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Linking Options Let Users Build Sophisticated PC-VAX Systems As Digital Equipment Corp.'s VAX minicomputers proliferate in organizations large and small, the need to connect them to PCs is increasing, and […]

Microcomputers continue to make in-roads into the minicomputer and mainframe terminal market because corporations still need intelligent local machines for local applications while maintaining ties to central data and resources. […]

The competition between the microcomputer and minicomputer /mainframe sectors of the industry has worked its way into the terminology we use to communicate. A microcomputer-oriented person might define a specific […]

Emulator Makers' Fate Tied to IBM's System/36 Marked by many recent product introductions and increased competition, the market for emulators that turn PCs into 5251 minicomputer terminals is now pinning […]

While IBM 3270 terminal emulation on PCs has captured wide attention and a sizeable market slice, there exists a smaller, but lively, line of products that allow micros to emulate […]

University of Delaware Provost L. Leon Campbell has noticed a marked change in the conversation at university faculty meetings since many of the humanities professors took part in a special […]

It was Saturday, June 12, 1971. At 6:13 p.m., the presses began rolling on an edition that changed the scope of journalism, ushering in a new age for newspapers. Secret […]

'To be or not to be' was a question without an easy answer for Hamlet. For an IBM PC, however, such philosophical and functional divides do not exist. With terminal […]

Once business users become comfortable with office-productivity tools such as spreadsheets, word processing and database managers, they tend to turn their attention to an arena that traditionally has offered them […]

Active Software Inc. this month forged partnerships with a number of major companies in hopes of creating tight links to legacy data systems. One of the four original technology companies […]

Last week's announcement of Digital Equipment Corp.'s $66 million quarterly loss shocked some customers, but few corporate buyers are ready to write off the company over the long term. In […]

As negotiations by Eastman Kodak Co. to acquire Wang Laboratories Inc.'s workflow and imaging software business continue, those involved in the talks don't expect a possible deal to affect the […]

DEC'S VP OF OPERATIONS ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT PLANS Digital Equipment Corp.'s senior vice president of operations, John Smith, last week announced his plans to retire from the Maynard, Mass., minicomputer company. […]

HP Revamps Workstation Minicomputer Groups Hewlett-Packard Co. last week announced a restructuring of its workstation and minicomputer organization that is designed to bring better products to market faster. The restructuring […]

HP Plans To Buy TI Minicomputer Line Officials from Hewlett-Packard Co. and Texas Instruments Inc. last week signed a letter of intent for HP to acquire TI's sluggish minicomputer business. […]

By Laura Brennan Facing financial crisis, Digital Equipment Corp. (DEC) last week announced it will resort to involuntary layoffs for the first time in the company's 33-year history. The Maynard, […]

By Steven Burke Digital Equipment Corp. (DEC) announced last week it has reassigned its top U.S. sales executive in a move analysts said is a prelude to deep budget cuts. […]

By Steven Burke Facing the possibility of a loss for the first time in its history, Digital Equipment Corp. (DEC) is preparing to introduce a voluntary severance program to reduce […]

WHITE PLAINS, NY--By marketing its new System/36 PC through it Advanced Dealer Program, IBM has given a boost to those select dealers who qualify to sell the system and has […]

The well-publicized slump afflicting the computer industry has been blamed on everything from sluggish economic growth to changes in corporate purchasing habits. But manufacturers of mid-range systems may be facing […]

NEW YORK--After months of anticipation and speculation, IBM is expected to announce the crucial PC component of its comprehensive token-passing-ring networking plan here this week, according to several sources familiar […]

Eagle To Issue Stock, Market SST Mini Eagle Computer Inc., facing debts, plummeting sales and a number of lawsuits in which damages have yet to be estimated, last week turned […]

Trend in Minis Is As Gateways To Mainframes With the PC market abuzz over micro-to-mainframe links, the minicomputer has taken a back seat to both its smaller and larger cousins […]

Plant Shutdowns Loom as DG Profits Fall 36% in Quarter Data General joined the ranks of other troubled computer makers last week when it reported a 36 percent drop in […]

