Digital Newsletter

This October 1969 newsletter from Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) highlights various applications and advancements in their computer product line. Key features include:

• PDP-14: Successful testing and deployment of the PDP-14 for controlling automotive assembly machinery, highlighting its ability to replace traditional electromechanical relay systems.
• PDP-9 & PDP-10: Reports on the use of the PDP-9 for spacecraft simulation and the installation of a massive PDP-10 time-sharing system at Dataline Systems Limited in Toronto.
• Education: Announcements regarding the "K-Series Logic Lab" for teaching industrial control and the installation of a PDP-8/S computer at White Mountains Regional High School in New Hampshire to assist in mathematics and science education.
• Scientific & Environmental Applications: Coverage of computer use in NMR research, histogram software for the LAB-8 to assist in medical and scientific analysis, and the use of PDP-8/L computers for monitoring air pollution and automotive exhaust emissions.
• Industry & Medical: Developments in ocean mapping for the Navy, the introduction of a medical time-sharing service by a Cambridge firm, and the expansion of DEC’s training facilities.

The newsletter also notes the announcement of the SCOLDS software for the PDP-15 and the installation of the first European LAB-8 lab system in England.