Minicomputer interfaces: know more, save more

Attractive price/performance ratios for minicomputers lose some of their appeal once a potential user learns that individual peripherals required to complete a useful system - input/output (I/O) devices, mass storage units, etc. -may cost as much or more than the minicomputer itself. If a potential...

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Published in:IEEE spectrum 1974-02, Vol.11 (2), p.64-68
Main Authors: Hoffman, A. A. J., French, Robert L., Lang, Guy M.
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Educational institutions
Microcomputers
Monitoring
Program processors
Timing
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Summary:Attractive price/performance ratios for minicomputers lose some of their appeal once a potential user learns that individual peripherals required to complete a useful system - input/output (I/O) devices, mass storage units, etc. -may cost as much or more than the minicomputer itself. If a potential buyer is not dissuaded by that realization, he may be when he also learns that the peripherals may be useless without special interface devices; devices that he may have to design and build himself.
ISSN:0018-9235
1939-9340
DOI:10.1109/MSPEC.1974.6366324