Digital This Week

This document is the December 20, 1982 issue of "Digital This Week," a publication for Digital Equipment Corporation employees in the Greater Maynard area. The front page features a holiday greeting from the President, Ken Olsen, wishing readers joy, peace, and good health for the holidays and the New Year.

The interior pages provide various updates and information relevant to employees, including:

• Commuter Corner: Listings of available carpools and vanpools for various routes.
• Plan for a healthy and happy holiday: Advice from the Employee Assistance Program on managing holiday blues, dealing with loss, and the impact of food and drink on mood. It also includes tips on highway safety and responsible alcohol consumption.
• Personal computers offered to employees at substantial discount: Information on a special offer for employees to purchase Digital personal computers, VT180 and other packages, at a discounted price.
• Digital announces worksheet calculator for VAX systems: Introduction of VAX-11 DECalc, a new software package for financial and business applications.
• Salary reviews to start again in April: Announcement regarding the reinstatement of salary actions.
• Educational Services cited by Presidential Task Force: Recognition of Digital's contribution to the Oxford, Mass. school system's computer training program.
• Three training groups consolidate and reorganize: Information about the consolidation of Corporate Employee Development and Office Education into Digital Management Education (DME) and Office Automation.
• Ski Club expands trip program: Announcement of the ski club's expanded winter trip offerings.
• The Marketplace: A comprehensive classifieds section featuring listings for appliances, cars, furniture, electronics, sporting goods, and various other items. It also includes "Roomsmates" and "Rentals" sections.
• Office Automation group announces new curriculum: Details on new courses for DECword, a word processing software.
• Export Services presentation available: Information about a free presentation on U.S. export regulations.
• News Briefs: Short articles on various topics including publication deadlines, suggestion boxes, Computer Club activities, NTN training information, stock supplementary contributions, driver safety at crosswalks, DECarolers performances, Metpay holiday schedules, and a blood drive.
• Courses for U. Mass Videotape Program: A list of graduate and undergraduate courses offered via videotape for the spring 1983 semester.
• Worcester Polytechnic Institute graduate courses and registration information: Details on graduate courses in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering offered at Acton/Boxboro High School.
• Spring registration schedule announced: Dates and locations for spring 1983 registration for various educational programs.
• Clark University MBA Program: Information about MBA program representatives visiting the PKO cafeteria.
• Magazine profiles GIGI: A brief mention of a magazine feature on the GIGI graphics terminal.
• Offerings from Ed Services Seminars: Information on upcoming seminars such as "PASCAL as a Second Language," "Introduction to Office Automation," "Advanced Datatrieve Applications," "VAX/VMS System Performance Management," "Local Area Networks - A Practical Approach," "Introduction to Datatrieve-11," and "Networking: Design and Implementation of Computer Communications Networks."
• Alcohol awareness program begins: Announcement of an eight-part film series on "Alcohol and the Family."
• Tewksbury sponsors JA company: Information about Tewksbury's sponsorship of a Junior Achievement company.
• Ticket Sales: Listings for upcoming events like the Bruins game and Disney's "Great Ice Odyssey," as well as the Boston Camping, Travel and Trailer Show.
• College Information Symposium held Jan. 4: Announcement of a symposium where college representatives will be available to answer questions.
• New book examines campus computing strategies: Information on a new book available from Digital Press.