1983 Timeline

|  | Information Research Services | Updated: 24 November 1997

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | DIGITAL establishes Internet connectivity. Initial e-mail, FTP archive and USENET news hub are established.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | DIGITAL launches its first multivendor customer service program, designed to provide customers -- from small businesses to Fortune 500 organizations -- with a full range of service and support for both DIGITAL and non-DIGITAL products.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | May: DIGITAL announces VAXclusters.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | May: DIGITAL ships the HSC50 controller, its first intelligent disk subsystem.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | August: DIGITAL ships the J-11 chip in the LSI-11/73 board.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | October: DIGITAL starts the industry's first remote delivery of software updates from its Colorado Springs facility.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | October: DECnet Phase IV is announced.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | December: DECtalk, a text-to-speech system that allows computers to talk, is announced.