102750684 Program chronology circa 1985

102750685 Research on other companies 1980-1982

PDP development records, Subseries 10.3, 1960-1987

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries consists of records that document the development of the PDP series of minicomputers from 1960 to 1987, with material specific to the PDP-1, PDP-3, PDP-8, PDP-10, and PDP-11 families. The PDP-10 and PDP-11 have the most material. Almost all of the PDP-10 material is related to the high-end Jupiter model, which was the last PDP-10 model to be developed before the entire series, along with the in-process Jupiter project, was canceled in 1983. Jupiter material includes project proposals and plans, design drawings, specifications, program listings and tasks related to both Jupiter and TOPS-20, memoranda, notes, and project management records. There also a large amount of TOPS-10 and TOPS-20 program listings on microfiche. The PDP-11 material focuses mostly on the PDP-11/74, code named Cerberus, and the computer it was to be an upgrade to, the PDP-11/70. The PDP-11/74 was developed and built, but canceled before it was officially sold to customers. Material related to these two systems includes project proposals and plans, specifications, drawings, notes, reports on technical developments and modifications, and memoranda. Much of this material was created by Russ Moore, who worked in DEC's Multiple CPU System Development. There is also a small amount of material related to the MicroPDP-11/53, MicroPDP-11/73 (code named Orion), LSI-11, and T-11 (code named Tiny), plus technical memoranda related to the development of the canceled PDP-X minicomputer system. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102755940 DECnet-20 program listings 1980-1983

102755941 DECsystem-10 DN87S program listings 1979-1980

102750696 DECUS 1984 recordings 1984

102750692 Jupiter and TOPS-20 program listings and tasks 1981-1982

102750691 Jupiter memoranda and notes 1981-1983

102750690 Jupiter proposal, plans, and project management 1980-1983

102750695 Jupiter specifications and drawings 1975-1982

102750706 Krypton Systems hardware 1976

102750752 LSI-11 (PDP-11/03) 1982

102750697 MicroPDP-11/53 1982-1986

102750700 MicroPDP-11/73 (Orion) 1981-1986

102750688 PDP-1 cable schedule 1962

102750686 PDP-1 program library 1964-12-16

102750699 PDP-11 architecture 1977-1978

102750703 PDP-11 Orange books 1982-1987

102755942 PDP-11 program listings 1979-1981

102750704 PDP-11/45 memory buffer developed by Fabri-Tek 1975

102750701 PDP-11/70 circa 1975

102750705 PDP-11/74 (Cerberus) 1976-1979

102750687 PDP-3 preliminary specifications 1960

102750909 PDP-8 and OS/8 V3D digital software reviews 1977-1979

102750689 PDP-X technical memoranda 1967-1968

102750779 RSX-11 1977

102750698 RT-11 software dispatch 1982

102750702 Russ Moore memoranda 1977

102750753 T-11 (Tiny) 1982

102755938 TOPS-10 program listings 1975-1984

102755939 TOPS-10/20 program listings 1981-1984

102755937 TOPS-20 program listings 1976-1983

PRISM and Alpha development records, Subseries 10.4, 1986-2002

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries is made up of material related to the development of the PRISM and Alpha RISC architectures from 1986 to 2002. The PRISM project was active from 1985 to 1988, when it was canceled by DEC management as it neared completion. Development of Alpha started soon after and was based on PRISM's design. PRISM material includes system overviews, plans and reviews specific to its operating systems Mica and OZIX and servers Glacier and Cheyenne, and specifications for the uPRISM chips. The majority of Alpha material is related to its microprocessors DC227 (EV-3), Alpha 21264 (EV-6), and Alpha 21364 (EV-7). Also included are Alpha project overviews, business and marketing plans, and quarterly program reviews, plus project plans specific to the Cobra and Sable multiprocessors and Flamingo workstation. A small amount of the Alpha material was published by Compaq, from after it acquired DEC. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102750707 Alpha 21264 (EV-6) microprocessor 1995-2000

