> On Oct 14, 2015, at 4:50 PM, ben <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On 10/14/2015 2:36 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
>> On 10/14/2015 11:04 AM, ben wrote:
>>> On 10/14/2015 8:15 AM, Rod Smallwood wrote:
>>>> OK so if we agree there are three classes computer Namely
>>>> Micro,Mini, and Mainframe. It follows that there must be three
>>>> classes of vintage computer. We dont need patches with pictures but
>>>> it should say what type of system we major in *snip*
>>>
>>> As I am building a 70's TTL computer in a FPGA, you forgot Home
>>> Brew. The hardest part is finding parts for the FPGA, sure I can use
>>> 74XXX but was it out in 1975-76? Ben.
>>
>> You forgot "midicomputer". Once a very hot thing, long ago...sigh.
>
> What is a midi-computer?
>> --Chuck
Something a bit bigger than a mini. I think some marketeers tried to use that
term for their answer to the VAX. It obviously didn't go very far, given that
hardly anyone remembers the term. I'm not sure who specifically used it.
Prime, perhaps?
paul
