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DECpc

{{Short description|Series of computers by Digital Equipment Corporation}}

{{pic|DECpc wordmark.svg|DECpc wordmark}}

DECpc was a wide-ranging family of desktop computers, laptops, servers, and workstations sold by Digital Equipment Corporation. The vast majority in the family are based on x86 processors, although the APX 150 uses DEC's own Alpha processor. The line was DEC's first big break into the IBM PC compatible market.{{cite journal | last=Darrow | first=Barbara | date=May 27, 1991 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YlAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA23 | title=DEC Attempts to Crack PC Market | journal=InfoWorld | publisher=IDG Publications | volume=13 | issue=21 | page=23 | via=Google Books}}

Some entries in the desktop DECpc range were built by Olivetti S.p.A. and Tandy Corporation.

Line-up

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; Explanatory notes

: {{dagger|alt=upgradable}} Upgradable with snap-in processor/cache daughtercard

: {{double-dagger|alt=apm}} Advanced Power Management–compliant

=Desktops=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Model

! Processor

! Clock speed

! Form factor

! Drive bays

! Bus architecture

! Expansion slots

! Date introduced

|320sx LP

|386SX

|20

|Small-form-factor desktop

|1 × 5.25-in
3 × 3.5-in (2 internal)

|ISA

|

| {{date table sorting|1992|4}}

|325sx LP

|386SX

|25

|Small-form-factor desktop

|1 × 5.25-in
3 × 3.5-in (2 internal)

|ISA

|

| {{date table sorting|1992|4}}

|333sx LP

|386SX

|33

|Small-form-factor desktop

|1 × 5.25-in
3 × 3.5-in (2 internal)

|ISA, VLB

|

|{{date table sorting|1992|11}}

|340dx LP

|386DX{{dagger|alt=upgradable}}

|40

|Small-form-factor desktop

|1 × 5.25-in
3 × 3.5-in (2 internal)

|ISA, VLB

|

|{{date table sorting|1992|11}}

|425sx LP

|486SX{{dagger|alt=upgradable}}

|25

|Small-form-factor desktop

|1 × 5.25-in
3 × 3.5-in (2 internal)

|ISA, VLB

|

|{{date table sorting|1992|11}}

|433dx LP

|486DX{{dagger|alt=upgradable}}

|33

|Small-form-factor desktop

|1 × 5.25-in
3 × 3.5-in (2 internal)

|ISA, VLB

|

|{{date table sorting|1992|11}}

|450d2 LP

|486DX2{{dagger|alt=upgradable}}

|50

|Small-form-factor desktop

|1 × 5.25-in
3 × 3.5-in (2 internal)

|ISA, VLB

|

|{{date table sorting|1992|11}}

|466d2 LP

|486DX2{{dagger|alt=upgradable}}

|66

|Small-form-factor desktop

|1 × 5.25-in
3 × 3.5-in (2 internal)

|ISA, VLB

|

|{{date table sorting|1992|11}}

|LPv 425sx

|486DX{{dagger|alt=upgradable}}

|25

|Small-form-factor desktop

|1 × 5.25-in
3 × 3.5-in (2 internal)

|ISA, VLB

|

|{{date table sorting|1993|08}}

|LPv 433dx

|486DX

|33

|Small-form-factor desktop

|1 × 5.25-in
3 × 3.5-in (2 internal)

|ISA, VLB

|3

|{{date table sorting|1993}}

|LPv 450d2

|486DX2

|50

|Small-form-factor desktop

|1 × 5.25-in
3 × 3.5-in (2 internal)

