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Welcome to The DEC Connection!
The DEC Connection is an association dedicated
to preserving the unique culture of Digital Equipment Corporation by
reuniting the Digital family through face-to-face events, intra-personal and
group communications, and joint activities. We want to preserve
Ken Olsen's cultural, technical and
management legacies. We promote events of local ex-DEC clubs. Membership
is open to all former employees and contractors -
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Maynard MA 150th Birthday (Sesquicentennial)
We have been speaking with the planners of
the Maynard Sesquicentennial for which many activities have been delayed
thru Sept 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The DEC Connection made
a generous contribution towards the signage for permanent display in the
Ken Olsen Plaza at the corner of Main and Walnut.
See photos
of plan, on our website, here. You can see that the entire
3rd panel is devoted to Digital.
Here
is a recent article about the panels. There is a new book
about the history of Maynard that includes a chapter on Digital.
Info here.
The website for these events is:
Maynard 150th Anniversary – 1871 – 2021
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Reunions |
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Upcoming:
Past:
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Sat., 2 Nov. 2019,
Phoenix AZ
luncheon
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Recap from our
Summer Italian Festa in Marlborough MA at Bob Alessio's home
Sat., August 17, 2019
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Sun., 2 June 2019
Management Sciences Consulting Group
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Thu, 25 Apr. 2019, Colorado Springs
Annual
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DEC Connection Summer BBQ-Picnic on Sat. afternoon, Aug 18,
2018 in Marlboro at
the Hunters' house
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Maynard Mill get-together at the
Battle Road Brewery House was Sunday, May 20, 2018.
See the writeup and photos here.
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Sun.,
Aug. 20, 2017 Kimball's Summer Get-together
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Sat., Oct. 8, 2016 BBQ and Tour of
Mill and Main
CLICK HERE FOR RECAP and
Photos.
10/18/16 Beacon-Villager coverage of our Event
Visit "Mill and Main" online:
http://maynard.wickedlocal.com/article/20150618/NEWS/150616023
http://mill-and-main.com/
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Memorials
click on link above for details |
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Phyllis
M. DeAngelo, 84, Colorado Springs, 26 Feb 2021
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Frank P. Brown, 74, Amherst NH, 30 Jan 2021
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Octavio Diaz, 72, Stow MA, 30 Jan 2021
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Kevin
J. Sullivan,
79,
Palo
Alto CA, 28 Jan 2021
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Dick Stevenson,
77,
Woodland Park CO, 24 Jan 2021
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Bill Clark, 78, Chelmsford MA, 20 Jan 2021
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Geoff Shingles, 81, England, UK, 14 Jan 2021
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Jill McPhee, 66, Hopkinton/Harvard MA, 8 Jan
2021
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Ellen Simarano, 80, Concord MA, 7 Jan 2021
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George Newton, 80, Framingham MA, 5 Jan 2021
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Susan
C. George,
70,
Riviera
Beach FL, 2 Jan 2021
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Howard
A. Mayberry, 70, Cambridge MA, 28 Dec 2020
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Ray Michel, 79, Lowell MA, 24 Dec 2020
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Ellie Gadomski, 92, Leominster MA, 20 Dec
2020
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Frans Vandermolen,
Sebring, FL, July 19, 2020
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Charlie Scheid, 60, Glastonbury CT, 4 Nov
2019
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Helen
Krysieniel, 87, Acton MA, 11 Mar 2019
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Medicare 2021 - Materials updated
Where to Sell or Donate your old Digital
hardware
DONATING OR RECYCLING COMPUTER EQUIPMENT
It's that time of year when you may be thinking of
donating older electronic equipment to a Charity. For those who have
already done this, let us hear from you on the organizations you would
recommend. For Massachusetts readers, it has come to our attention that
there is a local cancer charity that you may want to put on your list. This
charity is 100%
run by
volunteer cancer scientists, survivors, and information technologists.
The name of the organization is
Recycle Computers4 Cancer [www.recyclecomputers4cancer.org]
and it donates all proceeds to help Cancer patients and their families
through the SMCAC (Scientific & Medical Coalition Against Cancer). They have
securely erased all data on hard drives that are donated for the past 12 years,
including major pharmaceutical companies, banks, individuals, law firms, and
financial institution. Also, all computer donations are tax deductible with
no donation considered
too small or large.
Equipment
can be dropped off or arranged to be picked up. Items accepted for
donation are listed at
www.recyclecomputers4cancer.org/items-accepted-donations-recycle-computers-4-cancer/
For free pickup, fill out and send in the donation form at
www.recyclecomputers4cancer.org/free-pickup-request-form/
The contact for RC4C is Eric Grund at
eric@smcac.org.
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VAX and PDP-11 still live!
-Thanks to
Sue Yarger for
sending in this note from the UK Register:
NASA dusts off
FORTRAN manual, revives 20-year-old data on Ganymede - Analysing Galileo's
Jovian moon results
-And thanks
to Jack MacKeen
for this gem, same source:
Das blinkenlights
are back thanks to RPi revival of the PDP-11 Retro computing fans wrap
classic DEC fascia round world's fave hobby machine
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HAPPY
60th ANNIVERSARY DIGITAL!
See article in the Telegram for pics and nostalgia. |
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HP Connection |
and
click on the link under “US Alumni Product Purchase Program”. Then
follow the instructions to register for the program.
HP Alumni also
suggests reading feedback:
There are lots of moving parts involved in HP
product discounts (and discounts on non-HP products).
Suggest you refer your members to the HP Alumni Association
pages on discounts:
https://www.hpalumni.org/discounts
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Digital_Man/Digital_World
The first PBS showing of Digital_Man/Digital_World
was 21 Feb 2012 in Indianapolis - here is a link to the 57-minute video
on their website to watch on your computer!
http://video.wfyi.org/video/2282149336/
The DVD of Digital_Man/Digital_World is no longer available. |
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