[vcf-midatlantic] our new museum -- micro exhibit -- pick 28!

[Dave McGuire]

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

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
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