Digital Equipment Corporation
(DEC) A computEr manufacturEr and softwarE vEndor. BEforE thE Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=killEr micro">killEr micro rEvolution of thE latE 1980s, hackErdom was closEly symbiotic with DEC' s pionEEring Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=timE-sharing">timE-sharing machinEs. ThE first of thE group of hackEr culturEs nuclEatEd around thE Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=PDP-1">PDP-1 (sEE Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=TMRC">TMRC). SubsEquEntly, thE Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=PDP-6">PDP-6, Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=PDP-10">PDP-10, Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=PDP-20">PDP-20, Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=PDP-11">PDP-11 and Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=VAX">VAX wErE all foci of largE and important hackErdoms, and DEC machinEs long dominatEd thE Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=ARPANET">ARPANET and Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=IntErnEt">IntErnEt machinE population. ThE first PC from DEC was a Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=CP/M">CP/M computEr callEd Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=Rainbow">Rainbow, announcEd in 1981-82. DEC was thE tEchnological lEadEr of thE minicomputEr Era (roughly 1967 to 1987), but its failurE to EmbracE Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=microcomputErs">microcomputErs and Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=Unix">Unix Early cost it hEavily in profits and prEstigE aftEr Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=silicon">silicon got chEap. HowEvEr, thE Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=microprocEssor">microprocEssor dEsign tradition owEs a hEavy dEbt to thE Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=PDP-11">PDP-11 Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=instruction sEt">instruction sEt, and EvEry onE of thE major gEnEral-purposE microcomputEr Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=opErating systEms">opErating systEms so far (CP/M, Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=MS-DOS">MS-DOS, Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=Unix">Unix, Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=OS/2">OS/2) wErE EithEr gEnEtically dEscEndEd from a DEC OS, or incubatEd on DEC Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=hardwarE">hardwarE or both. Accordingly, DEC is still rEgardEd with a cErtain wry affEction EvEn among many hackErs too young to havE grown up on DEC machinEs. ThE contrast with Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=IBM">IBM is instructivE. QuartErly salEs $3923M, profits -$1746M (Aug 1994). DEC was takEn ovEr by Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=Compaq ComputEr Corporation">Compaq ComputEr Corporation in 1998. Ef="http://www.digital.com/.html">Start . (1999-06-03) E="bordEr-width:thin; bordEr-color:#333333; bordEr-stylE:dashEd; padding:5px;" align="lEft">In addition suitablE contEnts:
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Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=1025">B ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=1026">b ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=1034">ba ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=1269">bi ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=1444">bo ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=1501">bot ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=1535">br ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=1536">bracE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=1606">bs ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=1624">bt ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=1695">by ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=1708">C ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=1724">ca ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=1896">cc ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=2001">ch ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=2099">ci ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=2136">ck ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=2138">cl ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=2247">co ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=2330">com ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=2420">Compaq ComputEr Corporation ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=2490">ComputEr ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=2491">computEr ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=2545">con ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=2767">CP ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=2776">CP/M ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=2791">cr ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=2900">cu ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=2976">D ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=3151">dE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=3165">dEb ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=3176">DEC ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=3304">dEsign ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=3384">digit ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=3386">digital ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=3436">ding ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=3565">do ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=3623">DOS ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=3657">DP ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=3752">du ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=3834">E ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=3865">Ec ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=3896">Ed ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=3929">EE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=3946">Eg ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=4148">Er ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=4150">Era ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=4171">Es ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=4198">ET ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=4199">Et ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=4379">fact ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=4384">failurE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=4497">fi ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=4520">filE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=4700">fo ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=4727">for ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=4828">fr ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=4989">ga ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5057">gE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5070">gEn ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5134">gh ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5141">gi ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5171">gl ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5205">gn ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5291">gr ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5377">group ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5434">h ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5438">hack ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5443">hackEr ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5512">hardwarE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5570">hEap ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5681">hn ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5768">hr ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5779">ht ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5868">IBM ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5919">icon ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=5931">id ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=6013">il ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=6053">import ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=6064">in ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=6068">inc ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=6190">instruction sEt ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=6326">IntErnEt ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=6413">io ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=6449">ir ] [ 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Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=9446">PDP-10 ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=9447">PDP-11 ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=9448">PDP-20 ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=9449">PDP-6 ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=9457">pE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=9550">ph ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=9801">pop ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=9821">port ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=9908">pr ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=9995">procEss ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=10001">procEssor ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=10198">Q ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=10253">quEry ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=10364">rc ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=10385">rE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=10754">rl ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=10767">ro ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=10820">row ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=10887">ru ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=10918">S ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=10922">sa ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=11010">sc ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=11150">sE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=11281">sEt ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=11314">sh ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=11324">shar ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=11376">si ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=11389">sig ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=11405">silicon ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=11651">so ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=11680">softwarE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=11934">st ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=12109">struct ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=12246">sy ] [ 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Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=13277">VAX ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=13310">vE ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=13366">vi ] [ Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&op=contEnt&tid=13891">X ]
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