4 May
2016
4 May
'16
11:34 p.m.
Well, I don't know. By the time the Cyber 18 came
out, it was a 120 VAC
powered unit that a strongish person could lift off the floor (about 90
lbs)--and functionally pretty much the same machine as the original
1700, just implemented with more advanced technology.
1774 was from about 1967, and basically a six foot rack.
1784 was from about 1974, and about the same volume as a PDP-8/e.
I think the Wiki article may be wrong about the date of the original
1700 systems (1704) being mid-1966. That seems late. When I get back
home, I might look at the chunks I have to see if I can get date
codes.
If that's not a minicomputer, I don't know
what is.
Wasn't minicomputer really a marketing term, anyway? Suits and all?
--
Will