From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FROM,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 30822 invoked from network); 9 Mar 2023 14:42:48 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 9 Mar 2023 14:42:48 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BA4B412F1; Fri, 10 Mar 2023 00:42:43 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-pg1-x532.google.com (mail-pg1-x532.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::532]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B573C412E6 for ; Fri, 10 Mar 2023 00:42:37 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-pg1-x532.google.com with SMTP id d6so1186560pgu.2 for ; Thu, 09 Mar 2023 06:42:37 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; t=1678372957; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=TSFLi3VlkWE9PNHNdTqt+tIaMOkMLmVenqxZVKx+EI8=; b=kTi78by6XQn2abQ2diglAS83GMKprRpTV5w01tGurS0yOh4a6MlU+l6C2q+FXxVGve tKO2mOl4a3PXm3Ia85BPkHjY4KJA6oPLoHfBcuchRg0ayH2EBWYpBUSsVyWp7JeVeQt8 4yKZ0LBUoaLfX01P3s5zQ5npWs1RqVDJ8yKZ7uuYHpXeibBb9d50U6ObaIs8P7dJqjjL 37p9V6fZKxHFwAtiILDlrJo6zY7bcRlriJyDbJRIMFbkHDTSapQcfcceI/csopTsYO1O yZK5liaP+F25JennRy2W6p7Nsm083g5mrbrAsuodIg4bk/YVQoxv9t7/YJtGL0Ka2PzR yKhA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; t=1678372957; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=TSFLi3VlkWE9PNHNdTqt+tIaMOkMLmVenqxZVKx+EI8=; b=dVbuN6iAuQCfKx3jixYM+QKBsB+GLyOLZvYrtdS+7HfD2q/qM9eiJN1eze3evhpXOv Bmdrx3vL7B50S5J1zS5rNLp2NdKmTiiNUfmmWXIISz7nDnnxRQTduQ+NaVlY8RkZdKNd +pNmw8dqv7hbvPt8BtSQ6jmv56pJpxcUJ5KHdeK+hOC/N2dLixXVQH7ILhTvJO2Olp1s Bet7vPhMjY3O1vr186SympmCPBbfgy12h28srOBHdPJfnsbKbs5eh6rRFxMycgIywQ64 PoCPiWQJgY0tgQg1nlBFgX7BKj2Is1XGcWRTuDl/Lo5tQ/YjJh/dx3+bu1z5EP+C9d3q sxLg== X-Gm-Message-State: AO0yUKUYhOX2flQOQgAA9Eso/Ozo39BDuyUcrxzeof0MXsrCCqAzdu/j 6IFBQFjgVyWYZ7PR76QYa0jg45pmQYB3blRSZ0U= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AK7set+IsZsF356Alo0zf3XAvL7xW4182RLWz4GZsTBN/Pe9F0xs59KXc1/BYixO2wP6FZFn5pjvE0K0gn/lsCm781U= X-Received: by 2002:a63:3747:0:b0:503:2d50:5bf1 with SMTP id g7-20020a633747000000b005032d505bf1mr7165044pgn.7.1678372956945; Thu, 09 Mar 2023 06:42:36 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 2002:a05:6a10:e20f:b0:3bc:b7f6:895e with HTTP; Thu, 9 Mar 2023 06:42:36 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <1297BE06-BE03-477A-AC60-40A269090295@planet.nl> <73309724-1F69-49D4-B54B-63DD298CBD27@planet.nl> From: Paul Winalski Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2023 09:42:36 -0500 Message-ID: To: Clem Cole Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Message-ID-Hash: 6NSAXUFDRZWRPH766F4V3PHBUBGENXYM X-Message-ID-Hash: 6NSAXUFDRZWRPH766F4V3PHBUBGENXYM X-MailFrom: paul.winalski@gmail.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: Paul Ruizendaal , "tuhs@tuhs.org" X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: Origins of the frame buffer device List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: On 3/8/23, Clem Cole wrote: (regarding the issue of the definition of "workstation") > And herein lies the issue. The term was taken from the > engineering/architecture style definition of the 50s/60s - where someone > had a desk/table/bench and *area to do 'work'*. Correct. According to etymologyonline.com, the term "workstation" dates from 1950, and in the computer sense from 1972. It is a place (station) where one does one's work. In a jeweler's shop the bench where watches are cleaned and repaired could be called the workstation. Since the early 1980s when I first encountered them, I've always regarded the distinction between a workstation, a PC, and a word processor to be a matter of how the machine is used rather than the hardware itself. All three (workstation, PC, WP) are single-user computing devices. The distinction is that PCs are for non-business use and word processors are limited-function devices. A computer workstation is a single-user, general-purpose computer used for business or technical purposes. >> Would a Tek 4014 connected to a VAX count? If the VAX were only being used by one person at a time (i.e., not a timesharing system), then I would say yes. IMO the PDP-1 was often used as a workstation. -Paul W.