102750708 Alpha 21364 (EV-7) microprocessor 2001-2002

102750709 Alpha memoranda 1992

102750710 Alpha project plans and overviews 1990-2000

102750711 Alpha promotional material 1993

102750712 Alpha quarterly reviews 1990-1991

102750713 DC227 (EV-3) microprocessor 1992

102750714 Mica operating system 1986-1988

102750715 OZIX operating system 1989-1991; 1997

102750716 PRISM Glacier and Cheyenne plans and review 1987-1988

102750720 PRISM SIL programming language 1988

102750718 PRISM system overviews 1986-1988

102750719 Small computer systems 1989-09-11

102750721 uPRISM chips 1987

Other systems and products development records, Subseries 10.5, 1952-1996

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries contains material related to products and technologies other than the VAX, PDP, PRISM, and Alpha systems from the previous subseries. There are a few instances where one of those systems is mentioned with regard to development of products and technologies that are compatible across multiple systems. Material dates from 1952 to 1996. A large portion of this subseries is made up of Central Engineering Yellow Books, which consist of engineering and product line project status reports from 1979 to 1982, and Mid-Range Systems Group reports from 1979 to 1988. Most of the Mid-Range Systems Group reports are related to boards and the materials used to make them. Other products and technologies include the canceled RISC processor Titan, ALL-IN-1, ULTRIX, transistors, software, telecommunications, clusters, microsystems, and multiprocessors. There is also quite a bit of material on collaborative projects, including the Nitro Program, which was an advanced development microprocessor engineering program DEC undertook with Vitesse Semiconductor; projects with Texas Instruments, and Project Athena, an experimental MIT education program partially funded by DEC. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

102750722 ALL-IN-1 information update 1989-1992

102750723 Clusters 1981-1982

102755934 Collaboration photographs 1991

102750724 Customer installability 1981-1982

102755915 DC528 chip undated

102750640 DECsystem 5100 and 5500 performance summaries 1991-06

102750726 Engineering yellow books 1979-1982

102750727 Graphics 1982

102750728 Hardware 1980-1986

102753009 IS25 instruction set 1980

102753010 ITT/COINS electronic messaging system 1985-1986

102750729 Large Systems Group Advanced Development Committee 1982-1983

102755935 Lexicography project photos circa 1990

102750730 M7142 serial video module 1978-1980

102750778 Material & Technology Analysis Laboratory reports 1988-1991

102750731 Micro Systems Development Group 1984-1985

102750732 Microware Engineering Group 1980

102750733 MIDAS product information process (PIP) database 1991

102750734 Mid-Range Systems reports and documentation 1979-1988

102750754 Multiprocessor implementation circa 1980

102750735 Nitro Program 1990-1992

102750736 Open systems 1993

102750738 Product management memoranda 1981-1987; 1994

102750737 Product Performance Program 1996

102750739 Profession-based systems circa 1980

102750740 Project Athena 1986-1988

102750741 Signal processing 1969-1976

102750742 Software 1974-1981; 1992

102750743 Telecommunications 1982-1985

102750744 Texas Instruments projects 1990-1991

102750745 Titan 1980-1984

102750747 Transistors 1952-1965; 1983

102750750 Ultra Low Cost Micro Product Program 1985

102750749 ULTRIX systems dispatch 1989-1992

102750748 VT1000 1990

Engineering drawings and field maintenance documentation, Subseries 10.6, 1957-1990

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries is made up of engineering drawings and field maintenance documentation from a wide variety of DEC products, including PDP and VAX systems. Material dates from 1957 to 1990. The documents in this subseries represent the three main phases of the product lifecycle: design, manufacturing, and maintenance/support. Drawings from the design phase show the initial versions of a product and include block diagrams, flow diagrams, schematics, timing diagrams, mechanical drawings, and assembly drawings. Drawings and documents from the manufacturing phase include parts lists, packaging instructions, engineering specifications, test procedures, incoming inspection procedures, and a drawing directory that lists all the drawings associated with a product. Material from the maintenance/support phase includes documentation of changes that need to made be to a product after it has gone into production, such as change orders and updated drawings, and documentation used by DEC's support technicians in the field, including field maintenance print sets, which were books of schematics, and field maintenance manuals. The drawings in this subseries are a variety of sizes, from letter size (A) to oversize (E), and they are in several formats, including vellum, hand-drawn, computer-drawn, bluelines, and sepia. This subseries is arranged alphabetically.

