Frustration breeds inspiration for Marlborough student Oct 2, 2009
Using Bluetooth wireless connection, a cell phone will interact with a minicomputer, which is connected to a motor. This motor activates a pulley that will twist and thereby unlock a lock on a door. (Marlborough Enterprise, MA)
EMC’s Egan had some very strong selling points Sep 1, 2009
Thirty years ago, any debate about the hottest technology businesses in Massachusetts was really a conversation about companies that made minicomputers. Of course, the minicomputer is long gone ... Marino says Egan had the vision to become a bricks and mortar company selling its own hardware and targeted add-on memory for the minicomputer systems being designed up and down Route 128 by companies like Prime Computer and Data General. (Boston Globe)
Andrew Knowles, Digital Equipment Corp. leader and UMass booster, helped usher in computer age Aug 4, 2009
Globe news stories from the era credit Mr. Knowles with helping to launch Digital s PDP-11 minicomputer line during battles with competitor Data General and eventually getting the company s personal computers to market. He also led successful marketing efforts of video display terminals. (Boston Globe)
Does the Mac-Windows-Linux Race Ever Change? Jun 17, 2009
He wrote an OS, a shell, an editor, and an assembler all in just one month, in assembly language, to run a DEC PDP-7 minicomputer. The outcome of that work changed the future course of digital history. (Datamation)
Ashenhurst, Yu receive Maclean Faculty awards Jun 16, 2009
In his tenure, the CIS built the Minicomputer Interface Support System the first computer network on campus in 1969. In 1968 Ashenhurst became University Marshal a position he held for 32 years, the longest-serving marshal at the University. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
Greylock Partners moving base out of Boston May 20, 2009
Greylock, which financed Route 128 minicomputer and medical technology start-ups in an earlier era, more recently has invested in San Francisco-area companies such as social networking websites Facebook and LinkedIn, content-sharing site Digg, and storage company Data Domain. Its investments in the Boston area include e-mail marketing firm Constant Contact of Waltham and car-sharing company Zipcar of Cambridge. (Boston Globe)
Comment: Cisco clarifies its cloud vision Mar 14, 2009
Observers say this could be the next big phase of computing following the mainframe, minicomputer, PC and mobile eras. It is essentially the architecture that could drive computing to become a utility, like electricity, that a few people manage well and anyone can tap on demand. (EETimes)
Speak, Atari Mar 10, 2009
a game that ran on a minicomputer at his university and displayed graphics on an oscilloscope. In the early '70s, the tavern (otherwise known as the bar) was the place for video games, which were seen as offshoots of darts and pool and served the same purpose of keeping people around to eat and drink. (Slate)
