On Line

This issue of Digital Equipment Corporation’s newsletter, On Line, highlights the company's latest technological developments and corporate activities in early 1969.

Key highlights include:

• Product News: The introduction of the PDP-14, an industrial control computer designed to replace relay banks; the use of PDP-8/S systems for diverse applications globally, including steel smelting in Norway, spectrographic analysis in England, and scientific research in France; and the implementation of PDP-1 systems for automating model railroads at the University of Massachusetts.
• Operational Updates: An update on the company's drafting department, which uses automated systems to convert design concepts into specifications; and news that the company's total employment has surpassed 3,000 people.
• Corporate & Employee News: Coverage of employee involvement in local theater groups, a record of employee anniversaries, and details on Digital’s corporate contributions to local hospitals and schools.
• Logistics & Marketing: An anecdote regarding an emergency shipment of equipment via charter flight during a dockworkers' strike, and an overview of new advertising campaigns designed to promote Digital's computing products.