6 Dec
2018
6 Dec
'18
6:34 a.m.
On Thu, 6 Dec 2018 at 15:13, allison via cctech <cctech at classiccmp.org> wrote:
During my days at DEC in the later 80s the definition
of workstation was
1MIPS processing power,
1M pixels, Desktop or desk side (fairly compact). Graphics and
processing power were high
and lots of ram and sufficient local disk as well. Most of the machines
were RISC based,
Sun (sparc), MIPS, or ARM powered.
Reminiscent of NeXT's "3M computer":
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3M_computer
1 megapixel, 1 megabyte, 1 MIPS.
ISTM that the Sun-1 fails the megapixel requirement, but on further
reading, e.g.
http://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/computer-graphics-music-and-art/1…
, only narrowly.
I think I scanned the Wikipedia article too quickly this morning...
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