NavDEC: eBook Version

by Kay Fisher

From repairing radar, bombing systems and computers in the Navy to teaching computer maintenance and then doing software engineering for 30 years with Digital Equipment Corporation, follow Kay as he takes us on adventure after adventure.The tragic fire aboard the USS Oriskany cost the lives of 44 men, but the Navy’s official version of the event is not the real reason so many men died. See the progress of large and personal computers from Kay’s perspective.

434 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 8, 2022

About the author

Kay Fisher grew up in Hawley, Minnesota, spent eight and a half years in the Navy fixing bombing systems for aircraft, went on to work for 30 years for Digital Equipment Corporation (which was eventually bought out by Compaq, then later HP). Kay and his wife Pat retired to Arizona in 2002 when he started teaching computers and working on artistic endeavors.

Reviews

[Gary Anderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent writing about Kay Fisher's life in the US Navy and then at Digital Equipment Company (DEC). Interestingly told and easy to read.