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January 27

SciData computers

In the 1970s there were some minicomputers named SciData. I saw at least two of them. They had 12K but I'm not sure if that is in words or bytes. I can't find anything about them. They don't seem to be related to Scientific Data Systems, but I don't know. Does anyone know anything about SciData computers? Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 00:11, 27 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The closest thing I can recall are the unique computers created by SiCortex in the mid-2000s. I recall a fellow researcher had been using one of their machines to benchmark some physics simulations before the company stopped building and supporting them. I do not know if the SiCortex machines, or the people who designed them, ever had any shared lineage with the SciData computers from several decades earlier. Nimur (talk) 16:55, 29 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

These were definitely minicomputers and in the mid 1970s. They may have been something else rebranded. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 02:55, 30 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

SciData of Atlanta, GA, I think? They seem to have specialized in automating agricultural feeding systems, and (perhaps) to have been absorbed by Computer Usage Company in 1977 or so[1], though that might be another Scidata -- the name's been used a few times. --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆 𝄐𝄇} 00:57, 3 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Jpgordon: Yes, it is likely that they were in Atlanta. I know one was used in a college in the University of Georgia system and I saw another one in the Macon (Georgia) Mall. I heard that someone in the Georgia government was recommending them. (We wondered if there was a kickback.) A professor complained that they replaced the Univac 9200 with 16K with the SciData with 12K. Of course, it might have been 12K words vs. 16K bytes, but I don't know. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 01:11, 3 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]