DEC Tech Talks

Here's a new feature we began in February 2022 -- DEC Tech Talks, via Zoom.

Tech Talk #3: August 31, 2022 - 4 pm Eastern/1 pm Pacific time

Our #3 DEC Tech Talk will be delivered by DEC Connection member Bob Nusbaum, another of our super-duper utility fielders - a great product manager. He'll speak about "High-Tech Darwinism" -- his experiences and observations of Digital from his FMS and ALL-IN-1 product manager roles. Bob worked at Digital for 18 years (plus 4 at CPQ). Discussion continues as long as everyone wants afterwards.

To sign up for DEC Tech Talks, email info@decconnection.org. Provide your name, and email address for the Zoom invite. We expect these sessions to be under an hour - 30-40 min. talk, 15-20 min. Q&A/discussion. But if you get into it, and have fun, we won't cut anyone off! We'll record the sessions.

To sign up to deliver a DEC Tech Talk, please email info@decconnection.org with your name and a bit about your Digital background and what you'd like to present.

Tech Talk #2: July 12, 2022

Our #2 DEC Tech Talk was delivered by DEC Connection member Nathan (Teichholtz) Brookwood, who worked at Digital from 1968-1978. During that time he created and coded the RSTS time-sharing operating system, and started DECnet. He will discussed the history of Digital's RSTS with emphasis on the early days. LINK TO VIDEO RECORDING OF NATHAN's TALK. Link to Nathan's presentation slides.

Tech Talk #1:  February 19, 2022

Bob Anundson, a DEC Connection member from Washington state, proposed that we organize short presentations about Digital products, engineering culture, and whatever else interests you, with Q&A/discussion time afterwards. In the time-honored tradition of Digital, he who proposes does, and Bob has graciously kicked off this series with a prototype session. He focused mostly on his Maynard experiences in Product Marketing using the PDP-11/10, 11/40, RK05, VT50/VT52, and software licensing as examples between 1969 and 1975, in the context of Digital culture. LINK TO VIDEO RECORDING OF BOB's TECH TALK. Link to write-up of Bob's experience at Digital he shared with Maynard Public Library for their Digital collection.