> Another good fact to add to the Apple I vs. Sun analogy is the fact that
> Apple is credited with pioneering the desktop/home/personal computer market
> (mass market that is), while Sun didn't invent the workstation (though
> they'd like you to think so). For what it's worth, Apollo invented the
> workstation, though Sun was around fairly soon afterwards..
Personally, I think DEC pretty much invented the workstation...
Actually GT40's were pretty much early cad stations for pc cad
(Racal-Redac) had some pretty good software on them.
Wasn't the PDP1 pretty much an engineering workstation with Vector
(rather than raster) based CRT.
Kind of a cross between an O'scope and a computer.
Apollo and Sun were pretty much an alternative to the higher
priced Vaxes with add-on graphics like the VSV11 unit.
Bill
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