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Mid-1960s–late-1980s class of smaller computers
A minicomputer, or colloquially mini, is a type of general-purpose computer mostly developed from the mid-1960s, built significantly smaller and sold at
Minicomputer
PC12 by Artronix was a minicomputer built with 7400-series TTL technology and ferrite core memory. Computers were manufactured at the Artronix facility
PC12_minicomputer
Papy Minicomputer, named after Frédérique Papy-Lenger – the most influential figure to the project – and her husband Georges Papy. A Minicomputer is a
Comprehensive School Mathematics Program
Comprehensive_School_Mathematics_Program
Class of computer systems that fall in between mainframes and minicomputers
in science and research as well as for business - and referred to as minicomputers.[disputed – discuss] IBM favored the term "midrange computer" for their
Midrange_computer
1972–1998 American producer of minicomputers
Massachusetts-based producer of minicomputers from 1972 until 1992. With the advent of PCs and the decline of the minicomputer industry, Prime was forced out
Prime_Computer
Text-based strategy game
paper. The Minneapolis school district had recently purchased an HP 2100 minicomputer, and the schools the trio were teaching in, like the other schools in
The Oregon Trail (1971 video game)
The_Oregon_Trail_(1971_video_game)
Minicomputer product line
family of 12-bit minicomputers that was produced by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). Launched in 1965, it was the first minicomputer to sell for under
PDP-8
ranks some more obscure computer sizes. There are different sizes like minicomputers, microcomputers, mainframe computers and super computers. These are
List of computer size categories
List_of_computer_size_categories
Computer museum in Washington, U.S.
could visit in person to interact with the collection of mainframes, minicomputers, microcomputers and peripherals the museum had on display. Various and
Living Computers: Museum + Labs
Living_Computers:_Museum_+_Labs
Data storage device
computers of the 1950s and 1960s, and later as a storage medium for minicomputers and CNC machine tools. During the Second World War, high-speed punched
Punched_tape
Process of starting a computer
(S/370-XA) and later, and adding a new type of IPL for z/Architecture. Minicomputers, starting with the Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) PDP-5 and PDP-8
Booting
Early video games on mainframe computers
composed of mainframe computers and the relatively smaller and cheaper minicomputer variant. During the mid to late 1960s, many early video games were programmed
Early_mainframe_games
1981 nonfiction book by Tracy Kidder
between two computer design groups within Data General Corporation, a minicomputer vendor in the 1970s. Most of the senior designers are assigned the "sexy"
The_Soul_of_a_New_Machine
1970s/1980s US minicomputer vendor
Modcomp, Inc., originally Modular Computer Systems, was a small minicomputer vendor that specialized in real-time applications. They were founded in 1970
Modcomp
Operating system for IBM minicomputers
Program (SSP) is the operating system of the IBM System/34 and System/36 minicomputers. SSP was released in 1977. SSP originally contained 60 or so commands
System_Support_Program
First arithmetic logic unit (ALU) on a single chip
arithmetic/logic core in the CPUs of many historically significant minicomputers and other devices. The 74181 represents an evolutionary step between
74181
Group of electrical connectors specifically aligned
printed circuit board, but wire-wrapped backplanes have also been used in minicomputers and high-reliability applications. A backplane is generally differentiated
Backplane
Series of 16-bit minicomputers
The PDP-11 is a series of 16-bit minicomputers originally sold by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) from 1970 into the late 1990s, one of a set of products
PDP-11
Small computer with a CPU made out of a microprocessor
and Intel 8088. The predecessors to these computers, mainframes and minicomputers, were comparatively much larger and more expensive. Many microcomputers
Microcomputer
Business Basic variety
the business BASIC market, with similar products appearing on other minicomputer systems, and later, microcomputers like the Apple III. It remained a
Basic/Four
Minicomputer built by Honeywell
The Honeywell 316 was a popular 16-bit minicomputer built by Honeywell starting in 1969. It is part of the Series 16, which includes the Models 116 (1965
Honeywell_316
Minicomputer introduced in 1964
The PDP-7 is an 18-bit minicomputer produced by Digital Equipment Corporation as part of the PDP series. Introduced in 1964, shipped starting in 1965,
