What is a ...-computer

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From: Pieter Winter
Date: Mon, 05 Jun 1989 13:03

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Hi,
Since I saw the question "What is a mainframe" recently in this newsgroup, I
was wondering the following:

How can you define a:
      - Minicomputer
      - Supermini computer
I'm especially interested in how to distinguish them from each other.

Another question considering the mini-supermini-mainframe range:
   - What is the difference between a mainframe and a (super)-mini computer,
     are they overlapping computer categories, or totally different categories.

Perhaps anyone on the net has a good working definition?

Thanks,		Pieter
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From: winter@doomb.prl.philips.nl (Pieter Winter)
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Subject: What is a ...-computer
Keywords: supermini mini mainframe
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