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1. NEW PRODUCTS New Products Editor Demetrios A Michalopoulos California State University Fullerton System 4200 family supports Pick operating system Pertec Computer Corporation has an nounced a 4200 family of business computer systems based on a 10 MHz MC68000 system and supporting Pick operating system soft ware A desktop or floor cabinet system is available with one to 35 terminals designed for use by savings and loan retail manufacturing and distribution organizations and govern ment agencies The Pick operating system supports applications from general accoun ting and word processing to sales and pro duction analysis The desktop 4220 occupies approximately as much space as an electric typewriter and is a multitasking multiuser system that can sup port from three to 11 terminals printers link ed to the host via RS 232 C serial port inter faces The basic hardware configuration in cludes 256K bytes of RAM three RS 232 ports one 5 in Winchester disk a 4 in cartridge tape drive and a seven slot chassis for expansion options Memory can be ex panded to 1 5M bytes The 4240 system supports from 11 to 35 ter minals printers linked to the host via stan dard RS 232 C serial port interfaces The basic hardware configuration includes 256K bytes of RAM 11 RS 232 ports one or two eight in Winchester disks and a in car tridge tape drive The 15 slot chassis provides room for expansion options an2. municate with other host systems from the same terminal The Kaufman protocol converters are from 4500 to 11 000 depending on the model Reader Service Number 57 COMPUTER Automation system captures banking interests The Honeywell Series 7900 five teller branch automation system uses Omninet in conjunction with a single microprocessor that controls multiple terminals and a variety of software programs The system accommo dates a monochrome or color monitor a key board letter quality or draft printers teller stations and administrative workstations The multifunction terminal controller has 128K bytes of memory that can be expanded to 1M bytes dual 320K byte diskette drives or one 320 diskette drive and one 10M byte Winchester disk drive The MTC can be a single workstation pro cessor or operate as a small cluster controller in a local network A key feature is its eight personality expansion slots which allow the user to support a variety of bank system peripherals communication facilities and software products The Omninet local area network intercon nects multifunction terminal controllers with the shared disk server which attaches up to four 20M byte Winchester disk drives The network operates at speeds up to 1M bps and can interconnect up to 64 processors over a twisted pair cable up to 4000 feet in length The local area network also provides shared access to IBM host communication facilities via the Ad
3. The board s keyswitch construction helps eliminate keyswitch teasing problems September 1983 The MK158 s all metal dome keyswitches are environmentally sealed to extend key board life The keyboard is also designed to be easily retrofitted to a variety of off the shelf enclosures Optional equipment includes daughter board assemblies with standard ASCII encoding and RS 232 RS 422 or parallel serial interface connectors Off the shelf prices of the MK158 key board are from 46 75 Reader Service Number 65 New Literature Pascal business programs Written in UCSD compatible Pascal the 28 program collection contains Honeycalc Type Right and statis tical analysis packages Pascal Programs for Business Hayden Book Company 50 Essex St Rochelle Park NJ 07662 201 843 0550 15 95 212 pp Graphics software Free 76 page booklet describes programs written by independent software firms for Ramtek s 6000 Series of color graphics terminals and 9000 Series graphics and imaging systems Software Sup port Group Ramtek Corp 2211 Lawson Lane Santa Clara CA 95050 408 988 2211 Linear circuits Reliability tests on all PMI product families are described in a 74 page brochure from Precision Monolithics Inc Literature Dept 1500 Space Park Dr Santa Clara CA 95050 408 727 9222 Logic analysis The fundamentals of logic analysis are given along with the Dolch Logic Instruments
4. Digital Electronics Corporation has an nounced a miniature display module the DE 520A Part of the company s new Star brite Visi link series the DE 520A has full alpha capability in a 20 character line that is 2 86 inches long According to the company the 5 x 7 dot matrix characters are bright and easy to read because of the vacuum fluores cent technology used The module display features an indepen dent refresh scheme designed to eliminate flickering and an externally adjustable bright ness control that is mounted on the PC board The display s brightness of more than 175 foot lamberts permits filtering to several colors other than the natural blue green High shock and vibration resistance allow the display to be used in mobile and portable ap plications The DE 520A accepts ASCII signals for the full 96 character set including upper and lowercase letters All character positions are individually addressable An on board micro processor handles decoding character genera tion display buffering cursor control re fresh and self test capabilities auto flashing of any or all characters and a blinking visible or invisible cursor All drive electronics are in cluded along with necessary power conversion circuitry Both 1200 baud serial and bidirec tional parallel interfaces are standard items RS 232 voltage levels are optional features In quantities of 100 the DE 520A costs 150 Availability is 30 days ARO Re