|ISA, VLB

|3

|{{date table sorting|1993}}

|LPx 433sx

|486SX

|33

|Full desktop

|3 × 5.25-in
1 × 3.5-in

|ISA, VLB

|

|{{date table sorting|1993}}

|LPx 433dx

|486DX

|33

|Full desktop

|3 × 5.25-in
1 × 3.5-in

|ISA, VLB

|

|{{date table sorting|1993}}

|LPx 450d2

|486DX2

|50

|Full desktop

|3 × 5.25-in
1 × 3.5-in

|ISA, VLB

|

|{{date table sorting|1993}}

|LPx 466d2

|486DX2

|66

|Full desktop

|3 × 5.25-in
1 × 3.5-in

|ISA, VLB

|

|{{date table sorting|1993}}

|MTE 433dx

|486DX

|33

|Mini-tower

|5 × 5.25-in
1 × 3.5-in

|EISA

|5

|{{date table sorting|1993}}

|MTE 466d2

|486DX2

|66

|Mini-tower

|5 × 5.25-in
1 × 3.5-in

|EISA

|5

|{{date table sorting|1993}}

|ST

|

|

|Full tower

|5 × 5.25-in
1 × 3.5-in

|EISA

|8 (2 proprietary)

|{{date table sorting|1993}}

|LPv+ 425sx

|486SX

|25

|Small-form-factor desktop

|1 × 5.25-in
3 × 3.5-in (2 internal)

|ISA, VLB{{double-dagger|alt=apm}}

|3

|{{date table sorting|1994|01}}

|LPv+ 433sx

|486SX

|33

|Small-form-factor desktop

|1 × 5.25-in
3 × 3.5-in (2 internal)

|ISA, VLB{{double-dagger|alt=apm}}

|3

|{{date table sorting|1994|01}}

|LPv+ 433dx

|486DX

|33

|Small-form-factor desktop

|1 × 5.25-in
3 × 3.5-in (2 internal)

|ISA, VLB{{double-dagger|alt=apm}}

|3

|{{date table sorting|1994|01}}

|LPv+ 450d2

|486DX2

|50

|Small-form-factor desktop

|1 × 5.25-in
3 × 3.5-in (2 internal)

|ISA, VLB{{double-dagger|alt=apm}}

|3

|{{date table sorting|1994|01}}

|LPv+ 466d2

|486DX2

|66

|Small-form-factor desktop

|1 × 5.25-in
3 × 3.5-in (2 internal)

|ISA, VLB{{double-dagger|alt=apm}}

|3

|{{date table sorting|1994|01}}

|LPv+ 4100

|486DX4

|100

|Small-form-factor desktop

|1 × 5.25-in
3 × 3.5-in (2 internal)

|ISA, VLB{{double-dagger|alt=apm}}

|3

|{{date table sorting|1994|05}}

|LPx+ 450d2

|486DX2

|50

|Full desktop

|3 × 5.25-in
1 × 3.5-in

|ISA, VLB{{double-dagger|alt=apm}}

|

|{{date table sorting|1994|05}}

|LPx+ 4100

|486DX4

|100

|Full desktop

|3 × 5.25-in
1 × 3.5-in

|ISA, VLB{{double-dagger|alt=apm}}

|

|{{date table sorting|1994|05}}

=Laptops=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Model

! Processor

! Clock speed

! {{abbr|Max.|Maximum}} RAM (MB)

! LCD technology and size (diagonal)

! Manufacturer

! Date introduced

|320P

|80386SX

|20

|8

|Passive-matrix monochrome, 7 in

|PTCC, Inc. (Tandy–Matsushita)

|{{date table sorting|1992|02}}

|325P

|80386SL

|25

|

|Passive-matrix monochrome, 10 in

|PTCC, Inc.{{cite journal | last1=Anothony | first1=Robert | author2=Julie Cohen | date=December 22, 1992 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v9TVJ_G_sk8C&pg=PA222 | title=DECpc 325P, GRiD 1660, GRiD 1755 486SLC | journal=PC Magazine | publisher=Ziff-Davis | volume=11 | issue=22 | pages=222–223 | via=Google Books}}

