To: Dr. Sivana
They shouldn’t call that a mini-computer. A PDP-11 is a mini-computer. This should be called a mini PC, perhaps. A PDP-11 is a bit bigger than a RPi. Probably not as fast either.
11 posted on
03/08/2013 10:42:17 AM PST by
zeugma
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To: zeugma
A PDP-11 is a bit bigger than a RPi. Probably not as fast either.
Yes, and a Compaq 386 is also bigger and slower than an RPi, but it is a MICRO-computer. The problem is that in terms of computer scale, MINI is actually on the large size. Even the body of the article refers to the RPI as a microcomputer. You might also call it a mini-microcomputer, but the term minicomputer is taken.
13 posted on
03/08/2013 10:45:50 AM PST by
Dr. Sivana
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