Digital Equipment Corporation Newsletter

This January 1970 newsletter from the Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) highlights the company's latest computing innovations and various customer applications for their hardware. The cover story features the introduction of the new 16-bit PDP-11 computer, designed to complement existing lines with advanced features like a high-speed "Unibus" and flexible modular architecture.

The newsletter also covers a broad range of industry-specific implementations for DEC equipment, including:

• Scientific and Research: Automation research in the U.K. using the PDP-10, an analytical chemistry robot (AutoChemist) driven by the PDP-12, and a physics project at Attleboro High School using the PDP-8/I.
• Industrial and Utility: A Dutch study on computer-controlling electrical power supply networks using the PDP-7, and the development of an Automated Runway Visibility System using the PDP-8/L.
• Business and Data Processing: The launch of the KEY-EDIT system for data preparation, a "simple" business computer package from Data Processing International, and a new inventory control system from Data Architects.
• Technical Notes: The newsletter includes a "Design Notebook" entry on interfacing a servo-shaft encoder and details on a Braille terminal built with DEC modules to assist the visually impaired.