|{{date table sorting|1992|11}}

|325SL

|80386SL

|25

|

|Passive-matrix monochrome, 10 in

|AST Research

|{{date table sorting|1993}}

|325SLC

|80386SL

|25

|

|Passive-matrix color, 9.5 in

|AST Research

|{{date table sorting|1993}}

|425SL

|80486SL

|25

|32

|Passive-matrix monochrome, 10 in

|AST Research

|{{date table sorting|1993}}

|425SLC

|80486SL

|25

|32

|Active-matrix color, 9.5 in

|AST Research

|{{date table sorting|1993}}

|433SLC Premium

|80486SL

|33

|32

|Active-matrix color, 9.5 in

|AST Research

|{{date table sorting|1994|01}}

|425SE

|80486SL

|25

|20

|Passive-matrix monochrome, 9.5 in

|AST Research

|{{date table sorting|1994|01}}

|425SE Color

|80486SL

|25

|20

|Passive-matrix color, 9.5 in

|AST Research

|{{date table sorting|1994|01}}

|433SE

|80486SL

|33

|

|Passive-matrix monochrome, 9.5 in

|AST Research

|{{date table sorting|1994|04}}

|433SE Color

|80486SL

|33

|

|Passive-matrix color, 9.5 in

|AST Research

|{{date table sorting|1994|04}}

=Workstations and servers=

{{See also|DECpc AXP 150}}

class="wikitable sortable"

! Model

! Processor

! Clock speed

! Form factor

! Drive bays

! Bus architecture

! Expansion slots

! Date introduced

|XL Server 466

|486DX2

|66

|Full tower

|9

|EISA, PCI

|7 (4 EISA, 2 PCI, 1 proprietary, dual-use network bus)

|{{date table sorting|1994|03}}{{cite journal | last=Burns | first=Christine | date=March 14, 1994 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iA0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA8 | title=Digital and HP roll out servers | journal=Network World | publisher=IDG Publications | volume=11 | issue=11 | page=8 | via=Google Books}}

|XL Server 560

|Pentium

|60

|Full tower

|9

|EISA, PCI

|7 (4 EISA, 2 PCI, 1 proprietary, dual-use network bus)

|{{date table sorting|1994|03}}

|XL Server 566

|Pentium

|66

|Full tower

|9

|EISA, PCI

|7 (4 EISA, 2 PCI, 1 proprietary, dual-use network bus)

|{{date table sorting|1994|03}}

See also

References

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{{cite book | date=January 1996 | url=https://manx-docs.org/collections/mds-199909/cd2/pc/sd000018.pdf | title=Service Maintenance Manual: DECpc LPv/LPv+ PC | publisher=Digital Equipment Corporation | page=9 | isbn=}}

{{cite journal | last=DiCarlo | first=Lisa | date=May 23, 1994 | url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A15387788/GPS?sid=wikipedia | title=DEC unveils 6 PCs, upgrades others | journal=PC Week | publisher=Ziff-Davis | volume=11 | issue=20 | page=29 | via=Gale OneFile}}

{{cite journal | last=Quinlan | first=Tom | date=January 17, 1994 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-DoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA27 | title=Digital systems target desktop publishing | journal=InfoWorld | publisher=IDG Publications | volume=16 | issue=3 | page=29 | via=Google Books}}

{{cite journal | last=Rist | first=Oliver | date=December 7, 1993 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7k7q-wS0t00C&pg=PA200 | title=DECpc LPv | journal=PC Magazine | publisher=Ziff-Davis | volume=12 | issue=21 | page=200 | via=Google Books}}

{{cite journal | last=Rist | first=Oliver | date=December 7, 1993 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7k7q-wS0t00C&pg=PA200 | title=DECpc LPx | journal=PC Magazine | publisher=Ziff-Davis | volume=12 | issue=21 | page=200 | via=Google Books}}

{{cite journal | last=Rist | first=Oliver | date=December 7, 1993 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7k7q-wS0t00C&pg=PA200 | title=DECpc MTE | journal=PC Magazine | publisher=Ziff-Davis | volume=12 | issue=21 | page=200 | via=Google Books}}

{{cite journal | last=Rist | first=Oliver | date=December 7, 1993 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7k7q-wS0t00C&pg=PA200 | title=DECpc ST | journal=PC Magazine | publisher=Ziff-Davis | volume=12 | issue=21 | page=202 | via=Google Books}}

