minicomputer

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C. Gordon Bell, a technology visionary whose computer designs for Digital Equipment Corporation fueled the emergence of the minicomputer industry in the 1960s, died on Friday in Coronado, Calif. He was 89.

From New York Times • May 21, 2024

Using a PDP-1 minicomputer and a 1024 x 1024 pixel CRT display, Russell and his colleagues programmed a game in which two spacecraft duke it out in the gravitational well of a star.

From The Verge • Jul. 29, 2022

So was Ken Olsen, innovator of the interactive minicomputer.

From US News • Apr. 30, 2016

Digital Equipment Corp., a once-dominant, now-defunct minicomputer firm, seeded high-tech startups with executives in the Boston area.

From Washington Times • Jul. 18, 2015

While I waited for my turn, I saw several people pulled out of line when the scanner found a subcutaneous minicomputer or a voice-controlled phone installed as a tooth replacement.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline