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1957
Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) is founded by Ken Olsen and Harlan Anderson in Maynard, Massachusetts.
1960
The company delivers its first computer, the PDP-1, marking the start of a new era in interactive computing.
1964
Launch of the PDP-8, widely regarded as the world’s first successful minicomputer.
1977
Introduction of the VAX (Virtual Address eXtension) series, a 32-bit architecture that becomes DEC’s flagship product line.
1985
DEC registers the dec.com domain, becoming one of the earliest major technology companies to establish an online presence.
1992
Founder Ken Olsen steps down as CEO amid declining sales and growing competition from microcomputers.
1998
Compaq acquires Digital Equipment Corporation, marking the end of DEC as an independent company.
The DEC Legacy Lives On
Digital Equipment Corporation changed computing forever. From the 1960s through the 1990s, DEC machines powered universities, research labs, and businesses when computers were still room-sized mysteries to most people. Today, we keep that pioneering spirit alive by sourcing, restoring, and supplying authentic DEC components to collectors, museums, and enthusiasts who refuse to let this chapter of computing history fade away.
We started this venture because we noticed something troubling: perfectly good PDP and VAX components gathering dust in warehouses, headed for scrap yards, or sitting forgotten in storage units. These aren’t just old circuit boards and terminals — they’re pieces of engineering art that represent decades of innovation. Every QBUS card, every VT terminal, every RL02 disk pack tells a story of the engineers who built the digital age from the ground up. We track down these parts, test them when possible, and connect them with people who understand their true value.
This isn’t nostalgia for nostalgia’s sake. The elegant simplicity of DEC’s architecture still teaches us lessons about robust system design. Universities use these machines to show students how computers actually work beneath all the modern abstraction layers. Hobbyists keep critical systems running that modern hardware simply can’t replace. And sometimes, you just need that one specific board to bring a piece of history back to life. We’re here for all of it — because someone needs to be the bridge between DEC’s remarkable past and the people keeping it relevant today.
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Trusted by Engineers
Michael Chen
Systems Architect
“Still running our VAX cluster for critical legacy processes—30 years and counting. The documentation alone saved us countless hours during our last migration. DEC understood that reliability meant decades, not quarters.”
Patricia Morrison
Former IT Director
“The PDP-11 we purchased in ’78 trained three generations of our computer science students. Even today, former students tell me it was the most honest introduction to computing they ever had.”
David Thompson
Data Center Manager
“Our Alpha servers handled workloads that would’ve required three times the hardware from competitors. The 64-bit architecture was so far ahead, we’re still using optimization techniques we learned from those systems.”
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