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1961:
DECUS, the DIGITAL Computer Users
Society, meets for the first time at Hanscom
Field in Bedford, Massachusetts. |
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September
1962:
The PDP-1 operating system, the world's first
timesharing system, is written by engineers at
MIT and BBN for the PDP-1. |
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1964:
Tops 10 is developed as the major user software
interface for Digital's 36-bit machines. |
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1968:
EDUsystems are introduced. |
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1969:
FOCAL version 1.0 is issued. |
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1970:
MUMPS software for the PDP-15 is
introduced. |
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1971:
RSTS-11, a timesharing operating system for
the PDP-11, is introduced. |
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May
1973:
RSX-11D, a real-time operating system for
online data acquisition, monitoring and control
on the PDP-11, is introduced. |
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July
1973:
RT-11, a real-time operating system for
monitoring and control, is introduced. |
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September
1973:
DIGITAL develops DEC Data Communications
Message Protocol (DDCMP) as a standard for its
future computer-to-computer communications. |
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1974:
RSX-11M, a real-time operating system for
online control, is introduced for use on the
PDP-11. |
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January
1976:
TOPS-20, a new virtual memory operating
system, is introduced for use with the
DECSYSTEM-20. |
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February
1978:
V1.0 of the VMS operating system ships. |
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February
1980:
Introduction of DECnet Phase III -- the most advanced
networking in the computer industry. |
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April
1980:
VMS version 2.0 is released. |
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October
1981:
VAX information architecture is introduced. |
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April
1982:
VMS V3 ships. |
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May
1982:
ALL-IN-1, a new concept in integrated
office software is introduced. |
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October
1983:
DECnet Phase IV is announced. |
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December
1983:
DECtalk, a text-to-speech system that
allows computers to talk, is announced. |
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April
1984:
DIGITAL announces the Rdb relational database
management system. |
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June
1984:
DIGITAL introduces ULTRIX-32, the first native UNIX
from DIGITAL for the VAX family of systems. |
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September
1984:
VMS V4 ships. |
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January
1985:
DIGITAL introduces VAX ACMS (Application, Control and
Management System). |
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1985:
VMS V4.4 ships. |
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January
1988:
DIGITAL extends its Network Applications
Support
(NAS) facilities to integrate MS-DOS, OS/2 and
UNIX systems into the open DECnet/OSI network
environment. |
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April
1988:
VMS V5 is released. |
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July
1988:
DECtp is introduced. |
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January
1989:
DIGITAL announces DECwindows in VMS V5.2. The new
version of the famous operating system is part of
the broadest set of desktop solutions announced by DIGITAL to
date. |
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October
1990:
DIGITAL announces its commitment to open
standards for VMS. |
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October
1990:
VMS V5.4 ships. |
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June
1991:
DIGITAL introduces DECnet Phase V, which supports OSI
standards and networks of essentially unlimited
size. |
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September
1991:
The industry's first implementation of an object
request broker is shipped under the name Application
Control Architecture (ACA) services. |
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November
1991:
DIGITAL releases VMS V5.5. |
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November
1991:
DIGITAL and Microsoft announce an alliance
allowing Microsoft Windows to retrieve and
exchange data with local area network servers
running DIGITAL PATHWORKS software. |
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November
1992:
DIGITAL releases OpenVMS/AXP V1.0 as part of its Alpha
family of products. |
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March
1993:
DIGITAL ships OSF/1 UNIX for Alpha Systems. |
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June
1993:
DIGITAL ships OpenVMS/VAX V6.0. |
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September
1993:
DIGITAL and Microsoft ship the Windows
NT
operating system for Alpha systems. |
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April
- May 1994:
DIGITAL ships OpenVMS/VAX V6.1 and
OpenVMS/Alpha V6.1. |
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August
1994:
OSF/1 V 3.0 ships. |
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March
1995:
DIGITAL ships the industry's first commercial
high-performance Fortran compiler in DEC
Fortran 90. |
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May
1995:
DIGITAL announces the Affinity Program for OpenVMS. The Program helps customers implement the complementary
strengths of OpenVMS and Windows NT. |
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May
- June 1995:
DIGITAL releases OpenVMS/VAX V6.2 and
OpenVMS/Alpha V6.2. |
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November
1995:
DIGITAL introduces FX!32. |
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December
1995:
OpenVMS/VAX V7.0 and OpenVMS/Alpha
V7.0 are
released. |
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March
1996:
DIGITAL announces a new release of its
industry-leading 64-bit operating system, DIGITAL
UNIX
Version 4.0. |
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December
1996:
OpenVMS/VAX V7.1 and OpenVMS/Alpha
V7.1 are
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