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From: Eric Chomko <chomko_at_greenbelt.com>
Date: Sun May 13 22:05:29 2001

ajp166 wrote:

> From: Bill Pechter <pechter_at_bg-tc-ppp1366.monmouth.com>
> >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.
>
> Yep and most of the later machines also had similar display systems
> or better.
>
> >Apollo and Sun were pretty much an alternative to the higher
> >priced Vaxes with add-on graphics like the VSV11 unit.
>
> Untill DEC caught on then the workation wars were on.
>

One must conclude that they lost, at least from a market share
point-of-view?

Eric


>
> Allison
Received on Sun May 13 2001 - 22:05:29 BST