Digital This Week

This document is a newsletter from Digital Equipment Corporation, dated August 16, 1982. It covers various aspects of the company, including its history, financial performance, product development, employee activities, and educational offerings.

Key highlights include:

• Digital's History: A look back at Digital's origins as a small company in an old woolen mill, contrasting it with its growth into a major computer manufacturer. It also touches upon the establishment of the Digital Computer Museum.
• Financial Performance: The company's growth of over 20 percent in Fiscal Year 1982, maintaining a 10.7 percent profit level and significant investment in research and development.
• Product Development: The introduction of new personal computers, office management software, and advancements in high-performance disk storage and VAX computer systems. It also details the Laboratory Data Products (LDP) line, which is Digital's oldest end-user product.
• Employee Activities: Information about upcoming employee outings at Canobie Lake Park to celebrate Digital's twenty-fifth anniversary.
• Educational Offerings: Details on available courses through Ed Services, including PASCAL, RSTS/E application design, and software engineering. It also announces graduate courses and registration details for Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and Boston University.
• Marketplace: A section for employee classified ads, including cars, furniture, and miscellaneous items.
• Partnerships and Events: An announcement about a faculty exchange agreement between Digital and the University of Lowell, and a mention of the Boston Ballet dedicating a performance to Digital.
• News Briefs: Upcoming deadlines for articles for "Digital This Week" and information about gallery talks at the Computer Museum.
• Corporate Contribution Programs: A highlight on Digital's Matching Gifts program.