26 Jan
2023
26 Jan
'23
1:20 p.m.
On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 8:47 PM Chris Hanson <cmhanson(a)eschatologist.net>
wrote:
WP says the Terak 8510/a was the first graphical workstation; it came out
in 1976-77 and ran the UCSD p-System. I had never heard of it before. The
first *personal* workstation (non-graphical) was probably the IBM 1620 (aka
the CADET system, "Can't Add, Doesn't Even Try") from 1959.
* What do I
really mean by workstation? Ex.gr. If an installation had a
PDP-11 with a single
terminal and operator, is it not a workstation? Is it
the integration of display into the system that differentiates?
I think "a graphical system intended to be used by a professional to use
in their work" is a good starting point for a definition. I should check at
home tonight how "A History of Personal Workstations" defines it.