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1. New Products Editor Prof Demetrios A Michalopoulos California State University Fullerton NEW PRODUCTS Adapter for LSI 11 and Unibus allows remote printing MDB Systems has developed the MDB MLSI PLLAI11 a dual size adapter module for DEC computers The MDB MLSI PLLAI1 provides long line differential capa bility to MDB s printer controllers for LSI 11 based systems allowing placement of the printer up to 3000 feet from the computer The MDB MLSI PLLAI1 converts the TTL signals from the MLSI LP11 which operates printers with Centronics or Data products and other interfaces or from the MLSI LP11 A which operates printers witha Data Printer interface to RS 422 balanced differential driver receiver circuitry The module can be placed before or after MDB printer controllers or adjacent to them in Q bus backplanes If it is placed in Q bus slots the incorporated jumper provision allows DMA priority and grant signals to be passed and the module acts as a bus grant card The PLLAI1 can also be used with all MDB printer controllers for Unibus and VAX systems to provide long line capability to these computers When used with Unibus controllers the module occupies the A B con nector positions of the Unibus backplane The module has five edge mounted LEDs that instantly indicate data strobe and acknowledge demand signals and printer status signals such as On Line Ready and Fault Two cables are provided to all2. workstations can be clustered to reduce the ex pense of poolable input output devices such as disks and printers A maximally con figured cluster could include 16 workstations and their associated disk storage and printers The cost of an operating lease with two three and four year terms for a complete stand alone system starts at 1188 per month with each additional workstation at 702 per month System availability is 30 to 45 days ARO Reader Service Number 50 Bubble memory is designed for multibus microcomputers The Bubbl Tec division of PC M Inc has announced the MBI 1 magnetic bubble mass storage memory system for Multibus micro computer systems All solid state bubble memory systems are designed to eliminate the problems associated with electromechanical storage media such as disk deterioration head crashes and periodic mechanical maintenance The bubble storage medium is protected from dust smoke and airborne dirt and tolerates adverse en vironmental conditions such as shock vibra tion and abnormally high operating temper atures According to the company the MBI 1 bub ble memory system operates faster than a floppy disk consumes less power and im proves system reliability The system includes an intelligent controller and up to 512K bytes of solid state mass storage on a single printed circuit module It is expandable to 8M bytes The controller on the MBI 1 system is de signed aro
3. IBM Desktop OCR reads six fonts Mitsui Totec has introduced a desktop multifont OCR capable of reading as many as six type fonts without manual interchange Totec s TO 5000 throughput capacity is 300 pages per hour and no special format is re quired Font pitch and line spacing do not have to be operator selected The product s Q feature controls quality on variable copy from light to dark The TO 5000 currently interfaces with NBI CPT Lanier AB Dick Lexitron Burroughs Wang IBM LS 6 and Displaywriter Xerox 850 and 860 DEC Vydec Micom AM Ja quard and Compucorp The system has an RS 232C serial interface ASCII 1200 to 9600 baud and a bisync IBM 2770 interface Special interfaces for format codes have also been developed and are now available for NBI CPT Wang and Xerox A hopper automatic paperfeeder accepts 8 4 x 4 inch to 8 x 14 inch variable weight paper stocks The paper path is short and direct The TO 5000 weighs 78 pounds and comes standard with Courier 72 Prestige Elite 72 and OCR B fonts Pica 72 Courier 12 and Letter Gothic OCR A are optional The unit cost of the standard TO 5000 three fonts is 12 950 With all six fonts the unit is 15 450 Reader Service Number 46 Multiuser desktop microsystem has 16 bit processors The IST 86 from Interactive Systems Tech nology is a 16 bit desktop microcomputer sys tem that addresses up to 1M byte of error cor recting memory Designed
4. Number 32 Hard disk subsystems expand Apple II storage capability Thought Works Inc has announced the DataFile series of hard disk subsystems de signed to operate as mass storage media for the Apple II microcomputer The DataFile series are self contained hard disk Winchester drive subsystems with intelligent controller power supply cabinet and software The three models of DataFile increase Apple II storage capability from less than 288 pages of text to as much as 14 000 pages Included with DataFile is software to sup port three operating systems ADOS CP M and Pascal The DataFile models are available from dealer and distributor stock and suggested retail prices are based on capacity 5M bytes for 2995 10M bytes for 3465 and 20M bytes for 3950 Reader Service Number 33 Protocol converter provides ASCII terminal IBM link The PDS 300 525 from Perle Systems is a protocol converter designed to connect low cost ASCII terminals to IBM Systems 34 and 38 The converter is attached to the 34 S38 host via a standard modem or modem eliminator It emulates a remote 5250 Model 12 cluster and provides a data highway for up to eight standard ASCII asynchronous CRT terminals The 47 lb unit fits in a standard 19 inch rack or is suitable for tabletop mounting Software is loaded via a standard 8 inch floppy diskette Up to five multiple Z80 pro cessors control the basic function Software support is available for a var
