DEC/Compaq Collection Arrives Tuesday, December 14!

Hi Everyone! The largest single remaining collection of historical DEC equipment in the world arrives at the History Center in three 51 foot tractor trailers this coming Tuesday, December 14 and Thursday, December 16th. Thanks to Compaq Corporation, this tremendous "family tree" of DEC equipment will be preserved for future generations to enjoy, study from, and marvel at. Thanks to Compaq also for underwriting the shipping of this unique collection to the History Center in Mountain View where it will form part of the Center's permanent collection. Highlights from the donation include: VAX 11/750 VAX 11/780 VAX 11/780 Eastern block clone VAX 11/730 VAX 8300 VAX 9000 LINC 8 PDP-1 PDP-4 PDP-5 PDP-6 PDP-7 PDP-8A/E/L/M PDP-9 PDP-9L PDP-10 (KA) PDP-11/23 PDP-11/40 PDP-11/60 PDP-12 PDP-15 VT52 VT320 VT100 VT100 AA GIGI Hundreds more items including tape drives, disk drives, manuals, line printers, sfotware, museum displays, &c. These items will form the backbone of a new exhibit, scheduled to open to the public in January, 2000, on DEC's many pioneering contributions to computing. I will post images of the unloading for everyone within the next few days at the following URL: http://www.computerhistory.org/events/latest/ In the meantime, if you have any questions about the donation or about the History Center generally, please feel free to drop me a line. Best wishes, Dag. -- Dag Spicer Curator & Manager of Historical Collections Editorial Board, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing The Computer Museum History Center Building T12-A NASA Ames Research Center Mountain View, CA 94035 Offices: Building T12-A Exhibit Area: Building 126 Tel: +1 650 604 2578 Fax: +1 650 604 2594 E-m: spicer(a)computerhistory.org WWW: http://www.computerhistory.org <spicer(a)tcm.org> PGP: 15E31235 (E6ECDF74 349D1667 260759AD 7D04C178) S/V T12 Read about the latest History Center developments in "CORE," our quarterly on-line newsletter: http://www.computerhistory.org/events/core/1.1/