Kenneth Olsen, who died at 84 on Sunday, was a natural disruptor in the early days of computing. At Digital Equipment Corp., Olsen’s minicomputers undercut the costs of IBM’s mainframe computers and ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In the early 1980s, Digital Equipment ...

Computer pioneer Gordon Bell, who as an early employee of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) played a key role in the development of several influential minicomputer systems and also co-founded the ...

HE was a true pioneer, but Ken Olsen was most famous for saying there was no reason for anyone to have a computer in their house. He was 84. His death on Sunday was announced by Gordon College in ...

Minicomputers were common in office, commercial, and industrial spaces, bringing computer access to the masses. It also provided local control of computing hardware. Timesharing systems with multiple ...