PDP-1 as minicomputer [was RE: OT - sort of]

17 Aug 2010

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  How about Series/1?
        There is a classic Data General ad that ran when IBM was introducing
 the S/1 to "legitimize the minicomputer market". The Data General ad
 said "The bastards say, welcome".

 Bruce Ray may be looking for this ad for a scan.

 --
 Will

     One of my friends has a Series/1 that was used as a front end for Ascii 
serial terminals on a Pick (Ultimate) system for the Ibm mainframe.  You 
could use the 7171 up to a point then switch to the Series/1.  There was 
a 68000 based series of controllers called Hyfas (??) that fitted in the 
aircooled mainframes that we later used for serial I/O.

Seattle OS also had a full Pick implementation that ran on the Series/1, 
but missed their marketing window and didn't capitalize on their 
franchise before running out of money.

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PDP-1 as minicomputer [was RE: OT - sort of]