SAQ wrote:
You probably should include Sun and Apollo (little-known now, but they were one of the first to work on network-transparent workstations).
They were pretty famous in the technical fields - CAD and engineering, anyhow. HP bought them. ComputerVision was also big, they had their own hardware ?
Can't leave out PDP-8's and PDP-11's ... 11's could do some graphics and 8's were sort-of workstation-sized. "Expensive Typewriter", best name ever for a computer program
For computer-aided manufacturing it was all APT or COMPAC II and ran on a bunch of weird stuff. Look up "bit-sliced processors." My W2560 had that, didn't have a processor actually, was a bunch of discrete components. That was the true difference between a minicomputer and a micro at one time. Both the PDP-8 and the Westinghouse had core memory, which was actually pretty good in some ways. Better than bubble, anyhow !
Lots of time sharing. Sundstrand, Cincinnati Milacron, GE, even Westinghouse offered accounts. ADM-3 semi-graphics terminals like neko is looking for
If I were at home could give you some old brochures