102718841 11/60 QV station assy : design drawing 1976

102718830 11/70 system expansion : design drawing 1975

102752983 180, A, B, G, H, and K series modules engineering drawings 1961-1969

102718842 2337 tester floor plan : design drawing 1971

102718843 2337 tester front panel : design drawing 1971

102718719 31" cabinet design drawing circa 1967

102718718 31" cabinet design drawing circa 1967

102718736 4K RAM design drawing 1975

102752988 5 1/4" disk drives, DZV11, VT04 display, and other engineering drawings 1970-1987

102753056 Active circuit schematics 1962-1966

102718750 Bar, frame rear : 2224 tester 1974

102718862 Bezel - sand casting : design drawing 1974

102718861 Bezel die casting : design drawing 1974

102767096 Board layout and other drawings (D size) 1969-1976

102718752 Box, card mount 1974

102718751 Box, card mount : 2224 mem 1974

102718715 Cabinet design drawing circa 1967

102718717 Cabinet design drawing 1966-08-15

102718720 Cabinet frame hole locations : DEC DC-10A circa 1967

102718708 Cabinet frame re-work TD10-A 1967

102750717 CRT displays and peripherals, and other field service documentation 1963-1968

102718714 DEC PDP-10 design drawing circa 1967

102718831 Drill and etch drawing : 5011283 1974

102718851 Drill and etch drawing : 5011283 1978

102718863 Drill and etch drawing : 5012465 1977

102718853 Drill and etch drawing : 5012941 1977

102718804 Drill and etch drawing : component side view (5012452) 1977

102718725 Drill and etch drawing : component side view (5012568) 1977

102718734 Drill and etch drawing : component side view (5012979) 1977

102718740 Drill and etch drawing : component side view (5013004) 1977

102718748 Drill and etch drawing : component side view (5013017) 1977

102718818 Drill and etch drawing : component side view (5013083) 1977

102718809 Drill and etch drawing : compontent side view (5012678) 1977

102718733 Drill and etch drawing : CS layer 1 (5012979) circa 1977

102718729 Drill and etch drawing : DWX1 UMD (5012568) circa 1977

102718721 Drill and etch drawing : DWXI UMD (M2872) component side view 1977

102718723 Drill and etch drawing : DWXI UMD (M8272) circa 1977

102718722 Drill and etch drawing : DWXI UMD (M8272) circa 1977

102718732 Drill and etch drawing : GND layer 2 (5012979) circa 1977

102718865 Drill and etch drawing : GND, layer 2 (5012465) 1977

102718864 Drill and etch drawing : layer 1 (5012465) 1977

102718747 Drill and etch drawing : layer 1 (5013017) 1977

102718819 Drill and etch drawing : layer 1 (5013083) 1977

102718741 Drill and etch drawing : M7270 layer 1 (5013004) circa 1977

102718742 Drill and etch drawing : M7270 layer 2 (5013004) circa 1977

102718807 Drill and etch drawing : M8213 GND layer 2 (5012452) 1977

102718805 Drill and etch drawing : M8213 layer 1 (5012452) 1977

102718806 Drill and etch drawing : M8213 layer 3 (5012452) 1977

102718808 Drill and etch drawing : M8213 memory control board layer 4 (5012452) 1977

102718820 Drill and etch drawing : M8237 GND layer 2 (5013083) 1977

102718821 Drill and etch drawing : M8237 PWR layer 3 (5013083) 1977

102718822 Drill and etch drawing : M8237 terminator and silo layer 4 (5013083) 1977

102718728 Drill and etch drawing : M8272 (5012568) circa 1977

102718727 Drill and etch drawing : M8272 (5012568) circa 1977

102718726 Drill and etch drawing : M8272 (5012568) circa 1977

102718811 Drill and etch drawing : M8277 GND layer 2 (5012678) circa 1977

102718810 Drill and etch drawing : M8277 layer 1 (5012678) 1977

102718813 Drill and etch drawing : M8277 MDP layer 4 (5012678) circa 1977

102718812 Drill and etch drawing : M8277 PWR layer 3 (5012678) circa 1977

102718854 Drill and etch drawing : M9043 (5012941) 1977

102718855 Drill and etch drawing : M9043 GND (5012941) 1977

