VSC-5

The VSC-5 was a Workstation Computer released in 1973 and is known for its Vector and Circular Display.



History
The VSC stands for Vector Storage Computer and the 5 which refers to the thickness of the vector graphics, The computer was created as a way for companies to keep a backup of all workspace material and was originally called the Main Drive but would slowly evolved into one of the first Workstation Computers, The Computer was released onto the American and Canadian Markets in 1973 for a price of 600$ (3671$ Today) which surprisingly wasn't a horrible price as most computers of the era would be around 1000$ which meant that the VSC-5 was very appealing to companies who didn't want to dump thousands of dollars on a similar computer, The VSC-5 was pretty successful for the year 1973 and was a very popular and prominent option for companies and later consumers when the computer was released to consumers in 1975 and overall was successful for Maximum Computing, But as technology advanced the VSC-5 would soon be competing with the Apple II and IBM PC by the end of its lifespan and was discontinued in 1980 to make way for its successor the VectorDepot Home Computer which was released the year before.

Legacy
The VSC-5 is looked back on rarely but fondly as it was one of the first Workstation Computers and would introduce some of the first people to the programming language BASIC.