5. The QDP 100 microcomputer is priced from 4695 to 7495 depending on added features Reader Service Number 46 Processor supports IBM SNA remote printing plotting Versatec has introduced the Graphics Net work Processor SNA Model 451 The pro cessor operating as a remote job entry sta tion sends and receives EBCDIC or binary data in IBM system network architecture net works using synchronous data link control protocol Printer plotter uses Versatec byte parallel format for operation at high data transfer rates Data integrity is ensured through 16 bit CRC CCIT error detection 5 37 pin conversion parallel interface cable links the Versatec Graphics Network Pro cessor with Versatec TTL and long line paral lel interfaces The processor can be connected directly to any Versatec printer plotter by this cable or be linked via an active interface 100 and recovery According to the company the processor performs any required translation of host computer data While logically emulating a configurable set of IBM I O devices the processor provides flexibility in the configuration of local physical devices and data pathways to logical IBM devices It offers operator console sup port duplicate character compression and SNA standard interleaved communications that allow simultaneous operation of multiple logical devices IBM SDLC protocol is used to communi cate with the host via synchronous modems or in direct connect
6. be available soon and its 4K byte capacity will be expand able to 20K by means of a user installable plug in module The MC 10 has a serial port to allow use of modems and printers and a cassette port for loading and saving programs on cassette tape A built in RF modulator permits attachment to any standard color or black and white television although color television is recom mended The computer comes with all hard ware necessary for attachment Only a televi sion and a standard 110 volt AC outlet is needed for it to become operational The MC 10 which weighs 29 2 ounces and measures 2X8xX7 inches is available for 119 95 An operator s manual with instruc tions in Microsoft color Basic is included Reader Service Number 38 COMPUTER Pipeline links mainframe databases with PCs Intel Corp has introduced Data Pipeline hardware and software designed to link powerful mainframe computer databases with personal computers Data Pipeline is built around Intel s iDIS 86 735 Data base infor mation system a microcomputer based traf fic manager that interprets stores and distributes mainframe data to and from ter minals and PCs The iDIS 86 735 is a key component of the Data Pipeline serving as the data gateway be tween the mainframe database and PCs or ter minals through RS 232 links The system is based on the 16 bit 8086 microprocessor and runs under Microsoft s Xenix operating sys tem It of
7. A1100 series drives any of which may have different capacities formats and seeking characteristics Full compatibility is offered for all Compupro MP M 8 16 based multiuser multitasking systems with support for multiple DMA devices conforming to the IEEE 696 S 100 bus standard Available for volume shipments Disk 3 is listed at 795 A certified system component version is available for 895 with OEM dis counts provided Reader Service Number 44 99 Multiuser computer has remote customer support via telephone Solvation has designed a 16 bit multiuser computer system to satisfy the needs of small businesses The series 7000 includes unique electronics for diagnostics and remote custo mer support by telephone up to 1M of main memory a 20M byte Winchester disk and a tape cartridge system for backup and archiv ing The series 7000 is designed to be extreme ly tolerant of wide swings in voltage noisy power lines and rooms without air condition ing The 7000 s operating system is a transac tion oriented menu driven system supporting cache memory and spooling The system hosts word processing the Virtual Planner spread sheet database management graphics small business accounting packages and a series of vertical market segment packages for public accounting firms advertising agencies florists merchants and soon construction and manufacturing firms The system s keyboard input is buffered so that no ke
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9. MS Conduct research in expert systems and their applica tion to real world problems PROCESS PLANNING Develop automatic systems for generating pro cesses for the manufacture of mechanical parts defined in a sophisticated solid modeling system E COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Conduct applied research and advanced development in system and application software for IBM VM CMS MVS TSO and Cray computer systems ENGINEERING AND SCIENTIFIC SOFTWARE Investigate and coordinate the application of advanced inter active techniques and computational methods for large 2 D and 3 D engi neering problems For candidates with a PhD or MS in applied mathematics computer science electrical engineering or equivalent a broad background in computer science and an interest in industrial research Interested candidates should contact Dr George G Dodd Head Computer Science Department General Motors Research Laboratories Warren Michi gan 48090 313 575 3012 Candidates must have citizenship or visa status which permits them legally to accept permanent employment under U S Immigration Laws An Equal Opportunity Employer Cross compilers designed for microprocessor software Inter C and Inter Pas are two cross compil ers for 8086 and 68000 units that run on VAX and PDP 11 minicomputers The C and Pas cal products are designed for the embedded microprocessor systems builder The cross compi
10. ader Service Number 63 Payroll system runs on IBM 5280 computers Marion Computing System s payroll ac counting system is designed to run on the IBM 5280 series computer and to provide the neces sary capabilities to handle multicompany pro cessing entry validation employee record maintenance custom paycheck production check reconciliation and annuity processing Pay periods can be run at the interval the user selects with complete current and year to date information printed on each check stub Up to 13 pay types and 15 deduction categories are available to accurately classify payroll data A number of user reports are available with the system including the payroll journal check register deduction registers federal state local tax reporting and employee history listings Employee label printing capability is also included The payroll system source and object sells for 1500 Complete documentation and maintenance are available from the vendor Reader Service Number 64 Keyboard construction ends keyswitch teasing A 58 key off the shelf DIN profile key board from Advanced Input Devices is de signed to offer maximum operator comfort for a wide variety of medium volume data en try applications The MK158 keyboard features conven tional keytop sizes with standard 34 inch key centers and a profile height of 0 50 inches Contact resistance is a maximum 200 ohms with a maximum 10 ms of contact bounce
