Minicomputers

thumb|Six different minicomputers (out of many more models) produced by the Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) with the year of introduction in brackets: First row: [[PDP-1 (1959), PDP-7 (1964), PDP-8 (1965); second row: PDP-8/E (1970), PDP-11/70 (1975), PDP-15 (1970).]]

VAX (an acronym for virtual address extension) is a series of computers featuring a 32-bit instruction set architecture (ISA) and virtual memory that was developed and sold by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in the late 20th century. The VAX-11/780, introduced October 25, 1977, was the first of a range of popular and influential computers implementing the VAX ISA. The VAX family was a huge success for DEC, with the last members arriving in the early 1990s. The VAX was succeeded by the DEC Alpha, which included several features from VAX machines to make porting from the VAX easier.

series of minicomputers having approximately the size of closets; made and marketed by the Digital Equipment Corporation from 1957 to 1990; model numbering from PDP-1 to PDP-16 with some numbers left out

American computer company (1951–1999)

experimental minicomputer

thumb|right|A superminicomputer (Interdata 7/32) preserved in a museum A superminicomputer, colloquially supermini, is a high-end minicomputer. The term is used to distinguish the emerging 32-bit architecture midrange computers introduced in the mid to late 1970s from the classical 16-bit systems that preceded them. The development of these computers was driven by the need of applications to address larger memory. The term midicomputer had been used earlier to refer to these systems. Virtual memory was often an additional criteria that was considered for inclusion in this class of system. The

American computer hardware manufacturer ( 1974–1997)

American producer of minicomputers (1972–1998)

mini computer series by HP

minicomputer built by Honeywell

16-bit minicomputer series

Norwegian computer manufacturer

mini computer series by HP

1956 computer design

class of Soviet and Comecon minicomputers produced in the 1970s and 1980s

16 bit minicomputer line (1974–1988)

minicomputer from Wang Laboratories

Armenian computer model

The Q-bus, also known as the LSI-11 Bus, is one of several bus technologies used with PDP and MicroVAX computer systems previously manufactured by the Digital Equipment Corporation of Maynard, Massachusetts.