PDP-7
connected by a custom-designed local area network (LAN) to an Olivetti P6060 minicomputer. The terminals contained an Intel 8748 single-chip microcontroller, which
Electronic voting in the European Parliament
Electronic_voting_in_the_European_Parliament
1979 minicomputer operating system
was originally developed for Digital Equipment Corporation's PDP-11 minicomputers and was later ported to other platforms. Unix versions from Bell Labs
Version_7_Unix
Computer programming language
subroutines among other additions. COMAL was originally written for minicomputers, but was small enough to run on early microcomputers as well. It is
COMAL
Computer architecture bit width
16-bit word length thus became more common in the 1960s, especially on minicomputer systems. Early 16-bit computers (c. 1965–70) include the IBM 1130, the
16-bit_computing
The VAX-11/780, a typical minicomputer used for early BSD timesharing systems
History of the Berkeley Software Distribution
History_of_the_Berkeley_Software_Distribution
Operating system
Computer for its minicomputer systems. It rapidly gained popularity and by the mid-1980s was a serious contender as a mainline minicomputer operating system
PRIMOS
1971 minicomputer from Wang Laboratories
The Wang 3300 was a minicomputer released by Wang Laboratories in 1971. Model with machine time sharing created between Wang 4000 and Wang 2200. Wang's
Wang_3300
Topics referred to by the same term
collective product category Computer Control Company, Inc., a pioneering minicomputer company (1953–1966) Agile model: 3C (Card, Conversation, Confirmation)
3C
Computer
needed] The Mark-8 was introduced in Radio-Electronics as "Your Personal Minicomputer" as the word 'microcomputer' was still far from being commonly used for
Mark-8
at the terminal on Unix / Linux systems. Windows, MS-DOS, and older minicomputers used Control-Z for this purpose. 3 Control-G is an artifact of the days
List_of_Unicode_characters
East German clone of the VAX-11/780 computer
mit virtuellem Speicher, "computer system with virtual memory") is a minicomputer from the German Democratic Republic (GDR). Its development began in August
Robotron_K_1840
Name used for several lines of minicomputers
Digital Equipment Corporation from 1957 to 1990 for several lines of minicomputers. The name "PDP" intentionally avoids the use of the term "computer"
Programmed_Data_Processor
Defunct Norwegian computer manufacturer
Norsk Data was a minicomputer manufacturer located in Oslo, Norway. The company was founded in 1967 and dissolved in 1992. Its most active period was from
Norsk_Data
Family of Unix-like operating systems that use the Linux kernel
1990, Torvalds enrolled in a Unix course. The course used a MicroVAX minicomputer running Ultrix, and one of the required texts was Operating Systems:
Linux
16-bit microprocessor
Introduced in June 1976, it implemented Texas Instruments's TI-990 minicomputer architecture in a single-chip format, and was initially used for low-end
TMS9900
Historical computer form factor
A superminicomputer, colloquially supermini, is a high-end minicomputer. The term is used to distinguish the emerging 32-bit architecture midrange computers
Superminicomputer
French computer scientist (1929–2021)
The Mitra 15 minicomputer, designed by Alice Recoque and her team
Alice_Recoque
East German clone of the MicroVAX II computer
The K 1820, full name RVS K 1820 (Rechnersystem mit virtuellem Speicher, "computer system with virtual memory"), cipher in the SM EVM of the former COMECON
Robotron_K_1820
American computer animation company
expensive, refrigerator-sized minicomputers. By the late '80s, computer animation production had begun to switch from minicomputers to cheaper microcomputers
Cranston/Csuri_Productions
Family of programming languages
simultaneously on remote terminals. This general model became popular on minicomputer systems like the PDP-11 and Data General Nova in the late 1960s and early
BASIC
Computer architecture bit width
electronic computing, in experimental systems and then in large mainframe and minicomputer systems. The first hybrid 16/32-bit microprocessor, the Motorola 68000
32-bit_computing
Programmable machine that processes data
computer Reduced instruction set computer Supercomputer Mainframe computer Minicomputer (term no longer used), Midrange computer Server Rackmount server Blade
Computer
Romania, producing a range of computer families spanning mainframes, minicomputers, microcomputers, home computers, and IBM PC-compatible systems—a breadth
ICE_Felix
American computer manufacturer (1957–1998)
product lines over its history. It is best known for the work in the minicomputer market starting in the early 1960s. The company produced a series of