11. and DEC compatible The J 1014 is a monochromatic micropro cessor based terminal intended for graphics applications in mechanical design electrical schematics architectural and engineering drawing and mapmaking The 14 in unit from Kanematsu Electronics features 1024 x 780 resolution and draws at a rate of 880 ns dot This speed rate allows wireframe presentations to be displayed at 19 200 bps The terminal is compatible with Tektronix 4010 and 4014 commands and with the DEC VT 100 terminal An internal microprocessor allows the J 1014 to perform the circle scroll multiple line style and selective erase functions The J 1014 intelligent graphics terminal is priced at 3995 delivery is 60 days ARO A color version of the terminal is available as an option Reader Service Number 49 CAD option offered for IBM PC GTCO Corporation is offering Vector Sketch a CAD software package for the IBM personal computer to be used in conjunction with a Digi Pad 5 digitizer Vector Sketch enables the operator to input drawings via a digitizer Vectors are displayed on the graphics monitor and can be stored on disks plotted in sizes up to 24x 36 in or printed on a dot matrix printer The minimum configuration for use of Vec tor Sketch is a GTCO digitizer IBM PC with dual disk drives graphics monitor and card 256K RAM and an asynchronous adapter The software supports Hewlett Packard 7000 series plotters and Epson do
12. c computations 221 pp Order 476 PROCEEDINGS Sixth Symposium on Computer Arithmetic June 20 22 1983 Members 15 00 Nonmembers 30 00 Use order form on p 144A 104 System displays 3 D real time color shaded graphics The Poly 2000 from GTI Corporation is a polygon based real time 3 D color shaded graphics system that uses multiple over lapped bit slice processors Using a scan line hidden surface algorithm the Poly 2000 allows highly realistic color pic tures of complex 3 D objects to be displayed on a standard RGB monitor The real time display interlaced at 30 frames per second permits the user to dynamically interact with the displayed database Poly 2000 features include 16 bit homoge neous coordinate representation generalized 4x4 matrix transformations including user controllable full perspective x y and z plane clipping and display of up to 2000 polygons with as many as 4000 edge intersects per scan line The 640 x 480 pixel display has a palette of over 16 million colors and automatic high resolution intensity shading of individual col ored polygon faces based on movable light sources The accompanying software sup ports the system s hierarchical data structure and its interface to the user s host computer A console based Poly 2000 system complete with a color monitor is priced at 125 000 GTI s Poly 2000 can manage and display dy namic data structures of the scene
13. d is housed in a desk height cabinet Memory may be ex panded to 2M bytes and two optional floor cabinet mass storage subsystems can be added for a total storage capacity of over 400M bytes The virtual memory based multiuser Pick operating system supports a variety of rela tional database management capabilities in cluding an English like query language an ex tended version of Dartmouth Basic a text editor and word processor file sizes limited only by disk capacity record sizes up to 32K bytes and a procedure processor tool that can be used in developing and prestoring complex operations and recalled by simple command Prices for the System 4200 line begin at 13 000 including the Pick operating system Reader Service Number 31 September 1983 Self contained modem combines communications functions Zoom Telephonics is introducing a modem for Apple computers that combines the func tions of a conventional modem the Apple communications card and certain communi cations software The unit is also furnished with software that permits the screen image to be captured in the Apple s RAM Summa 300 is a single slot 300 baud direct connect modem designed for Apple II and Ile computers It is self contained combining modem and Apple communications circuitry on one single slot card and provides tele phone connection to computer databases without requiring additional peripherals or software The unit plugs into an
14. design approaches and applica tions The Modern Logic Analyzer A Basic Primer Terry Larson Dolch Logic Instru ments 3052 Orchard Dr San Jose CA 95134 408 945 1881 no cost 12 pp IBM PC bible Topics range from fundamen tal system configurations to starting applica tion programs Basic language programming is also covered in this how to manual Using Your IBM Personal Computer How ard W Sams Inc 4300 W 62nd St PO Box 7092 Indianapolis IN 46206 16 95 326 pp Local network market A comparison is given of real world local networks and marketing claims based on 32 articles from Data Com munications The Local Network Handbook George Davis ed McGraw Hill Book Co 1221 Ave of the Americas New York NY 10020 212 997 3493 26 95 256 pp Accounting and financial software A direc tory of 317 general packages from 86 vendors the survey covers mainframes minis CP M MP M and Unix based micros Available as Report 8 CJ from Data Decisions 20 Brace Rd Cherry Hill NJ 08034 800 257 7732 49 Using Visicalc Starting with how to set up a spreadsheet with labels values and formulas the audio cassette tutorial progresses to ad vanced concepts such as replicate choose lookup and net present value How to Use VisiCalc Fliptrack Learning Systems 526 N Main St Box 711 Glen Ellyn IL 60137 312 790 1117 lesson summary and four cassettes 105