{{cite journal | last=Stedman | first=Craig | date=August 30, 1993 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KtLsj-XIYpAC&pg=PA16 | title=DEC PC push to take low-cost turn | journal=Computerworld | publisher=CW Communications | volume=27 | issue=35 | page=16 | via=Google Books}}

{{cite journal | last=Torgan | first=Emerson Andrew | date=November 10, 1992 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=18wFKrkDdM0C&pg=PA62 | title=DEC Dives into the Low-End PC Arena with DECpc LP Line | journal=PC Magazine | publisher=Ziff-Davis | volume=11 | issue=19 | page=62 | via=Google Books}}

{{cite journal | last=Fisher | first=Susan E. | date=February 3, 1992 | url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A11874409/GPS?sid=wikipedia | title=DEC to offer direct-market notebook PC | journal=PC Week | publisher=Ziff-Davis | volume=9 | issue=5 | page=14 | via=Gale OneFile}}

{{cite journal | last=Garretson | first=Rob | date=June 1992 | url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A12175836/GPS?sid=wikipedia | title=A Notebook to Notice | journal=PC World | publisher=IDG Publications | volume=10 | issue=6 | page=66 | via=Gale OneFile}}

{{cite journal | last=Wilson | first=Jayne | date=November 9, 1992 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KlEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA40 | title=Notebook from DEC is a battery miser | journal=InfoWorld | publisher=IDG Publications | volume=14 | issue=45 | page=40 | via=Google Books}}

{{cite journal | editor-last=Nash | editor-first=Siobhan | date=March 22, 1993 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TjwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA73 | title=Color notebooks | journal=InfoWorld | publisher=IDG Publications | volume=15 | issue=12 | pages=72–83 | via=Google Books}}

{{cite journal | last=Rist | first=Oliver | date=August 1993 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H53CIZnYLZwC&pg=PA148 | title=AST Research EL Color, AST Research 3/25SL, AST Research 4/25SL Color Plus, DECpc 325SL, DECpc 325SLC, DECpc 425SL | journal=PC Magazine | publisher=Ziff-Davis | volume= | issue= | pages=148–157 | via=Google Books}}

{{cite journal | last=Potter | first=Steve | date=December 21, 1993 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x2Fa5SDi0G8C&pg=PA242 | title=DECpc 425SLC | journal=PC Magazine | publisher=Ziff-Davis | volume=12 | issue=22 | pages=239–241 | via=Google Books}}

{{cite journal | last=Flanagan | first=William P. | date=August 1994 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IfAR4gyw8RsC&pg=PA189 | title=DECpc 433SLC Premium | journal=PC Magazine | publisher=Ziff-Davis | volume=13 | issue=14 | pages=189, 203 | via=Google Books}}

{{cite journal | last=Wynblatt | first=Jodi L. | date=August 1994 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IfAR4gyw8RsC&pg=PA188 | title=DECpc SE, DECpc SE Color | journal=PC Magazine | publisher=Ziff-Davis | volume=13 | issue=14 | pages=188, 203 | via=Google Books}}

{{cite journal | last=Staff writer | date=April 14, 1994 | url=https://techmonitor.ai/techonology/dec_gets_serious_about_notebooks_with_decpc_se_mono_and_colour | title=DEC Gets Serious About Notebooks with DECpc SE Mono and Colour | journal=Computer Business Review | publisher=New Statesman Media Group | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301224654/https://techmonitor.ai/techonology/dec_gets_serious_about_notebooks_with_decpc_se_mono_and_colour | archivedate=March 1, 2022}}

{{cite news |title=DEC makes its own |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122409607 |access-date=28 January 2024 |work=The Canberra Times |date=13 April 1992}}

{{cite news |title=DECpc Advertisement |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19920427-1.1.29 |access-date=28 January 2024 |work=The Straits Times |date=27 April 1992}}

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