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DIGITAL
establishes Internet connectivity. Initial
e-mail, FTP archive and USENET news hub are
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![](photos/mcsmac.jpg) |
DIGITAL launches
its first multivendor customer service program,
designed to provide customers -- from small
businesses to Fortune 500 organizations -- with a
full range of service and support for both
DIGITAL and non-DIGITAL products. |
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![](photos/vaxcluster-t.jpg) |
May:
DIGITAL announces VAXclusters. |
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![](photos/hsc50-t.jpg) |
May:
DIGITAL ships the HSC50 controller, its first
intelligent disk subsystem. |
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![](photos/lsi11-73-t.jpg) |
August:
DIGITAL ships the J-11 chip in the LSI-11/73 board. |
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![](photos/softwaredelivery.jpg) |
October:
DIGITAL starts the industry's first
remote delivery of software updates from its
Colorado Springs facility. |
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![](photos/decnetiv-t.jpg) |
October:
DECnet Phase IV is announced. |
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![](photos/dectalk-t.jpg) |
December:
DECtalk, a text-to-speech system that
allows computers to talk, is announced. |