On Line

This issue of Digital Equipment Corporation's company newsletter, On Line, highlights company operations, expansion, and personnel news at the close of 1969. Key topics include:

• Operational Successes: A report on how a Digital INDAC-8 system survived a severe shipping mishap to perform successfully at a demonstration in Houston.
• Manufacturing Overview: An interview with Vice President for Manufacturing Pete Kaufmann, detailing the company's shift toward decentralization, increased in-house production, and new facility openings in Leominster, Westfield, and Westminster to keep pace with rapid growth.
• Organizational Changes: The Maynard Module Group is transitioning from high-volume production to serving as a "proving ground" for new, more complex modules and production techniques.
• Diagnostic Programming: An overview of the "Dial M for MAINDEC" group, responsible for creating software to test and diagnose computer systems.
• Service & Marketing: Updates on the Carleton Place Repair Depot in Canada and the formation of a new Physics Marketing Group to support research applications.
• Personnel & Anecdotes: Announcements regarding various promotions and appointments, alongside lighthearted stories about a corporate gift of apples to Puerto Rico and a humorous incident involving an employee who accidentally shot a baboon while hunting.