MinicomputerUmgebungen
MinicomputerUmgebungen, also known as minicomputer environments, refer to the software and hardware configurations developed around minicomputers during the late 20th century. Minicomputers were mid-sized computers introduced in the 1960s and 1970s, offering more processing power and flexibility than mainframes but at a lower cost than larger systems. These environments were designed to facilitate multi-user computing, networking, and the execution of complex tasks in academic, industrial, and business settings.
The term "Umgebungen" (German for "environments") emphasizes the integrated systems that included operating systems, programming languages,
MinicomputerUmgebungen were pivotal in advancing computing education, research, and automation. They enabled early implementations of time-sharing
By the 1980s, the rise of microcomputers and workstations began to overshadow minicomputers, leading to a decline