Perkin Elmer
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The Perkin-Elmer 3240 is a 32-bit minicomputer that by 1982 could run Edition 7 Unix and Programmer's Workbench (PWB) from the Wollongong Group. The 3240 was part of the Perkin-Elmer Computer Systems Division's line, which originated from the Interdata 7/32 architecture.[1]
Control-system eraUnix[1]
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No publicly documented production dates or lifecycle milestones (introduction, end of production, EOL) for the 3240 are on record.
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No publicly documented variants, configuration options, or revision breakpoints of the 3240 are on record.
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The process node or technology generation of the 3240 is not on record.
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Last updated Sep 22, 2026.