It wasn't so long ago that status derived from having a terminal that never got used prominently displayed on your desk and connected to the company mainframe. With the advent […]

Federal Government Spent $137M on Micros in Fiscal '84 Federal agencies purchased more than 37,000 microcomputers last year, found a recent General Services Administration report. The government spent $137.2 million […]

Kodak Division Debuts Linkware Series Eastman Kodak's communications division released eight packages last week. Eastman Communications, the Kodak subsidiary formed last November to sell voice and data communications over Kodak's […]

WHITE PLAINS, NY--IBM's forthcoming desktop version of its System/36 minicomputer will include a software link allowing IBM PCs to emulate the Desktop 36 intelligent terminals, according to an IBM document […]

WALTHAM, MA--Honeywell, undaunted by the lukewarm reception some videotex firms have experienced, introduced its InfoNow videotex system for corporate users last week. Available in June, InfoNow sets up an internal […]

Their products never make the industry hot lists. They rarely sponsor booths at PC Trade shows. They don't hawk their wares through television or billboard advertising. Yet they are among […]

Major minicomputer manufacturers have failed to gain the same commercial recognition with their PCs as PC vendors have, according to industry analysts, retailers and vendors interviewed last week. Companies dealing […]

American Telephone & Telegraph (AT&T) beat IBM to the punch last week by announcing 'PC Interface,' networking software that will allow up to 18 IBM PC users to share and […]

Since las April, IBM has been selling a product that some observers say could fill an important gap in its product line: a consistent user interface from the PC to […]

RYE BROOK, NY -- IBM last week brought the power of the Series/1 minicomputer to users' desktops by introducing two Series/1 rpocessor cards that fit inside a PC AT, a […]

IBM last week announced close to a dozen software and hardware products that enhance the PC's compatibility with, among other systems, IBM's Displaywriter word processor and 5520 Administrative System mini. […]

Comdex: A Few Important Products 7 Compatibles Make Debuts At Spring Show Seven new microcomputers and a new line of related products, all boasting at least some degree of IBM […]

Over the past year there's been increasing, if still quiet, talk in corporate DP planning meetings about the concept of 'departmental computers.' I've spent a lot of time in those […]

The new IBM PC AT/370, the enhanced PC XT/370 and 3270 PC models and the Office Systems Family of software may not seem to have much in common. However, the […]

WALTHAM, MA--There are some things IBM PCs just can't do--like fit in a briefcase, for example. Realizing the growing importance of the lap-size computer to traveling executives, Envoy Systems corp. […]

By Karyl Scott CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Hewlett-Packard Co. this week plans to introduce a program to develop gateways between the company's HP 3000 minicomputer and many commonly used PC-based LAN […]

No Consensus on the Ease of Wang-IBM Links Wang has followed the lead of other minicomputer makers by hitching its wagon to IBM's computing architecture. Some users of the firm's [...]

Software Companies Are Focusing Efforts On Digital Minis Software companies that have traditionally developed products for the IBM universe of computers have begun to broaden their offerings to include software [...]

IBM Widens the Role of Minis To Serve as Mainframe-PC Link Overshadowed by IBM's rollout two weeks ago of its 9370 departmental and office computers were communications enhancements to its [...]

Companies Link More Macs To IBM Mainframes, Minis IBM PCs or clones running terminal-emulation programs have long been a staple of installations that split their computing tasks between desktop microcomputers [...]

Software Is Key to PC-VAX Link Digital Equipment Corp. (DEC) last week introduced networking software that allows VAX minicomputers to act as file servers for 8088- and 80286-based PCs. With [...]

If any one company has the wherewithal to challenge IBMs supremacy in the computer field it is AT&T. Last year AT&T had a gross income of $34 billion, compared to [...]

Multiplex PC-to-Mini Link Heralds New Connectivity Level PC-to-minicomputer connectivity software has taken a giant step forward with the introduction of Multiplex from Network Innovations of Cupertino, Calif. A powerful combination [...]

Major minicomputer manufacturers have failed to gain the same commercial recognition with their PCs as PC vendors have, according to industry analysts, retailers and vendors interviewed last week. Companies dealing [...]