Apollo computer
apollo computer
company
a company making workstations often used for cad.
from 1980 to 1987, apollo were the largest manufacturer of network workstations. apollo workstations ran aegis, a proprietary operating system with a posix-compliant unix alternative frontend. apollo’s networking was particularly elegant, among the first to allow demand paging over the network, and allowing a degree of network transparency and low sysadmin-to-machine ratio that is still unmatched.
apollo’s largest customers were mentor graphics (electronic design), gm, ford, chrysler, and boeing (mechanical design). apollo was acquired by hewlett-packard in 1989, and gradually closed down over the period 1990-1997.
(2003-07-18)
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