Someone here on HN recommended the excellent Computer Engineering: A DEC View of Hardware Systems Design[1], which covers much of the practical engineering & ec

Someone here on HN recommended the excellent Computer Engineering: A DEC View of Hardware Systems Design[1], which covers much of the practical engineering & economics side of the VAX and its evolution through contemporary essays. Reading between the lines, it was clear that DEC never managed to escape the gravity well of being born as a "module company", even as Moore's Law was inevitably pulling all modules of competitive relevance into the microprocessor itself. [1] http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/_Books/Bell-ComputerEngineering.pdf http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/_Books/Bell-ComputerEnginee...