15. display list architecture allows an engineer or designer to execute such functions as real zoom or scale translate clip rotate pick or polygon fill on the screen without ex tensive host interaction The 1645 can tilt and swivel The keyboard with palm rest and sculpted keys includes a standard VT 100 alpha keypad a 10 key data entry keypad 16 programmable function keys for directly calling high level graphics func tions and optional joystick and valuator dials The high resolution raster display of Megatek Corporation s new monochrome 1645 desk top engineering terminal is designed to meet the graphics requirements found in CAD CAM finite element modeling schematic data entry architectural design and other engineering applications The 1645 terminal is priced at 13 900 with discounts available for volume purchasers Deliveries are 120 days ARO Reader Service Number 42 Z80A single board computer has STD bus compatibility Micro Link Corporation has introduced a Z80A single board computer with STD bus compatibility The STD 147 is designed to eliminate the need for separate memory I O and time functions The on board 64K dynamic RAM can bere conditioned for use with off card memory mapped boards A 28 pin byte wide socket permits up to 16K EPROM for use with on board monitors or the use of boot PROMs in the phantom configuration A console a modem or general purpose I O is handled through an on board
16. er accepts and holds data coming from the computer at high speed and transmits it to the output device at the correct speed leaving the computer free for addi tional processing Nine different baud rates from 75 to 19 200 can be specified when using the serial system A copy feature allows printing of up to 255 copies without tying up the computer A 98 touch sensitive button on the Microbuffer s front panel lets the user specify the number of copies required This process can be halted at any time and continued as if no interruption has occurred New data can be sent to the Microbuffer any time during the copy pro cess A pass button included with the serial in terface model allows input data to pass around the Microbuffer for logon or for set ting up special output device parameters A 32K Microbuffer In Line system com patible with most computers with serial RS 232C output devices retails for 299 with 64K memory it costs 349 Additional mem ory expansion is available for 179 per 64K Reader Service Number 36 Ink jet printer introduced for personal computer applications Diablo systems has introduced US and European models of a plain paper color ink jet printer The Series C printer uses drop on demand color ink jet printing to address the image processing and color graphics require ments of personal computers professional workstations and business systems The printer generates integrated text and gra
17. es a time division multiplexer with a small 9600 bps modem in one package to support up to four synchro nous terminals or channels on one uncondi tioned telephone line The Model 4096 4 can support four 2400 bps synchronous terminals and com municate with a remote computer over one leased phone line that carries data at 9600 bps Up to four input channels operating at 2400 4800 7200 or 9600 bps can be supported as long as the aggregate composite data rate does not exceed 9600 bps The modem complies with CCITT recom mendation V 29 and offers downline loading of channel and composite link parameters such as operating speed front panel in dicators that display the status of any selected channel independent local and remote loop back tests for any selected channel or the com posite link and individual channel buffering and control signal passing for linking other communications equipment to the modem The Micro4000 Model 4096 4 modem is priced at 3695 Reader Service Number 35 Microbuffer holds data frees computer time Practical Peripherals is manufacturing a printer buffer Microbuffer In Line that is available with a serial or parallel interface for most types of communications systems Ex pandable to 256K the unit provides memory buffer for a variety of output devices in cluding serial or parallel printers modems typesetting equipment word processors plot ters and remote data entry The Microbuff
18. fers the C language plus a System 2000 data extract facility communications local system query language local area net working and an integrated applications soft ware package The system s Seamless Soft ware includes Microsoft s Multiplan spread sheet word processing menu and forms de velopment tools electronic mail and calen dar The System 2000 DBMS serves as the main frame component to support Data Pipeline An entry system model provides basic support in a mainframe to iDIS 86 735 link An end user system model handles information analy sis and on line query and update activities A development system model offers database management tools to support mainframe ap plications and the Data Pipeline and includes application development support Intel s iDIS 86 735 sells for 34 995 in cluding an 8086 based iSBC 86 30 central processor floppy and Winchester disk drives Xenix operating system C data extract fa cilities SQL communications and Intel s Seamless software The System 2000 DBMS is priced from 40 000 for an entry system model to 165 000 for a development system iDis 86 735 Reader Service Number 39 System 2000 Reader Service Number 40 Expansion module has 206 word vocabulary General Digital Corporation has added a speech synthesizer expansion module to its line of GDX modules compatible with Intel SBC and National Semiconductor BLC board expansion sockets The module permits the generat
19. h amp Support Inc Research amp Technology Laboratories Princeton Forrestal Center 105 College Road East Princeton N J 08540 An equal opportunity employer m f hiv CAn000 018 Sia 811 LP Protran solves linear programming problems IMSL has added a linear programming package to its Protran family LP Protran allows continuous variable linear programming problems to be repre sented in either symbolic format or in matrix vector format According to IMSL it pro vides a particularly efficient representation for large sparse problems in which most elements of the constraint matrix are zero As with Math Protran and Stat Protran the LP Protran user needs only a minimal knowledge of programming or computers IMSL states The advanced programmer can mix Protran statements with Fortran state ments for a tailored approach to problem solving A 6000 annual subscription includes an LP Protran magnetic tape user s manual maintenance updates and consultation re newals are 2000 per year University sub scriptions placed before January 1 1984 will be priced at an introductory offer of 500 LP Protran is available for most Control Data Data General MV Digital Equipment VAX and IBM computers Reader Service Number 59 Contributions from around the world with a significant number from the US explored topics such as numerical error control language aspects and methods from the field of symbolic and algebrai
