Supermini - Revision history

Jnc: Grammar

2023-12-22T22:29:43Z

Grammar

Jnc: Got the wrong machine

2023-12-22T16:18:38Z

Got the wrong machine

Jnc: Fix to match new category name

2023-12-22T15:39:49Z

Fix to match new category name

Jnc: Jnc moved page Super-mini to Supermini over redirect: None of the others have -'s; this is the preferred form, anyway

2023-12-22T15:32:46Z

Jnc moved page Super-mini to Supermini over redirect: None of the others have -'s; this is the preferred form, anyway

Jnc: Jnc moved page Supermini to Super-mini over redirect: Too many pages use the old form

2023-12-22T14:53:47Z

Jnc moved page Supermini to Super-mini over redirect: Too many pages use the old form

Jnc: Jnc moved page Super-mini to Supermini: This seems to be the most common form

2023-12-22T14:46:48Z

Jnc moved page Super-mini to Supermini: This seems to be the most common form

Jnc: Merge duplicate

2023-12-22T14:42:41Z

Merge duplicate

Larsbrinkhoff: Stub.

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A '''super minicomputer''', or commonly just '''super-mini''', is a category of small computers more powerful than a traditional [[minicomputer]], but not as large or powerful as a [[mainframe]]. They were typically [[:Category:32-bit Computers|32-bit computers]]. An early and very successful example is the [[VAX]] family.

The super-mini was obsoleted during the 1980s by smaller and faster [[microcomputer]] based machines, to great distress to manufacturers like [[Digital Equipment Corporation]].

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-A '''supermini''' (formally '''super-minicomputer''') was the name for a category of small computers which were, as the name implies, more powerful than a traditional [[minicomputer]], but were not as large or powerful as a [[mainframe]]. They had a brief period of popularity, before [[personal computer]]s took over the world. They were typically [[:Category:32-bit Computers|32-bit computers]]; usually used in [[time-sharing]] mode.
+A '''supermini''' (formally '''super-minicomputer''') was the name for a category of mid-sized computers which were, as the name implies, more powerful than a traditional [[minicomputer]], but were not as large or as powerful as a [[mainframe]]. They had a brief period of popularity, before [[personal computer]]s took over the world. They were typically [[:Category:32-bit Computers|32-bit computers]]; usually used in [[time-sharing]] mode.
-About the earliest, and very successful, one was the [[VAX-11/780]] from [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]], but the [[Data General Eclipse MV]] was another early one. The super-mini was soon obsoleted during the late 1980s by smaller and faster [[microcomputer]]-based machines, to great distress to manufacturers like DEC.
+About the earliest, and very successful, one was the [[VAX-11/780]] from [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]], but the [[Data General Eclipse MV]] was another early one. The supermini was soon obsoleted during the late 1980s by smaller and faster [[microcomputer]]-based machines, to the great distress to manufacturers like DEC.
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 A '''supermini''' (formally '''super-minicomputer''') was the name for a category of small computers which were, as the name implies, more powerful than a traditional [[minicomputer]], but were not as large or powerful as a [[mainframe]]. They had a brief period of popularity, before [[personal computer]]s took over the world. They were typically [[:Category:32-bit Computers|32-bit computers]]; usually used in [[time-sharing]] mode.
-About the earliest, and very successful, one was the [[VAX-11/780]] from [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]], but the [[Data General Eclipse]] was another early one. The super-mini was soon obsoleted during the late 1980s by smaller and faster [[microcomputer]]-based machines, to great distress to manufacturers like DEC.
+About the earliest, and very successful, one was the [[VAX-11/780]] from [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]], but the [[Data General Eclipse MV]] was another early one. The super-mini was soon obsoleted during the late 1980s by smaller and faster [[microcomputer]]-based machines, to great distress to manufacturers like DEC.
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−	A '''~~super-minicomputer~~''' (~~commonly just~~ '''super-~~mini~~''') was the name for a category of small computers which were, as the name implies, more powerful than a traditional [[minicomputer]], but were not as large or powerful as a [[mainframe]]. They had a brief period of popularity, before [[personal computer]]s took over the world. They were typically [[:Category:32-bit Computers\|32-bit computers]]; usually used in [[time-sharing]] mode.	+	A '''supermini''' (formally '''super-minicomputer''') was the name for a category of small computers which were, as the name implies, more powerful than a traditional [[minicomputer]], but were not as large or powerful as a [[mainframe]]. They had a brief period of popularity, before [[personal computer]]s took over the world. They were typically [[:Category:32-bit Computers\|32-bit computers]]; usually used in [[time-sharing]] mode.

	About the earliest, and very successful, one was the [[VAX-11/780]] from [[Digital Equipment Corporation\|DEC]], but the [[Data General Eclipse]] was another early one. The super-mini was soon obsoleted during the late 1980s by smaller and faster [[microcomputer]]-based machines, to great distress to manufacturers like DEC.		About the earliest, and very successful, one was the [[VAX-11/780]] from [[Digital Equipment Corporation\|DEC]], but the [[Data General Eclipse]] was another early one. The super-mini was soon obsoleted during the late 1980s by smaller and faster [[microcomputer]]-based machines, to great distress to manufacturers like DEC.

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