Digital Technical Journal

This edition of the Digital Technical Journal (Vol. 6, No. 1, Winter 1994) includes several technical papers focusing on Digital Equipment Corporation's recent developments:

• High-performance Networking: An overview of the GIGAswitch packet-switching system, detailing its architecture, switch fabric, and performance.
• OpenVMS AXP System Software: Articles on the performance of DEC Rdb Version 6.0 on AXP systems and a case study on porting Volume Shadowing to OpenVMS AXP.
• Alpha AXP PC Hardware: Papers tracing the evolution of the Alpha AXP PC and the development of the cost-focused DECchip 21066 microprocessor.