20. ion of speech from on board ROM vocabularies or unlimited vocabulary capa bility via CPU provided data The GDX Speech TI uses the T1 5220 chip and employs LPC 10 techniques Included in the module is a standard industrial vocabulary of 206 words with additional vocabulary ROMs available The module provides a natural sounding voice the company says and includes an on board LPF a 2W audio amplifier and volume control capability The GDX speech synthesizer expansion module costs 285 in single quantities Reader Service Number 41 September 1983 High resolution CAD CAM terminal added to desktop line Megatek Corporation has introduced a monochrome desktop engineering terminal as the second in its 1600 series of multifunc tion terminals The 1645 terminal offers a menu selected pixel resolution of 1024 x 960 or 1280 x 960 It is compatible with 1600 color terminals and the larger 6000 and 7000 sys tems from Megatek The 1600 combines 2 D interactive graphics with an alphanumeric capability Digital VT 100 52 compatibility allows users to per form graphic design functions software development documentation and report gen eration According to the company Tektron ix 4014 emulation will soon be available as an option The 1645 terminal uses an eight MHz 8086 microprocessor as the graphics processor and employs display list processing techniques An 8085 microprocessor is used as a key board peripheral processor The
21. ion to an IBM 3705 6 com munications controller The processor and at tached devices emulate IBM 3776 models 3 or 4 or an IBM 3777 model 3 RJE workstation Peripheral communications with Versatec devices are accomplished in binary and EBC DIC using Versatec byte parallel formats at speeds to 350K bps The processor console provides control functions host command input and response SNA logon and routing and application signon inquiry cancel and queue control The graphics network processor is priced at 8500 and is available in 45 days ARO Reader Service Number 47 CP M based software helps beginning users Computing has introduced a software package designed to help beginning users run the CP M operating system It s a menu driven utility disk called Menu power that can be loaded into most CPM machines IBM PC versions are available According to the company it turns complciated CP M com mands into plain English commands Menu power numbers all the disk files The user picks the file number and CP M is fed the file names Glitched files and major por tions of destroyed data or text files can be recovered automatically Erase space test recover copy sort rename run compare type size protect and unprotect are some of the more than 20 commands on the menu Menu power retails at 149 Qualified dealer and OEM inquiries are welcome Reader Service Number 48 Intelligent graphics terminal is Tektronix
22. ipped with a plug in Instatrunk480i Reader Service Number 51 Database tool offers security access storage solutions LAN Datacore a database development software tool offered by Software Connec tions offers concurrent access business size storage capability and multiuser security to personal computer users on a local area net work Datacore handles the problem of simul taneous access by providing automatic passive record locking and by allowing several people to modify the same database simultaneously The software package defines user access by records or fields within records allowing a single database to contain information for several applications without jeopardizing se curity or privacy requirements Programmers can write a single applications program that can be used by a single user or upgraded to a local area network environment Keys are stored in a dynamic B tree struc ture allowing Datacore to retrieve records in a fraction of a second This system according to Software Connections minimizes disk traf fic and maximizes network performance Up to 16 key fields can be defined to allow fast retrieval in direct or keyed sequential order These features eliminate the need for resorting and reindexing the database Software Connection s LAN Datacore can handle up to 16M bytes of information and sells for 1950 Reader Service Number 52 September 1983 Communications Professionals START MAKING
23. l time tool for the analysis of workload degradation in IBM s information management system has been introduced by Boole amp Babbage The Workload Analyzer provides immediate real time information to pinpoint the precise cause of poor response time The real time tool is part of the company s integrated IMS performance management ar chitecture IMS management facilities IMF works in real time and off line to analyze monitor evaluate and manage current sys tem activity as well as to provide long term performance and cost analysis The Workload Analyzer tracks individual transactions as they pass through the major events within an IMS It views 283 states in which a transaction can exist representing 283 ways that a unit of work can be stalled The Workload Analyzer s wait display section identifies critical resource bottlenecks in cluding physical resources such as disk drives and logical resources such as IMS message format service buffer pools The detail trans action trace capability of the Workload Ana lyzer shows workload events in an on line display A perpetual license for the IMF Workload Analyzer is priced at 20 000 Reader Service Number 62 COMPUTER Digital Electronics miniature DE 520A module displays characters 5mm high x 2 3mm wide and measures 6 2 x 2 6 x 1 15 in The module is expected to draw less than 0 3A of power even at maximum usage Miniature module displays 20 characters
