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I'm from the same time myself. Although the mini/micro nomenclature implies otherwise, "microcomputers" were so named because they used microprocessors, rather
by webmaven 6y ago
I'm from the same time myself.
Although the mini/micro nomenclature implies otherwise, "microcomputers" were so named because they used microprocessors, rather than their physical size.
When microprocessor-based systems moved upscale, the larger systems were called "servers", and the "minicomputer" term bit the dust. The "microcomputer" form factor then became the "personal computer".
All of which just underscores the senselessness of calling something the size of a small refrigerator "pint-sized".