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  1. www.computerhistory.org › profile › ken-olsenKen Olsen - CHM

    Jun 14, 2024 · He also contributed to the practical implementation and testing of magnetic core memory, a key enabling technology for digital computers. In 1957, Olsen left MIT and, with funding from America's first venture capital firm, founded Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) with colleague Harlan Anderson.

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  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Hewlett-PackardHewlett-Packard - Wikipedia

    3 days ago · HP experimented with using Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) minicomputers with its instruments, but entered the computer market in 1966 with the HP 2100 / HP 1000 series of minicomputers after it decided that it would be easier to build another small design team than deal with DEC.

  4. www.britannica.com › money › Cisco-Systems-IncCisco Systems | History & Facts - Encyclopedia Britannica

    Jun 22, 2024 · In December 1984 the two founded Cisco Systems (originally written “cisco Systems”), taking the company name from the city of San Francisco. Stanford eventually licensed its proprietary software to Cisco. In 1985 Cisco sold its first product, a network interface card for Digital Equipment Corporation’s computers.

  5. www.allaboutcircuits.com › news › gordon-bell-master-architectGordon Bell, the Master Architect of Personal Computers, Dies at...

    Jun 10, 2024 · Bell joined the Digital Equipment Corp (DEC) that year and got to work on smaller-than-mainframe systems. At DEC, he designed the PDP-1 I/O system and was a key designer and architect for much of the PDP line of minicomputers.

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  6. www.britannica.com › biography › Charles-P-ThackerCharles P. Thacker | Computer Pioneer, Engineer, Designer

    Jun 8, 2024 · In 1983 Thacker joined Digital Equipment Corporation’s System Research Center in Palo Alto. There he led the team that developed Firefly, the first workstation that had more than one processor. In 1997 he joined Microsoft Corporation and established its first research lab in Cambridge, England.

  7. computerhistory.org › profile › steve-russellSteve Russell - CHM

    Jun 5, 2024 · Russell wrote his game on a PDP-1, an early DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation) "interactive" mini-computer that used a cathode-ray tube type display and keyboard input. Nothing like it had been commercially available before.

  8. www.computerhistory.org › profile › alan-kotokAlan Kotok - CHM

    Jun 5, 2024 · Kotok retired from Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in the fall of 1996 after a 34-year career. He was chief architect of the powerful PDP-10 family of computers and held senior engineering positions in DEC's storage, telecommunications and software organizations.