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About Digital Equipment Corporation

Gordon College, Wenham MA - Ken Olsen Science Center "Loggia of Technology" - in development!

Paul Allen's PDPPlanet - The Microsoft co-founder's personal site dedicated to DEC and the greatest minicomputers of all time. (Thanks to Alessandro Peruzzetto of DECItaly for pointing out this gem.)

The Computer History Museum, Mountain View CA - The original Computer Museum founded by Gwen and Gordon Bell, greatly expanded.

Remember when it resided in the MR02 Lobby?  Then a long spell on its own at 300 Congress St. in Boston.  Since its closure in 1999, several of the exhibits featured there have been adopted and enhanced by the Museum of Science in Boston.

The San Diego Computer Museum Online has nominated Ken Olsen to its Hall of Fame.

Gordon Bell's CyberMuseum for Digital Equipment Corporation

Other Neat Links

(the former DECbigband is now) CompaqBigBand

Useful Information for Job-Seekers

Link   Description
http://www.job-hunt.org/

 

 
Forbes, PC Magazine, and US News & World Report employment portal/gateway site (DEC alum
Susan Joyce is Editor/Webmaster)

Useful Info - No-Charge Directory Assistance

  • Phone companies are charging us $1 or more for 411 information calls when they don't have to. When you need to use the 411 / information option, simply dial 1-800-FREE-411 or 1 800 373 3411 without incurring a charge.

Where to Buy or Service your Surviving DEC Gear

Useful Information for Retirees

Thanks to Vince Tarbassian for updating this reprint from the December 2003 issue of DEC'ed Out.

NOTES: In the interest of conserving space the required prefix http:// has been left off all of the names.  Digital Retiree Association makes no endorsement of any of these sites.

Link   Description
www.aarp.net Association of Retired Persons
www.aarp.org/drive - Information about Driver Safety Program
www.aarppharmacy.com   - Discount mail order
www.batterysupply.com   Thomas Distributing - Battery supply
www.benefitscheckup.org   Prescription drugs programs that you might qualify for
www.buycheapsoftware.com   Cheap but legal software
www.compaqbigband.com     Information about the band
www.cyberguys.com   Computer parts new
www.dcu.org   Digital Credit Union
www.decalumni.com   DEC Alumni
www.destinationrx.com   Comparison of several discount mail order drug programs
www.donotcall.gov   National Do-Not-Call Registry
www.findanisp.com   Find the cheapest Internet provider with a local, for you, dialup number
www.ftc.gov   FTC site to report unethical businesses - go to the Consumer page and click on the "File a Complaint" button
www.google.com   When you don’t know where to look give them a word or two for a list of lots of possibilities
www.hardtofind800numbers.com   800 Numbers from major corporations
www.healthylegs.com   Support stockings
www.helpingpatients.org   Drug company assistance programs
www.idt.net/products/unlimited   Unlimited telephone service
www.komando.com   Kim Komando - computer help (tip just one “m” in the name)
www.ld.net/?lakeside   Cheap long distance telephone
www.lhh.org   League for the hard of hearing
www.medicineassist.org Two non profit organizations helping Americans use Canadian pharmacies
www.mnseniors.org   
www.rxassist.org   Details of drug company discount cards, careful there is also an rxassist.com
www.support.microsoft.com   Microsoft support
www.switchboard.com   Great for finding phone numbers and addresses – solved many problems with DRA membership list maintenance
www.tricare.osd.mil   www.va.gov For military retiree or dependent, including current, widowed or divorced spouse
www.truthorfiction.com  www.snopes.com                      Good sites to check out email hoaxes (messages you get that have been sent to long lists of recipients and sound a little questionable)
www.mcafee.com       www.symantec.com   Good sites to check out computer virus scares
     

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