15 May
2000
15 May
'00
11:36 a.m.
Does anyone know anything about the UNIVAC minicomputer(s)? I didn't know there was
such a thing as a UNIVAC minicomputer, until I came across a picture of one in a book the
other day.
16 May
16 May
12:06 p.m.
On Mon, 15 May 2000, Owen Robertson wrote:
Does anyone know anything about the UNIVAC
minicomputer(s)? I didn't
know there was such a thing as a UNIVAC minicomputer, until I came
across a picture of one in a book the other day.
What did it look like? The only UNIVAC's I'd ever gotten to see that
could be described as "minicomputers" were both special-purpose machines:
The "SSP", which was used as the front-end/maintenance processor for the
1100 mainframe, and the DCP, which was a communications processor used to
support "demand processing" (a/k/a, interactive timesharing) and
transaction processing applications on the 1100. I'd be curious to know
what others there might be.
--Pat.
2:19 p.m.
A company called Varian Corp made all sorts of electronic equipment in the 1970's,
including computers. Sperry Rand Corp. bought them out in 1977 and suddenly UNIVAC had a
minicomputer line. But Varian did the same thing to get into the mini business, Varian
bought Data Machines Inc.
Varian had their popular V77 line started when Sperry bought them.
----- Original Message -----
From: Owen Robertson
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Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 4:36 PM
Subject: Sperry Univac Minicomputer
Does anyone know anything about the UNIVAC minicomputer(s)? I didn't know there was
such a thing as a UNIVAC minicomputer, until I came across a picture of one in a book the
other day.
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