Description: Digital and Apple join forces to allow networking of personal computers with business mainframes by using compatible operating systems, giving them significant advantage over IBM. Kenneth Olsen of DEC.
Description: Digital holds huge convention / symposium in Boston World Trade Center for its customers and employees. Hotels booked for miles around. QE2 docked in harbor to accommodate overflow.
Description: COMPUTER SCREEN DISPLAYING TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND INFORMATION. INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE SUPERVISOR ON TRAINING OPERATORS ON NEW SYSTEM
Description: Handout tape from Sony about pulse code modulation (PCM) digital audio at the onset of compact disc technology. Visual display of sound recorded digitally as vertical striated bands.
Description: Michael Dukakis and John Kerry with Dr. An Wang at Bunker Hill Community College computer training center, where Wang donated equipment. Wang endorses Dukakis for governor. Dukakis talks about imperative for computer literacy. Presents ‘Economic Prosperity and Jobs for Our People’ program to alleviate unemployment. Tries his hand at the computer and admits he is hapless.