1977 Timeline

|  | Information Research Services | Updated: 24 November 1997

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | March: DIGITAL announces a new mid-range price/performance system, the PDP-11/60.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | May: DIGITAL announces its newest computer, the DECstation, a family of components centered around the VT78 Video Data Processor.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | October: Introduction of the VAX-11/780, the first member of the VAX computer family.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | DIGITAL opens the DIGITAL Diagnosis Center (DDC) in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It is the industry's first facility for computerized remote diagnosis.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | DIGITAL is the first computer company to connect to the ARPAnet. The connection is made via a PDP-10.