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DECUS Proceedings 1962 - Papers and Presentations
Founded in 1961, DECUS was the Digital Equipment Computer User Society, a users' group for Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) computers. Most members were application programme...
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Founded in 1961, DECUS was the Digital Equipment Computer User Society, a users' group for Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) computers. Most members were application programmers who wrote code for DEC machines or system programmers who managed DEC systems. DECUS was legally a part of the Digital Equipment Corporation and subsidized by it, but it was run by volunteers. DEC staff were not eligible to join DECUS, but were allowed (and encouraged) to participate in DECUS activities. DEC in turn relied on DECUS as an important channel of communication with its customers. The DECUS U.S. Chapter conducted technical conferences at various locations, and ran other operations like Local User Groups (LUGs) and Special Interest Groups. DECUS also promoted the open exchange of user-developed software, largely via magnetic tape. DECUS played a critical role in the development of computer games in North America in the 1970s. Major commercial game titles including Zork were first popularized by DECUS.
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