11 Apr
2006
11 Apr
'06
2:14 p.m.
It was the 5080 series of IBM workstations. I got a Calma branded one
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Paxton Hoag
Astoria, OR
USA
from the Calma auction in 1989? they were made in the
mid 1980s.
They were basically a 6 Mhz AT (286 & 287) mounted vertically in a
larger case. In the other side of the case was a custom graphics
controller of IBM design that ran a Thompson made monitor at
1024X1024. Also had a graphic tablet on a serial port and used the
standard AT keyboard.
Not RT based.
I also saw them come out of Boeing in hte early 90s.
Thanks for the link to the CAD history. It has been very informative.
Paxton
Astoria, OR
On 4/11/06, Al Kossow <aek at bitsavers.org> wrote:
Do you have any specific model numbers for
"3D graphics terminals"?
I am drawing a complete blank on the product numbers (5xxx series?)
but IBM made a series of CAD workstations in the mid-80's. A friend
of mine ran a lab full of them at the University of Wisconsin - Milw
for the Mechanical Engineering department. I didn't think they were
IBM RT based.
http://www.cadazz.com/cad-software-history-1980-1985.htm
Is sort of interesting, too.