On Mar 15, 2023, at 3:55 PM, Rich Alderson via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > The term "minicomputer" was marketing speak: The first computer to receive > the > appellation was the PDP-8/e, which was the third generation of the PDP-8 > family > (where the PDP-5 is "generation zero"). The first generation PDP-8 fit into > the back of a VW convertible (a famous marketing photo); the third would fit > on > the passenger side front seat. It came out at a time when the miniskirt was > in > full bloom, and everything in the marketing world was "Mini! Mini! > Mini!"--even > when it wasn’t.
The first time I saw a PDP-8 was in the Museum of American History in Washington DC in 1990. Along with a straight-8, they had that marketing photo. Zane