102718856 Drill and etch drawing : M9043 PWR (5012941) 1977

102718857 Drill and etch drawing : M9043 SBI end terminator (5012941) 1977

102718867 Drill and etch drawing : mem backplane (5012465) 1977

102718746 Drill and etch drawing : MKII box controller layer 2 (5013017) 1977

102718731 Drill and etch drawing : PWR layer 3 (5012979) circa 1977

102718866 Drill and etch drawing : PWR, layer 3 (5012465) 1977

102718730 Drill and etch drawing : UBA backplane layer 4 (5012979) circa 1977

102718832 Drill and etch drawing : VT61 board B (5011283) 1974

102764617 Drill and etch drawings (E size) 1976-1977

102764618 Drill and etch drawings (MD) (D size) 1976-1977

102764619 Drill and etch drawings (UA) (D size) 1976-1977

102718735 DVS II-A power distribution 1977

102718724 DWX UMD (M8272) from and to paths 1977

102718707 Fan housing assembly 1967

102750780 Field service technical tips 1964-1967

102718833 Frame 19 in : design drawing 1970

102718836 Frame 19 in : design drawing 1970

102718835 Frame 19 in : design drawing 1970

102718834 Frame 19 in : design drawing 1970

102718838 Frame assy : design drawing 1977

102718837 Frame assy : design drawing 1976

102718828 Head frame, die cast : design drawing 1974

102718827 Head frame, die cast : design drawing 1974

102718706 Indicator panel for DC10A 1967

102750814 Internal field service customer reference guide 1986

102753068 KA410 and KA620 modules, TU16, TU56, and other engineering drawings 1969; 1974-1987

102755914 KB11-B and RP04 / RP05 / RP06 engineering drawings 1975-1976

102753070 LA180, VT61, VT62, and other engineering drawings 1976-1981

102753069 LA34, LA35/LA36, LA38-GA, LA100, and LA120 engineering drawings 1976-1982

102753001 LA35, LA36, CKDMV11, and other engineering drawings 1974-1988

102753060 LA36 DECwriter II and other engineering drawings 1974-1977

102718710 Logic frame layout circa 1967

102718739 LSI - II CPU design drawing circa 1977

102718738 LSI - II CPU design drawing circa 1977

102718737 LSI - II CPU design drawing 1977

102718829 Machining die cast head frame : design drawing 1974

102750776 Magnetic tape and DECtape field service documentation 1963-1967

102718840 Maintenance box assembly : design drawing 1976

102718823 MCB : design drawing 1977

102718825 MCB : design drawing 1977

102718824 MCB : design drawing 1977

102767095 Mechanical and cable drawings (D size) 1971-1977

102767094 Mechanical drawings (E size) 1967-1977

102718826 Memory control board : design drawing 1977

102753066 MicroVAX 2000 and VAXstation 2000 engineering drawings 1987

102753002 MicroVAX II 630Q, PC04/PC05, and other engineering drawings 1967-1974; 1985

102753072 MicroVAX, MicroVAX II, VAX, and other engineering drawings 1977-1989

102755910 MicroVAX, TA90, and TM02 engineering drawings 1975; 1985-1989

102718743 MK II box controller : component side view 1977

102718744 MKII box controller : 2 of 3 1977

102718745 MKII box controller : 3 of 3 1977

102718860 MKII sp. mos backplane : design drawing 1977

102718753 Modification logic box : 2224 tester 1974

102752944 Modules, DECsystem-10, and MAGSPY engineering drawings 1964-1973

102739894 Multiplex control, memory, PRS01, and other field service documentation 1963-1968; 1977-1978

102750782 MUMPS/XVN and PDP field service documentation 1973-1975

102718814 Nixie display (K415) : design drawing 1971

102761081 Parts lists, specifications, master drawings, and other engineering drawings and lists 1965-1976

102752993 PC1000-B, PDP-15, and other engineering drawings 1965-1972; 1983

102750777 PDP programs on paper tape 1966-1978

102753005 PDP systems engineering drawings 1969

102753004 PDP-1, RP04 / RP05 / RP06, and building block engineering drawings 1959-1979

102748608 PDP-10 and KA10 (D size blue line) 1965-1967