New logo: Vintage Computer Federation

ben bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca
Wed Oct 14 17:52:11 CDT 2015


On 10/14/2015 3:42 PM, Fred Cisin wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Oct 2015, Chuck Guzis wrote:
>> Well, a web search brings up this as the first entry:
>> "An earlier term for a computer with performance and capacity between
>> a minicomputer and a mainframe. "
>> A CW 1979 article about the Association of Computer Users (ACU) it as
>> "a computer costing between $50,000 and $200,000).
>
> It requires a crew to move it, but they don't have to be union.
>
> You can lose a screw or a jumper in a Micro
> You can lose a multimeter in a Mini
> you can lose a scope in a Midi
> you can lose a technician in a Mainframe.

   you can lose your lovers with a Cray




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