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Subject: [TUHS] Re: Earliest UNIX Workstations?
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Luther Johnson writes:
> I think what made 'workstations' different was:
> 
> 1) You had your own computer, you were not just using a terminal connected to a
> computer, that was time-shared with a bunch of other users

While it wasn't UNIX but a stupidly lost market opportunity
the Tektronix 4051 was one of the first workstations.