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Compaq to buy Digital in $9.6b deal

Compaq gave proper notice of its intention to be the number one computer company in the world by announcing a shock plan to acquire Digital for $9.6 billion.

Written by Martin Veitch, Contributor Jan. 26, 1998 at 4:34 a.m. PT

The deal will make Compaq the second biggest computer maker in the world. The companies have long been linked as potential merger partners.

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