Happy Birthday VAX 11/780

[Dan Roganti]

On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 3:44 PM, Rich Alderson <RichA at vulcan.com> wrote:

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> The VAX-11/780 was DEC's entry into the so-called "supermini" market.
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along with SEL 32/55 which came out before the VAX in '75 ;)
And with a much improved SEL 32/77 already in '77
http://www.vintagecomputer.net/ragooman/computers_mini_products.html
But It still wasn't a mainframe  - that blurs the distinction  ;) although
given how Mini's advanced since the decade earlier, with comparable
performance with the mainframes from the 60's.

=Dan
--http://www.vintagecomputer.net/ragooman/