13 May
2001
13 May
'01
12:44 p.m.
Another good fact to add to the Apple I vs. Sun
analogy is the fact that
Apple is credited with pioneering the desktop/home/personal computer market
(mass market that is), while Sun didn't invent the workstation (though
they'd like you to think so). For what it's worth, Apollo invented the
workstation, though Sun was around fairly soon afterwards..
Personally, I think DEC pretty much invented the workstation...
Actually GT40's were pretty much early cad stations for pc cad
(Racal-Redac) had some pretty good software on them.
Wasn't the PDP1 pretty much an engineering workstation with Vector
(rather than raster) based CRT.
Kind of a cross between an O'scope and a computer.
Apollo and Sun were pretty much an alternative to the higher
priced Vaxes with add-on graphics like the VSV11 unit.
Bill
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