Data General MV series

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The Data General MV series was a line of 32-bit minicomputers introduced in the late 1970s that became widely used in commercial and technical computing environments for their performance and multiuser capabilities.

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Data General MV series canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 32-bit computer system ⓘ
minicomputer family ⓘ
architecture 32-bit ⓘ
competitiveWith Digital Equipment Corporation VAX series ⓘ
linked to: VAX minicomputer

IBM midrange systems ⓘ
Prime Computer minicomputers ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
cpuFamily Data General Eclipse MV ⓘ
designedFor engineering applications ⓘ
timesharing workloads ⓘ
transaction processing ⓘ
era fourth generation minicomputers ⓘ
formFactor cabinet system ⓘ
rack-mounted system ⓘ
hardwareType proprietary CPU and bus architecture ⓘ
instructionSet Eclipse MV instruction set ⓘ
introduced late 1970s ⓘ
manufacturer Data General Corporation ⓘ
marketedAs high-performance minicomputer ⓘ
networkCapabilities supported local area networks (via add-on hardware) ⓘ
supported terminal networks ⓘ
notableDocumentation Data General MV series technical manuals ⓘ
notableIn history of minicomputers ⓘ
notableModel Eclipse MV/10000 ⓘ
Eclipse MV/20000 ⓘ
Eclipse MV/8000 ⓘ
operatingSystem AOS ⓘ
AOS/VS ⓘ
RDOS (on some configurations) ⓘ
linked to: DR-DOS
predecessor Data General Eclipse series ⓘ
Data General Nova series ⓘ
linked to: Data General Nova 2
primaryProgrammingLanguages BASIC ⓘ
C ⓘ
COBOL ⓘ
FORTRAN ⓘ
linked to: Fortran
status discontinued ⓘ
successor Data General AViiON series ⓘ
linked to: Data General AViiON
supports multitasking ⓘ
multiuser access ⓘ
virtual memory (on later models) ⓘ
typicalUseEnvironment business data processing ⓘ
scientific computing labs ⓘ
university computing centers ⓘ
usedFor commercial computing ⓘ
multiuser time-sharing ⓘ
technical computing ⓘ
wordSize 32-bit ⓘ

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Data General → notableProduct → Data General MV series ⓘ
Data General Corporation → notableProduct → Data General MV series ⓘ