Origin of the term minicomputer (was Re: PDP-1 as minicomputer [was RE: OT - sort of])

[steve shumaker]

you weren't supposed to look at the car!



On 8/18/2010 6:49 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
> On 18 Aug 2010 at 14:58, Rich Alderson wrote:
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>> The miniskirt was introduced under that name by Mary Quant in 1965.
>> She explicitly stated that the name was influenced by the Mini.
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> I stumbled upon an old photograph showing a model wearing a miniskirt
> with a BMC Mini.  Egad, that was a homely car!
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> So, were there any micro-minicomputers?  Midicomputers?  And more to
> the point, which was more exciting?  The miniskirt or the
> minicomputer?
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> --Chuck
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