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On Mar 11, 2005, at 5:59 PM, Gary Kline wrote:
>
> 	PS:  When did DEC ever have a PeeCee?  I remember their
> 	11/* machines fondly; the next thing I knew they got
> 	bought out by a PC firm.
>

DEC had lots of PCs.  Desktops, laptops. etc.  Even SAMs club had DEC 
PCs.

They started off with their proprietary Pros and Rainbows, then went to 
industry standard PCs once the BIOSes had been legally cloned.  Part of 
their PC work was with Olivetti.

This page lists a few of them:

<http://h18000.www1.hp.com/legacysupport/digital/retired.html>

best
Chad