24. lave stand alone tape transport Prices are from 5995 for the TD 1751 to 8450 for the TD 1753 OEM and quantity discounts are available Reader Service Number 54 Desktop computers can expand to multiuser system Codex Corporation has added two models to the CDX 268 line of communicating desktop business computers for distributed office users Models 25 and 45 can be used in a single user configuration or expanded to a full multiuser shared logic system According to Codex the communications capabilities built into the desktop computers permit users with one model to perform not only office applications like financial spreadsheets and word processing but also 3270 interactive communication with a mainframe 2780 3780 batch processing and TTY emulation ISOS the models Unix like operating system allows users to perform different tasks concurrently Terminals at remote locations can be connected to a shared database or mainframe and can recognize a dial in connection made through a modem Other features of the desktop computers include a menu processor and high density storage capability Model 25 has two 650K byte diskette drives Model 45 has one diskette and a 15M byte Winchester drive Multiuser software includes electronic spread sheet records management and word process ing capabilities programming languages in clude Cobol and Basic Single units of Model 45 cost 8995 The Model 25 costs 5995 Additional work
25. lected The system will be available for vol ume shipments in first quarter 1984 Reader Service Number 58 September 1983 The conference was devoted to the presentation of new ideas and prelim inary research results in circuits sys tems and computers with emphasis on interfaces with signal processing Special sessions included VLSI design methods and CAD software tools Ada exper ience and software engineering 550 pp Order 442 CONFERENCE RECORD 16th Asilomar Conference on Circuits Systems amp Computers November 8 10 1982 Members 25 00 Nonmembers 50 00 Use order form on p 144A SIEMENS Computer Aided Design Research amp Development Research amp Technology Laboratories Princeton N J We are expanding our research activities in digital system CAD tools and in the development of an environment for high level system design We are seeking a research scientist to work in a broad spectrum of activities in tool development If the opportunity to contribute significantly to this field within our high level professional environment is of interest and you have a Ph D or an M S with substantial experience in computer science or electrical engineering please direct your curriculum vita with salary history to Personnel Dept CAD DC You will find the compensation and benefits programs here in keeping with one of the world s leading research organizations Siemens Corporate Researc
26. lers are the first co funded products of Intermetrics Software Products Division and Gould s Design and Test Systems Division the companies expect to add assemblers along with extensions of Inter C and Inter Pas to other microprocessor targets A full set of development tools is provided with both compiler systems These include a librarian a linker a locator and formatters that support popular data protocols for down loading software to emulation equipment or resident monitors Inter C and Inter Pas pro duce object code through use of a supplied ROM processor The compilers including support tools are available for 3995 and with assembler for 4995 Reader Service Number 53 IBM ANSI compatible magnetic tapes offered Innovative Data Technology s IBM ANSI compatible family of in nine track magnetic tape systems use tension arm tape buffering to achieve speeds up to 75 ips The series 1750 features a nine track PE 1600 cpi and or NRZI 800 cpi read after write embedded formatter 75 ips start stop and 250 ips rewind 8000 hours MTBF microprocessor control diagnostics on board support for up to 10 in reels and standard industry compatible I O The series 1750 consists of the TD 1751 an unformatted master stand alone tape trans port the TD 1752 an unformatted slave daisy chainable tape transport the TD1753 a formatted master daisy chainable tape trans port and the TD 1754 a formatted s
27. nonglare green phospho display monitor and with a choice of two keyboards a full stroke keyboard or a flexible membrane keyboard A terminal without monitor measures ap proximately 17 x 7x2 inches and weighs less than four pounds It will fit easily into a brief case includes memory backup and can be used with any standard TV set or monitor APT models without displays are 399 and with monitors are 598 Accessories include the 12 inch display monitor alone at 229 a printer interconnect cable at 32 and an acoustical coupler at 59 Reader Service Number 33 RCA s APT VP3801 TD membrane keyboard terminal shown here with monitor is port able without reprogramming through a 48 hour batteryless power backup Power is supplied to the APT by a calculator type plug in power pack The 80 or 40 character 24 line video output can be displayed on a standard monitor 97 MDB Systems MDB DCHIB and MDB DCHIB LLO high speed data channel DMA boards are interface and function compatible with DEC and MDB processors An edge mounted switch selectable DMA throttle timer gives data transfer rates of 250K 111K 30K 17K and 12K words and adds selected delays for maximum 250K word transfer rates The MDB CHIB with drivers and receivers costs 2670 in single quantities Delivery is 30 days ARO Reader Service Number 34 Modem reduces telephone line requirements Micom s Micro4000 Model 4096 4 multiport modem combin
