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    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.