Prime Computer
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Prime Computer was a U.S. minicomputer manufacturer prominent in the 1970s and 1980s, known for its PRIMOS operating system and 16-bit and 32-bit business systems.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Prime 750 series minicomputers | 1 |
| Prime 9955 minicomputer | 1 |
| Prime Computer canonical | 1 |
| Prime Computer Corporation | 1 |
| Prime Computer Inc. | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
defunct company
ⓘ
minicomputer manufacturer ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | J.H. Whitney & Co. ⓘ |
| acquisitionYear | 1989 ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
1970s
ⓘ
1980s ⓘ |
| architecture |
16-bit minicomputers
ⓘ
32-bit minicomputers ⓘ |
| businessModel | selling proprietary minicomputer systems ⓘ |
| competition |
Data General
ⓘ
Digital Equipment Corporation ⓘ Hewlett-Packard ⓘ IBM ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| era |
minicomputer era
ⓘ
third generation computers ⓘ |
| fate | acquired ⓘ |
| foundedBy | William Poduska ⓘ |
| founder | William Poduska ⓘ |
| hardwareType | proprietary CPU designs ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Natick, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1969 ⓘ |
| industry |
computer hardware
ⓘ
information technology ⓘ minicomputers ⓘ |
| knownFor |
16-bit business systems
ⓘ
32-bit business systems ⓘ PRIMOS operating system ⓘ |
| laterName |
Prime Computer
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Prime Computer Corporation
Prime Computer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Prime Computer Inc.
|
| notableFor |
aggressive marketing in the minicomputer market
ⓘ
networked business systems ⓘ |
| notableSoftware | PRIMOS ⓘ |
| operatingSystem | PRIMOS ⓘ |
| PRIMOSFeature |
support for business applications
ⓘ
support for multi-user timesharing ⓘ |
| PRIMOSType |
multi-user operating system
ⓘ
proprietary operating system ⓘ |
| product |
Prime 50 series minicomputers
ⓘ
Prime Computer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Prime 750 series minicomputers
Prime Computer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Prime 9955 minicomputer
|
| state | Massachusetts ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| systemType | multi-user business systems ⓘ |
| targetMarket |
business computing
ⓘ
commercial data processing ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Prime Computer Description of subject: Prime Computer was a U.S. minicomputer manufacturer prominent in the 1970s and 1980s, known for its PRIMOS operating system and 16-bit and 32-bit business systems.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Prime 750 series minicomputers
this entity surface form:
Prime 9955 minicomputer
this entity surface form:
Prime Computer Inc.
this entity surface form:
Prime Computer Corporation