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2. Minicomputer - Wikipedia

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   A minicomputer, or colloquially mini, is a type of general-purpose computer mostly developed from the mid-1960s, [1] [2] built significantly smaller and sold at a much lower price than mainframe [3] and mid-size computers from IBM and its direct competitors. By 21st century-standards however, a mini is an exceptionally large machine ...

3. Interdata 7/32 and 8/32 - Wikipedia

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   For example, the computers behind the first Space Shuttle simulator consisted of thirty-six 32-bit minis inputting and/or outputting data to networked mainframe computers (both IBM and UNIVAC), all in real-time. The 8/32 was used in the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Department of Planetary Sciences at the University of Arizona for research ...

4. History of computing hardware (1960s–present) - Wikipedia

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   In addition, minicomputers were more interactive than mainframes, and soon had their own operating systems. The minicomputer Xerox Alto (1973) was a landmark step in the development of personal computers, because of its graphical user interface, bit-mapped high-resolution screen, large internal and external memory storage, mouse, and special ...

5. Ken Olsen Remembered: Lessons of a Great American Entrepreneur

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   The PC Did to DEC What DEC Did to Mainframes DEC's invention of the minicomputer seriously disrupted International Business Machines' ( IBM ) dominant position in the mainframe computer business.

6. Mainframe computer - Wikipedia

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   A mainframe computer, informally called a mainframe or big iron, [1] is a computer used primarily by large organizations for critical applications like bulk data processing for tasks such as censuses, industry and consumer statistics, enterprise resource planning, and large-scale transaction processing.

7. Early mainframe games - Wikipedia

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   Mainframe computers are computers used primarily by businesses and academic institutions for large-scale processes. Before personal computers, first termed microcomputers, became widely available to the general public in the 1970s, the computing industry was composed of mainframe computers and the relatively smaller and cheaper minicomputer variant.

8. List of computer system manufacturers - Wikipedia

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   Computer division merged with CII's minicomputer division to become Société européenne de mini-informatique et systèmes (SEMS) Tava Corporation — United States: 1983: 1984: Acquired by Replitech: Terak Corporation — United States: 1975: 1985: Acquired by Sanders Associates: TeleVideo — United States: 1975: 2011: Dissolution: Teleram ...

9. Superminicomputer - Wikipedia

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   Companies that sold mainframe computers began to offer machines in the same price and performance range as superminicomputers. [10] By the mid-1980s microprocessors with the hardware architecture of superminicomputers were used to produce scientific and engineering workstations. [11] The minicomputer industry then declined through the early ...