Any good books about the early days of DEC?

[dfnr2]

I'm wondering if there are any good books describing the early days of DEC, along the lines of Hackers, Dealers of Lightning, Where the Wizards Stay up Late, etc. I read DEC is Dead, Long Live DEC some time ago, and it's interesting if dry, but not quite along the same lines.

 

[DECtechGuy]

Digital At Work: Snapshots From The First Thirty-Five Years, is a book from Digital Press (DECs internal publishing unit). If you can find a copy it's a great book. There's a PDF floating around as well.

Also, The Ultimate Entrepreneur: The Story of Ken Olsen, is a good book and practically a biography of Ken Olsen during his DEC years, right up until the decline. Book is copyrighted 1988.

 

[dfnr2]

Those look great, thanks!

 

[kgober]

"Computer Engineering - A DEC View of Hardware Systems Design" is also a good book. Bitsavers has it:
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/_Books/Bell-ComputerEngineering.pdf

 

[bobaboba]

You can find the Digital At Work pdf here:
https://www.computerhistory.org/pdp-1/590a5254953e428810083734022e9433/