one year before the missile-like attach of the PC industry hit from below, severely wounding every
minicomputer maker.
While the commercial systems were
minicomputer and storage tube display oriented, these in-house projects tended to use mainframe computers and vector refresh displays.
Common internal control problems associated with current microcomputer environments and many
minicomputer environments include lack of separation of duties, unauthorized access to hardware and software, and uncontrolled development of computer application programs.
Gains are even more pronounced when compared to bigger, centralized
minicomputers and mainframe systems, which have longer product cycles.
With its
minicomputers and desktop terminals making an early challenge to mainframe mainstay International Business Machines Corp., Digital helped establish high technology in a region north and west of Boston that was losing its old industrial base.
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minicomputer can support a number of [TABULAR DATA FOR EXHIBIT 1 OMITTED] inexpensive terminals.
MBA: A significant part of the industry is still using
minicomputers...
Computing in the mainframe and
minicomputer era developed incrementally over a 40-year period.
We did not conduct a survey of mainframe and
minicomputer software for this issue of The Public Works Manual.
"This whole complex system is run by many outdated
minicomputers," says Martin Gareau, manager of volumetric data measurement systems at EOG's Cleveland headquarters.
In 1987, the City of La Porte had five microcomputers, and major applications, such as police, court, accounting, billing, tax and word processing, were performed on a
minicomputer purchased in 1982.