Digital_Equipment_Corporation
1970s era IBM minicomputer
The IBM Series/1 is a 16-bit minicomputer, introduced in 1976, that in many respects competed with other minicomputers of the time, such as the PDP-11
IBM_Series/1
George Harrar. It chronicles the experiences of Olson racing to design minicomputers at the company of his own founding, Digital Equipment Corporation. At
The_Ultimate_Entrepreneur
Microsoft Unix operating system
AT&T Corporation in the late 1970s. UNIX System V ran on the PDP-11 minicomputer. Microsoft ported the source code so the operating system could run on
Xenix
Minicomputer manufacturer, 1968–1999
Data General Corporation was an early minicomputer firm formed in 1968. Three of the four founders were former employees of Digital Equipment Corporation
Data_General
Japanese information technology company
Electronic Industrial (合名会社ウノケ電子工業, Gōmei gaisha Unoke Denshi Kōgyō) was a minicomputer manufacturer founded in Unoke, Ishikawa on November 1, 1960. Uchida Yoko [ja]
PFU_Limited
Norsk Data (ND) was a Norwegian manufacturer of minicomputers which operated between 1967 and 1992. The company was established as A/S Nordata – Norsk
History_of_Norsk_Data
American computer developer
development of microcode for Hewlett-Packard's HP 3000 minicomputer series. The HP3000 minicomputer is still in use today. At Fairchild Semiconductor, Rich
Rich_Page
software to link minicomputers together, and integrated multiple-access disk drives, thereby creating a multi-processor minicomputer with a level of protection
Geac_Computer_Corporation
Minicomputer sold from 1971 to 1985
The Mitra 15 is a minicomputer made by the French company CII under Plan Calcul, along with the Iris 50 and Iris 80 mainframe computers. It was marketed
Mitra_15
MicroPDP-11/73) was the third generation of the PDP-11 series of 16-bit minicomputers produced by Digital Equipment Corporation to use LSI processors. Introduced
PDP-11/73
Minicomputer made in 1960s
series is a series of minicomputers that was built by Control Data Corporation. The CDC 160 and CDC 160-A are 12-bit minicomputers built from 1960 to 1965;
CDC_160_series
Synthetic benchmark for evaluating the performance of computers
funded for Universities and Research Councils, with systems varying from minicomputers to supercomputers. This provided the opportunity to gather verified
Whetstone_(benchmark)
1973 minicomputer from Wang Laboratories
The Wang 2200 was an all-in-one minicomputer released by Wang Laboratories in May 1973. Unlike some other desktop computers, such as the HP 9830, it had
Wang_2200
Video game for a personal computer
which has dominated the computer industry since the 1990s. Mainframe and minicomputer games are a precursor to personal computer games. Home computer games
PC_game
American computer scientist (1929–2024)
Hewlett-Packard, where he led the team that created the HP 2116A 16-bit minicomputer. He was Chief Executive Officer of ROD-L Electronics, an electrical-safety
Roy_Clay
Large and powerful computer
more processing power than some other classes of computers, such as minicomputers, workstations, and personal computers. Most large-scale computer-system
Mainframe_computer
included X-ray analysis and radiation monitoring. In the 1960s, they built minicomputers to automate their laboratory devices, such as the ND 812. Over time
Nuclear_Data,_Inc.
High-end single-user computer
paper-tape and punch-card I/O. Early workstations were generally dedicated minicomputers, a multiuser system repurposed for a single user. For example, the PDP-8
Workstation
1976 video game
commands onto punched tape, which were then fed into a Honeywell 316 minicomputer attached to a Calcomp drum plotter at BBN to print paper maps. These
Colossal_Cave_Adventure
be called "personal" were early minicomputers such as the LINC and PDP-8, and later on VAX and larger minicomputers from Digital Equipment Corporation
History of computing hardware (1960s–present)
History_of_computing_hardware_(1960s–present)
Standard test image
each for the red, green, and blue channels) and a Hewlett Packard 2100 minicomputer. The Muirhead had a fixed resolution of 100 lines per inch and the engineers
Lenna
one without convening a meeting of the board of directors. The entire minicomputer industry sprang up to supply the demand for 'small' computers like the
Commodity_computing
American multinational conglomerate
Information Systems (HIS) of Minneapolis-Honeywell. Honeywell purchased minicomputer pioneer Computer Control Corporation (3C's) in 1966, renaming it as Honeywell's
Honeywell
British company
The control electronics for a Hilger and Watts Y290 four-circle X-ray diffractometer including a PDP-8 minicomputer.
