Digital This Week

This issue of the employee newsletter from Digital Equipment Corporation focuses on the following key highlights:

• Product Announcements: The company introduced the MicroVAX I and VAX-11/725, emphasizing its expansion into the microcomputer market with 32-bit VAX architecture.
• Corporate Updates: Management provided an update on preliminary first-quarter financial results, noting that earnings would be below expectations.
• Market Performance: The newsletter includes positive feedback from customers and the press regarding the Rainbow personal computer and the company’s new "Investment Protection Plan."
• Technical Strategy: An overview of the VAX strategy highlights its role as an engineering computing standard, supported by a network of diverse VAX systems.
• Company News: The publication covers various internal events, including Congressman James Shannon’s visit, educational seminars, employee activities like T-shirt sales, and the formation of a DECUS interest group for personal computer users.
• Promotions: A feature story explores Digital's marketing efforts to place its computers in major motion pictures and television shows to increase brand visibility.