Difference between revisions of "Workstation"
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Latest revision as of 16:51, 9 June 2025
A workstation was a high-end personal computer (physically a desktop, not a laptop), capable of running computationally demanding applications. Almost ubiquitously, they included a bit-mapped display, a mouse, and a data network connection (usually Ethernet). With the increasing power of later personal computers, they faded out as a separate category.
Some workstations
- Xerox PARC, 1973: Alto
- Apollo, 1980: DN series
- MIT-LCS, 1979: Nu Machine
- MIT-AI, 1978: CADR LISP machine
- Silicon Graphics, 1984: IRIS 1000
- Stanford University, 1981: SUN
- Three Rivers, 1979: PERQ
"Workstation-like" computers introduced before the concept
These machines have some or all of the attributes, but are usually not regarded as workstations.
