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No. Just no. Here is the pdp-11, birthplace of Unix: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-11 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-11 It's by all means a mainfr
by froh 5y ago
No. Just no.
Here is the pdp-11, birthplace of Unix:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-11 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-11
It's by all means a mainframe. Same goes for the vax which followed it.
"Mid range" and "Mini computers" came up in the 1980s/1990s, e.g. as Department file and print servers.
- ddulaney 5y agoFrom the link: > The PDP-11 is a series of 16-bit minicomputers It’s a class of computers in the 1960’s that was distinct from mainframes because they were so much smaller and cheaper, even though today all 60’s computers feel equally huge.
- timbit42 5y agoUnix was born on the PDP-7 before being ported to the PDP-11. The DEC PDP systems were considered minicomputers. The only DEC PDP considered a mainframe was the PDP-10, but Unix didn't run on it.
- indymike 5y ago> It's by all means a mainframe. The PDP-11 was a minicomputer. It did not have the data throughput to compete with a mainframe.
- DnDGrognard 5y agoThe PDP range where Mini computers not Mainframes - the only mainframe class systems DEC had where the DECSYSTEM-20 / 10.
- anthk 5y agoMainframe = behemoth Minicomputer = wardrobe/fridge size computers Microcomputer = your idea of minicomputer