Computing Dictionary
Apollo Computer definition
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)
