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[Acronym] for __D__igital __E__quipment __C__orporation
-They made VAX machines during the 1980'
s (and 70's maybe?)
which were widely used - both
WaikatoUniversity and CanterburyUniversity still have VAX mainframes in service. VAXs normally run the [VMS] operating system with Digital's Command Language (DCL) as the [CLI] (As pointed out by zcat(1)). They can also run unix.
+Produced the famous [PDP11] machines which saw widespread use in the 1970s.
They made VAX machines, first as [PDP11]
s running exotic MicroCode then as an architecture in their own right,
which were widely used during the 1980's. Both
WaikatoUniversity and CanterburyUniversity still have VAX mainframes in service. VAXs normally run the [VMS] operating system with Digital's Command Language (DCL) as the [CLI] (As pointed out by zcat(1)). They can also run unix.
Also made [Alpha] machines.
DEC were eventually bought out by [Compaq].
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