Supermini

Supermini is a class of minicomputer with high performance. It was used mainly to differentiate the emerging 32-bit minis from the classical 16-bit minicomputer. The term is now largely obsolete.

Significant superminis:

• Norsk Data Nord-5, first supermini in 1972
• Norsk Data Nord-50, 1975
• DEC VAX, 1978
• Norsk Data ND-500, 1981
• Norsk Data ND-570/CX, fastest supermini in 1983, at 7.1 Whetstone MIPS