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Re: DEC - gone but not forgotten

Rattan Garden Furniture — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:48:09 -0000

Is this any group ???

Re: DEC - gone but not forgotten

DaveBrooks — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:01:23 -0000

Interesting ... notice that none of the examples on either page are blue; they're all red or brown or a few other weird colors.

Maybe "mcarlton504" isn't right about the pre-Compaq color.

Re: DEC - gone but not forgotten

Tschmidt — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:52:52 -0000

Had not thought much about DEC logo evolution. Came across some interesting history:

http://vt100.net/dec/logo
http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/~jo...

Re: DEC - gone but not forgotten

DaveBrooks — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:25:11 -0000

I have had trouble finding a blue "digital" logo (to use for free, that is). The red one is easily accessible online, for some reason.

Re: DEC - gone but not forgotten

mcarlton054 — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:50:03 -0000

The DEC logo was blue. Compaq made the change to the burgendy color you have here.
Worked there for 30 yrs until HP. Was a very sad day, it was. But then in the 90s the mgmt there was so out of touch with the market.

Re: DEC - gone but not forgotten

DaveBrooks — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:44:38 -0000

According to wikipedia (so I wouldn't put this in print):

Wang Laboratories filed for bankruptcy protection in August 1992. After emerging from bankruptcy, the company eventually changed its name to Wang Global. In 1999, Wang Global was acquired by Getronics of The Netherlands.

Re: DEC - gone but not forgotten

mrwg — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:41:39 -0000

Speaking of NE tech companies that are gone... everytime I go south on Rte 3 past the Wang towers I try to remember what happened to Wang. Anyone remember offhand?

Re: DEC - gone but not forgotten

Tschmidt — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:25:29 -0000

I worked in the DEC PC group from 1994 until 1998 when Compaq purchased Digital. Still hard to believe a New England institution is gone.

Re: DEC - gone but not forgotten

DaveBrooks — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:28:15 -0000

(sound of forehead being slapped and shout of "D'oh!")

I have fixed it.

Re: DEC - gone but not forgotten

Mark — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:28:11 -0000

Um, you're a little behind the times here. Yes, DEC was purchased by Compaq but then Compaq was purchased by HP. So the sentence should read "The end of the minicomputer era deflated DEC, which is now part of HP..."