AW: When did Memory- and IO Protection Emerge (Esp. in Minis)?
Chuck Guzis
cclist at sydex.com
Wed May 4 21:33:03 CDT 2016
On 05/04/2016 05:07 PM, ANDY HOLT wrote:
>
>> Is the CDC 1700 considered to be in the family of "minicomputers"?
>> (i.e. was the word invented before then?).
>
> Though functionally it sort of had the minicomputer nature, it was
> physically a bit large for that term … would have been called a
> "process control" computer. I also don't think I heard the word
> "minicomputer" until a couple of years after I first saw a CDC 1700.
Well, I don't know. By the time the Cyber 18 came out, it was a 120 VAC
powered unit that a strongish person could lift off the floor (about 90
lbs)--and functionally pretty much the same machine as the original
1700, just implemented with more advanced technology.
If that's not a minicomputer, I don't know what is.
We used them as data concentrators hooked to leased lines, card readers
and punches and various other peripherals.
If the 1700 isn't a minicomputer, you'll have to correct the Wikipedia
article.
--Chuck
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