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16 bit minicomputer line (1974–1988)
The Eclipse by Data General is a line of 16-bit minicomputers released in early 1974 and sold until 1988. The Eclipse was based on many of the same concepts as the Data General Nova, but included support for virtual memory and multitasking more suitable to the small office than the lab. It was also packaged differently for this reason, in a floor-standing case the size of a small refrigerator. The Eclipse series was supplanted by the 32-bit Data General Eclipse MV/8000 in 1980. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Data General EclipseA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Understanding Computers Today and TomorrowThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: A microprogrammed P‐CODE interpreter for the data general eclipse S/130 minicomputerCited 2 times
- Go sideways: Data General NovaA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Index registerA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
📚 Books worth reading
Understanding Computers Today and TomorrowDeborah Morley · 2003
Advances in Conceptual ModelingSilvana Castano · 2012- 📕UPDATE, a FORTRAN 77 source file manipulatorBernadette L. Kirk · 1989
Programming business applications for the Android® tabletJames C. Sheusi · 2014
Java 7 for absolute beginnersJay Bryant · 2012- 📕Granville Sharp's canon and its kinDaniel B. Wallace · 2008
SAX Observers' HandbookLuigi Piro · 1995
Akka essentialsMunish K. Gupta · 2012
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