Apollo Computer
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Apollo Computer was an American computer company best known for pioneering high-performance Domain workstation systems in the 1980s.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Apollo Computer canonical | 24 |
| Apollo Computer was later acquired by Hewlett-Packard | 2 |
| Apollo Computer was later acquired by Hewlett‑Packard | 1 |
| Apollo Domain workstation | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1774859 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Apollo Computer Context triple: [Apollo/Domain workstations, developer, Apollo Computer]
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A.
Honeywell 316 minicomputer
The Honeywell 316 minicomputer was a small, 16-bit general-purpose computer from the late 1960s widely used in early networking and control applications.
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B.
Honeywell DDP-516 minicomputer
The Honeywell DDP-516 minicomputer was a rugged, 16-bit computer from the 1960s widely used in real-time and military applications, notably serving as the hardware platform for the original ARPANET Interface Message Processors.
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C.
IBM 5160
IBM 5160 is IBM’s second-generation personal computer model, commonly known as the IBM PC XT, which introduced a built-in hard drive and expanded capabilities over the original IBM PC.
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D.
Busicom
Busicom was a Japanese calculator and electronics company best known for commissioning the Intel 4004, the first commercial microprocessor.
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E.
PDP-11
The PDP-11 is a series of 16-bit minicomputers introduced by Digital Equipment Corporation in the 1970s that became highly influential in computer architecture and operating system development.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Apollo Computer Target entity description: Apollo Computer was an American computer company best known for pioneering high-performance Domain workstation systems in the 1980s.
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A.
Honeywell 316 minicomputer
The Honeywell 316 minicomputer was a small, 16-bit general-purpose computer from the late 1960s widely used in early networking and control applications.
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B.
Honeywell DDP-516 minicomputer
The Honeywell DDP-516 minicomputer was a rugged, 16-bit computer from the 1960s widely used in real-time and military applications, notably serving as the hardware platform for the original ARPANET Interface Message Processors.
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C.
IBM 5160
IBM 5160 is IBM’s second-generation personal computer model, commonly known as the IBM PC XT, which introduced a built-in hard drive and expanded capabilities over the original IBM PC.
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D.
Busicom
Busicom was a Japanese calculator and electronics company best known for commissioning the Intel 4004, the first commercial microprocessor.
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E.
PDP-11
The PDP-11 is a series of 16-bit minicomputers introduced by Digital Equipment Corporation in the 1970s that became highly influential in computer architecture and operating system development.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer company
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technology company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Hewlett-Packard ⓘ |
| acquisitionDate | 1989 ⓘ |
| activePeriod | 1980s ⓘ |
| competitor |
Digital Equipment Corporation
ⓘ
Silicon Graphics ⓘ
linked to:
SGI
Sun Microsystems ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| CPUArchitectureUsed |
Motorola 68000 family
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Motorola 68020 ⓘ
linked to:
Motorola 68020 microprocessor
Motorola 68030 ⓘ
linked to:
Motorola 68030 microprocessor
|
| defunctSince | 1989 ⓘ |
| developed |
Aegis operating system
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Domain/OS ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Bob Marshall
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Dave Nelson ⓘ Gerry Stanley ⓘ Mike D’Onofrio ⓘ William Poduska ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Chelmsford, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| inception | 1980 ⓘ |
| industry |
computer hardware
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workstations ⓘ |
| introducedConcept | tightly integrated networked workstations ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Domain workstation systems
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pioneering high-performance workstation systems ⓘ |
| networkArchitecture | token ring–like network (Apollo ring) ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
distributed file system
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graphical user interface ⓘ proprietary Domain network ⓘ |
| notableProduct |
Apollo/Domain system
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linked to:
Apollo/Domain workstations
Domain workstation ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Aegis
ⓘ
Domain/OS ⓘ |
| parentCompanyAfterAcquisition | Hewlett-Packard ⓘ |
| primaryCustomerSegment |
engineering firms
ⓘ
scientific institutions ⓘ |
| productType |
graphics workstations
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networked engineering workstations ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Europe
ⓘ
North America ⓘ |
| servedMarket |
computer-aided design
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engineering workstations ⓘ technical computing ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| technologyEra | third generation workstations ⓘ |
| typeOfWorkstation | UNIX-like workstation systems ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Apollo Computer Description of subject: Apollo Computer was an American computer company best known for pioneering high-performance Domain workstation systems in the 1980s.
Referenced by (28)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Apollo DN100
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companyStatusOfManufacturer
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Apollo Computer was later acquired by Hewlett-Packard
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linked to: Apollo Computer
subject linked to:
Domain/OS provided a distributed file system
linked to: Apollo Computer
Apollo DN10000
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companyStatusOfManufacturer
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Apollo Computer was later acquired by Hewlett-Packard
ⓘ
linked to: Apollo Computer
Apollo DN series
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companyStatusOfManufacturer
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Apollo Computer was later acquired by Hewlett‑Packard
ⓘ
linked to: Apollo Computer