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                                              Digital Equipment Corporation
                                          Maynard, Massachusetts 01754-2571
Editorial contact:

Bradley D. Allen
Director Investor Relations
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                  DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION

             TO ISSUE $250 MILLION OF FIVE YEAR NOTES



MAYNARD, MA -- NOVEMBER 9, 1992


    Digital Equipment Corporation (NYSE:DEC) today announced that 
it is issuing $250 million of 7% Notes due 1997.  The First 
Boston Corporation, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch & Co. are 
the managing underwriters for the offering.

    The Notes are priced at 99.626%, to yield 7.09% to maturity.  
The Notes are not redeemable and are not entitled to any sinking 
fund.

    The Notes are expected to be rated A-2 by Moody's Investors 
Service and A+ by Standard and Poor's Corp.

    Digital Equipment Corporation, headquartered in Maynard, 
Massachusetts, is the leading worldwide supplier of networked 
computer systems, software and services.  Digital pioneered and 
leads the industry in interactive, distributed and multivendor 
computing.  Digital and its partners deliver the power to use the 
best integrated solutions - from desktop to data center - in open 
information environments.

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