28. orted by the system The 3600 s operating system and software environment is written in Lisp The 3600 display system allows programs to create windows or rectangular regions that can be fully visible partially visible or wholly obscured by other windows Manipulating windows like pieces of paper the user can allocate display space dynamically to fit the application at hand and execute various pro grams at the same time The single unit price for the 3600 is approx imately 85 000 Reader Service Number 56 Protocol converter adds Tektronix graphics capability A protocol converter developed by Kauf man Research Manufacturing allows users of IBM and Univac computer systems to add Tektronix compatible Color Retro Graphics terminal enhancements When interfaced to IBM and Univac sys tems the protocol converter provides com plete support of the asynchronous Datamedia ColorScan 10 and 10H series terminals up graded with Retro graphics PC board assem blies Full compatibility is maintained via emulation of the IBM 327X and Univac UTS 40 series terminals The ASCII compatible protocol converters are both polled concentrators and terminal emulators The 870G IBM protocol and 871G Univac protocol connect up to eight Retro Graphics terminals to one synchronous computer port All lines can run simulta neously at speeds up to 19 2K baud A key board controlled side door feature allows users of IBM or Univac systems to com
29. phics by using special symbols and mosa ics or complementary image bit mapped color printing It also offers the capability of primary or halftoned color background The four and five pass 20 cps ink jet printer featuring switch selectable uni and bidirec tional printing capabilities integrates both text and graphics on cut sheet or roll paper in seven colors When printing text the ink jet printers use a four pass mode that generates 12 horizontal dots by 16 vertical dots to create each character For graphic color applica tions the printer is capable of placing 120 dots per inch and up to 1024 x 1024 dots per page within approximately four minutes according to the company Both the US and European ink jet models carry a targeted end user quantity one price of 1250 Reader Service Number 37 TRS 80 micro color computer offered to first time buyers Radio Shack s TRS 80 micro color com puter Model MC 10 is aimed primarily at first time computer buyers The machine features a standard keyboard with moving keys Keyword input or genera tion of low resolution graphics requires only two keystrokes The MC 10 provides eight colors and dis plays text and graphics in a format of 32 char acters on 16 lines Most standard color basic programs that work on a 4K TRS 80 color computer can be keyed in and run on the MC 10 with minor modifications According to Radio Shack software writ ten specifically for the MC 10 will
30. s and re spond interactively in real time to a console operator s actions Quantity discounts are available and delivery is 90 days ARO Reader Service Number 60 Software facilitates menu development Borland International has introduced Menu Master software for the CP M user and retail distribution markets The package displays straightforward instructions in the users own language allowing him to control jobs with basic keystrokes The software has one general purpose set of menus that enables users to perform any typ ical operating system function The package also includes a file menu a word processing menu and a development menu that permits the user or dealer to create customized menus Menu Master incorporates a programming language called the menu definition lan guage which is syntactically similar to Pascal or Basic and which allows the moderately ex perienced user or programmer to develop menus Other features of the language include string and integer variables procedures with parameters I O to files and the console a complete mechanism for Help messages screen oriented menus via cursor addressing password protection of any command or pro gram and complete file and port I O Menu Master including user s guide and reference manual is available in any disk size and format and is priced at 195 Reader Service Number 61 Real time tool analyzes workload problems IMF Workload Analyzer a rea
31. serial port which is complete with programmable baud rate generators Four programmable timers are also provided two of which are normally used for baud rate control of the serial port A time of day feature provides a 0 1 sec resolution of minutes hours day and month Leap year adjustment is automa tic The computer s eight programmable lines can be used to monitor modem control lines and control ROM or RAM disable and tri state command Single unit price for the STD 147 with 64K dynamic RAM is 395 Reader Service Number 43 Disk controller employs burst mode DMA interface Compupro s intelligent 54 inch Win chester disk controller uses burst mode DMA technology to access a full 16M byte ad dress space According to Compupro the high speed DMA approach minimizes host processor overhead associated with disk operations while providing a table oriented command structure for implementation with a variety of processors The Disk 3 controller compatible with the IEEE 696 S 100 bus standard incorporates a local processor that enables Compupro Sys tem 816 users to request transfers of large data blocks between disk and memory with a single command that specifies source destination and length The channel selector can then per form all required seeking reading and writing without external intervention The controller interfaces to as many as four ST 506 series compatible drives or four Shugart S
32. stations sell for 1900 apiece Volume discounts and lease plans are available Reader Service Number 55 The CDX 268 Model 45 desktop computer features desktop to mainframe communication telecommuting and distributed office applications Based on the Motorola MC 6809E microprocessor both models offer a multiuser environment with 15M byte storage 102 Lisp based system executes 1M instructions per second The 3600 Lisp based computer system an interactive workstation from Symbolics Inc is designed for applications requiring large scale problem solving capabilities such as computer aided design and artificial in telligence Other applications are robotics genetic engineering training simulation and research With a 36 bit tagged architecture and 32 bit data paths the system executes programs at an average of one million high level instruc tions per second Its virtual memory consists of 1 048 576 pages of 256 words 36 bits each The basic system hardware features 2 3M bytes of MOS memory with ECC 512K 36 bit words one parallel and three standard serial I O ports a 10M bps Ethernet interface a graphics console and a 169M byte SMD compatible Winchester disk drive Each mem ory board has single bit error correction and double bit error detection Up to 15 memory boards can be installed in the standard chassis The primary language of the 3600 is Zeta lisp Fortran 77 C Pascal and Interlisp are also supp
