The Reading Museum's exhibition commemorates over 60 years since DEC opened its UK office in 1964, showcasing a variety of hardware, including PDP and VAX machines. Though DEC was a significant player in the computing industry during its peak, it eventually declined in the 1990s due to detrimental business decisions. The exhibition features a timeline, historical quotes, and even some non-operational machinery on loan. Despite these challenges, there are ongoing discussions to occasionally operate some of the historic machines, attracting nostalgia and interest in DEC's influential past.
The exhibition occupies much of the Sir John Madejski Art Gallery, featuring hardware from PDP racks to VAX machines, showcasing DEC's significant technological contributions.
The once-mighty tech giant DEC ultimately faded due to poor business decisions in the 1990s, illustrating how swiftly fortunes can shift in the tech industry.
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