<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaq" id="mwAYY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Compaq">Compaq</a> Computer pays US$9<span id="mwAYc" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>billion for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Equipment_Corporation" id="mwAYg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Digital Equipment Corporation">Digital Equipment Corporation</a> in the largest high-tech acquisition.