On 11/06/2015 01:18 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
And I'd probably not consider a 3B2 to be a "microcomputer" anyway...I've seen 3B2s with thirty terminals hanging off of them.
Great point! We may be able to put it in the minis exhibit, with a sign explaining that not all "minis" (oh the irony" are big beasts.
It's only ironic until you explain to visitors where the terminology came from.
That much, then, is settled: 3B2 (and its ilk) are primarily intended to be multiuser systems, aren't they? In which case we just opened a spot in the micro (maybe I should call it "personal") computing exhibit.
They were intended to be multiuser systems, yes. But as with nearly all others (PDP-11s, VAXen, etc), they were offered in scaled-down "personal" configurations. Those setups were frequently used in workgroups, as we're still talking about machines costing tens of thousands of (1980s) dollars. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA