1996 Timeline

|  | Information Research Services | Updated: 04 February 1998

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | January: DIGITAL announces the Prioris ZX 5133MP superserver.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | February: DIGITAL announces the SA-110 StrongARM microprocessor.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | March: DIGITAL announces a new release of its industry-leading 64-bit operating system, DIGITAL UNIX Version 4.0.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | April: DIGITAL is the first information technology sponsor for the 100th running of the Boston Marathon.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | May: At a worldwide customer event broadcast live via Internet audio and video, DIGITAL announces its strategy to accelerate the growth of the Internet as the environment of choice for cyberworkers.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | July: DIGITAL announces 500MHz and 433MHz versions of its Alpha 21164 RISC microprocessor, strengthening its four-year claim to the world's fastest and highest-performance microprocessors.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | July: The General Services Administration (GSA) of the Federal Government awards DIGITAL MCS the contract for the remarketing, recycling, and environmentally-safe disposal of approximately one million pounds of obsolete computer equipment from Government agencies.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | July: DIGITAL becomes the first computer company to operate an Internet Network Access Point (NAP) when it opens the DIGITAL Internet Exchange in Palo Alto, California.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | November: DIGITAL unveils the new Prioris HX 6000 series of 200 MHz Pentium Pro-based application servers.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | December: OpenVMS/VAX V7.1 and OpenVMS/Alpha V7.1 are released.