Hilger_&_Watts
Word processing software
Analysis software for mechanical engineering). It ran originally on minicomputers such as Pr1me and Digital Equipment Corporation VAX. When the IBM PC
WordMARC
Varian Data Machines was a division of Varian Associates which sold minicomputers. It entered the market in 1967 through acquisition of Decision Control
Varian_Data_Machines
American multinational company
data. The group sought to develop a GPIB interface for the PDP-11/04 minicomputer. In 1976, they founded a company in Truchard's garage. They initially
National_Instruments
Unix operating system
The VAX-11/780, a typical minicomputer used for early BSD timesharing systems
Berkeley Software Distribution
Berkeley_Software_Distribution
Former vendor of graphic design systems
California, was, between 1965 and 1988, a vendor of digitizers and minicomputer-based graphics systems targeted at the cartographic and electronic, mechanical
Calma
Composition of text by means of arranging physical types or digital equivalents
Agfa) and others rapidly followed suit with machines of their own. Early minicomputer-based typesetting software introduced in the 1970s and early 1980s, such
Typesetting
Topics referred to by the same term
Brazilian car produced 1992–1994 Superminicomputer, a 1970s term for a minicomputer Subcompact car This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
Supermini_(disambiguation)
Type of minicomputer
The AN/UYK-44 was the standard 16-bit minicomputer of the United States Navy developed in the early 1980s by Sperry Corporation and was completed in early
AN/UYK-44
Computer software used for astrology
astrology computers were made. One of which, the Digicomp DR-70 Astrology Minicomputer, was used by Nancy Reagan's astrologer Joan Quigley beginning in about
Astrology_software
Early laptop computer
specialized applications. Grid at first intended customers to purchase an IBM minicomputer as the "Grid Central" remote host, from which Grid Compass would download
Grid_Compass
12-bit computer from Digital
earlier 12-bit computer, named LINC has been described as the first minicomputer and also "the first modern personal computer." It had 2,048 12-bit words
PDP-5
Topics referred to by the same term
Tahoe (Victoria Island), lake on Victoria Island, Canada The Power 6/32 minicomputer by Computer Consoles Inc. TCP Tahoe, a variant of Transmission Control
Tahoe_(disambiguation)
1962 video game
Piner, and others. It was written for the newly installed DEC PDP-1 minicomputer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It was later expanded by
Spacewar!
Printing and display typeface
Orbit-B, and Countdown. Later, Typodermic released another derivative, Minicomputer, and Pixel Sagas would release another derivative with Twobit. Robert
Westminster_(typeface)
American physicist and computer engineer (1927–2016)
Charles Molnar, in the creation of the LINC computer, which was the first minicomputer and shares with a number of other computers (such as the PDP-1) the claim
Wesley_A._Clark
Mail sent using electronic means
MIT's CTSS project in 1965. Most developers of early mainframes and minicomputers developed similar, but generally incompatible, mail applications. In
American equipment and electronics company (1910–1986)
Varian Data Machines so as to enter the minicomputer market. Varian would be renamed as the Sperry UNIVAC Minicomputer Operation, operating as part of the
Sperry_Corporation
Microcomputer designed in 1974
the box. The front panel, which was inspired by the Data General Nova minicomputer, included a large number of toggle switches to feed binary data directly
Altair_8800
UNIX workstation series
1987 and was conceived as a desktop replacement for the VAX series of minicomputers. Sony's NEWS project leader, Toshitada Doi, originally wanted to develop
Sony_NEWS
Topics referred to by the same term
the iOS operating system OS/8, an operating system used on the PDP-8 minicomputer System 8 (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles associated
OS8
Simulation for Automatic Machinery or SAM were two unique minicomputers built by the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (NDRE) in the mid-1960s
Simulation for Automatic Machinery
Simulation_for_Automatic_Machinery
Center for electronic music in The Hague, Netherlands
International attention increased in 1971 with the purchase of a PDP-15 minicomputer which was used to develop programs for algorithmic composition and digital
Institute_of_Sonology
Computer designed to be used at a fixed location
considered remarkably small; the type of computers most commonly used were minicomputers, which, despite the name, were rather large and were "mini" only compared
Desktop_computer
8-bit microprocessor
could use the software on a remote timeshare computer or on an in-house minicomputer system. The Motorola EXORciser was a desktop computer built with the
Motorola_6800
Former American computer company
computer known as the MegaFrame, "the first system upgradable from super-minicomputer to mainframe". The division was headed by Ben Wegbreit and also responsible
Convergent_Technologies
American minicomputer company
Company, Inc. (1953–1966), informally known as 3C, was a pioneering minicomputer company known for its DDP-series (Digital Data Processor) computers,
Computer_Control_Company
Experimental minicomputer by IBM
processor for a telephone switch, it was later used as the basis for a minicomputer and a number of products for IBM's mainframe line. The initial 24-bit
IBM_801
Family of computer operating systems
PDP-11 architecture of the earlier RSX-15 operating system for the PDP-15 minicomputer, first released in 1971. The main architect for RSX-15 (later renamed
RSX-11
Programming language close to hardware
Front panel of a PDP-8/e minicomputer. The row of switches at the bottom can be used to toggle in machine code.
Low-level programming language
Low-level_programming_language
American businessman and philanthropist (born 1955)
Gates and other students sought time on systems, including DEC PDP minicomputers. One of these systems was a PDP-10 belonging to Computer Center Corporation
Bill_Gates
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