33. t matrix printers for hard copy of the files Vector Sketch is priced at 2995 which in cludes a 0 001 in resolution digitizer De livery is 45 to 60 days ARO Reader Service Number 50 COMPUTER T1 local multiplexer supports up to 128 terminals For larger installations supporting substan tial terminal clusters in a building on a cam pus or in a metropolitan area Micom has developed the Instatrunk480 T1 local multi plexer Fully configured Instatrunk can sup port up to 128 full duplex asynchronous ter minals each of which can run at speeds up to 9600 bps The link carrying multiplexed data between Instatrunks conforms to Bells T1 format which was originally developed to carry 24 voice conversations over two twisted pairs at a speed of 1 544M bps T1 links can use customer owned wires microwave trans ceivers or T1 land lines provided by a com mon carrier According to the company typi cal transmission range over twisted pairs is 6000 feet or longer if repeaters are used The basic Instatrunk480 can multiplex 32 terminal channels Data rate character code parity and number of start and stop bits are transparent to the Instatrunk as its multiplex ing technique samples each incoming bit several times The basic 32 channel Instatrunk480 costs 3200 A 400 option the extended remote bay feature allows the stand alone Insta trunk480 to communicate with a local net work controlled by a Micro600 Data PABX equ
34. vanced Communications Subcon troller Software tools can assist customer service representatives in providing customer service selling new business managing accounts and processing loans Management decision support commodity software and other software applications currently available under MS DOS such as word processing spreadsheet capability and graphics can also be supported by the 7900 Programs written for CP M 86 can be ex ecuted under the MP M 86 operating system The user can also develop tailored applica tions using a variety of commercially available languages The Benchmark office automation package offers users four menu driven single keystroke English command software prod ucts The Benchmark word processor creates revises views and prints text It also merges mail lists from the keyboard provides disk to disk copy imports or exports files and assigns storage on hard disk The Benchmark mail list supports the creation and mainten ance of lists of names and addresses Selected addresses can be merged with documents created by the word processor The Bench mark spelling checker comes with a 27 000 word dictionary which can be user customized by adding and deleting words The Benchmark telecom transmits files and or documents created with any of the Benchmark packages Honeywell s series 7900 five teller branch automation system costs 18 000 to 25 000 depending on the specific configuration se
35. y Apple I O expansion slot and uses the computer s power no separate external power source is needed Summa 300 is compatible with any com munications software using a standard com munications interface and is FCC approved for direct connection to any modular phone jack It can operate at 300 or 110 baud A carrier detect LED notifies the user when contact with the other party has been made The price for Summa 300 is 119 Reader Service Number 32 All purpose terminal fits into briefcase RCA Microcomputer Products has design ed all purpose terminals for multi database timesharing and dedicated direct computer connected applications The terminal features firmware control and the ability to provide custom keyboards as well as user friendly features such as menu controlled operation Other features include a programmable personality to match specific communica tion requirements for each database a built in direct connect originate answer auto answer 300 baud modem tone or pulse auto dialing of up to 26 stored phone numbers and automatic logon A single keypress can dial a stored number send the logon sequence to the host computer and return terminal control to the user Password protection prevents unauthorized access to designated numbers The APT ter minals can also be used as autodialers for voice communications The APT terminals are offered with or without 2 12 inch diagonal
36. yed characters are lost A user friendly menu system guides the user through the correct procedures and provides error messages The tape storage system integrated into the operating system and application software is designed for first time computer users who have neither the time nor the in clination to learn the general backup and ar chiving techniques for multiuser systems The three workstation series sells for 18 900 Reader Service Number 45 Microcomputer design stresses upgrading capabilities QDP Computer Systems manufactures an eight bit S 100 bus microcomputer designed to be expandable and upgradable as growth and new technical developments occur Com patible with various terminals printers plot ters modems and other peripheral equip ment the QDP 100 can be adapted to control machinery and monitor data gathering tasks A typical system has two serial and two parallel ports and a six slot mother board with three slots available for expansion It can accommodate IEEE 696 S 100 single and double height circuit boards The standard internal memory for the single user QDP 100 is 128K bytes 256K bytes are standard in all multiuser systems Two double sided double density floppy disk drives provide 2 4M bytes of internal disk storage The addition of a hard disk unit can increase the QDP 100 storage capabilities to 30M bytes The added units can be used to convert a single user QDP 100 to a multiuser system
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