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)