On 24/01/2014 22:46, Geoffrey Oltmans wrote:
What is a minicomputer?
Something the salesman tells you is cheaper than a mainframe.
A computer somewhere between a mainframe and a
microcomputer.
Okay, what's a mainframe computer?
Something
that the salesman tells you is more expensive than a mini, but
is more reliable, more powerfull and more versatile than a minicomputer...
....
On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 4:25 PM, Nigel Williams <
nw at retrocomputingtasmania.com> wrote:
> I see that someone closer to the time (written in 1973) also had a go
> at this classification problem:
>
>
ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/5/31174/01451252.pdf
>
> "This article traces the evolution of minicomputers from 1955 to 1973
> and forecasts their near-future characteristics and uses."
>
> But it is paywalled so I can't see the content.
>