5. quarter 1983 Reader Service Number 41 Management system helps wholesale distributors Ultramate developed by Honeywell s Data network isa comprehensive business manage ment information system designed to meet the information processing and management re quirements for market specific users par ticularly wholesale distributors and agribusi ness Outlets The system includes a small business computer network access to the Datanetwork large scale processing system and customer service center a complete set of financial applications accounts receivable sales order processing inventory general ledger and accounts payable and a package of user tailored software programs and data bases User support will be furnished as requested through Helpmate which provides a two way communications service By pushing the Help mate key on the system console the operator is automatically linked with a Honeywell Data network customer service representative who can remotely monitor all operator actions and provide assistance Also through Helpmate Ultramate offers access to a library of business programs and to database information Prices for Ultramate start at 19 500 Reader Service Number 42 Printers offered for Apple II II Apple Computer has announced the availability of two printers for its Apple I and III personal computers The dot matrix print er is a fast high contrast printer for graphics and many corresponde
6. 8 features a 7 x 9 character font ina 8 x 12 block and has a capacity of 256 characters Zoom and pan capability includes zoom factors of 1 2 4 and 8 pixel by pixel panning and a zoom cursor The system generates RS 343 compatible video signals which drive standard black and white or color video monitors Software options include a Fortran callable subroutine package DEC RT RSX and VMS device drivers and an extended graphics subroutine package with circle generator and area fill Hardware options available are joy stick or trackball controls a quad indepen dent cursor and two 1024x 1024 overlay memory planes Single system price for the 27 68 housed in a 19 inch by 19 4 inch rack mountable chas sis is 23 750 FOB San Jose Delivery is 60 days ARO Reader Service Number 49 January 1983 Sample system applications are project plans PERT charts HIPO charts structure charts data flow diagrams report layouts screen layouts and system or program nar ratives Other features of the system include op tional host communication links via IBM 2780 3780 emulation as well as 3270 emula tion capability and the machine readable form of the work which allows storing and recall for reuse of design Purchase price for a complete system in cluding software documentation a single workstation a dot matrix printer and 10 5M bytes of disk storage starts at 37 700 Each additional workstation costs 22 300 The
7. ction screen and an in telligent keyboard with a separate numeric keypad function keys and a 40 character digital display workstation keyboard If the request is too general the system will lead the user through a step by step question and answer format to find the specific information needed The cost of the System 6000 is 2950 Quan tity discounts are available Reader Service Number 37 Cross assembler helps develop M68000 software The Oasys cross assembler lets users develop Motorola 68000 assembly language source code on VAX systems running VMS or Unix and on PDP 11 based systems running Unix or RSX 11M The package bundles a relocatable assem bler linker object module librarian and cross reference utility in one standard integrated package The assembler is fully compatible with Motorola s 68000 resident assembler and of fers conditional assembly macro processing an INCLUDE facility command files to han dle multiple input files and a full complement of pseudo operations It also allows symbols with up to 30 characters The built in virtual memory management capability lets the user create a symbol table of unlimited size The assembler automatically pages data to the system disk if the user runs out of main memory Depending on the amount of disk space according to the com pany a user can conceivably define 100 000 symbols particularly important when as sembling very large programs on nonvirtual m
8. e for 350 The system can also be purchased without the CRT for 1195 Quantity discounts are offered Reader Service Number 39 91 EE ioe HY Ourpyr h k UERR The 4048A ac hypot and dc electrostatic discharge tester developed by Associated Research is designed for factory and maintenance testing of data processing equipment where both dielec tric withstand testing of the insulation system and ESD evaluation for static electricity are re quired The 4048A features a high voltage low energy electrostatic discharge system to simulate static electricity that often destroys sensitive ICs and stored data in DP equipment In tests per formed with DP equipment in operation the retractable tip test probe is touched to points ac cessible to an operator Stored energy is released simulating a static discharge and the DP equip ment is observed for bad performance The 4048A measures 6 x 9 x 91 4 inches and weighs 20 Ibs The unit price is 725 Reader Service Number 40 Array processor achieves 100M flop speed The ST 100 Array Processor manufac tured by Star Technologies uses multipro cessor architecture and VLSI technology to achieve 100 million floating point operations per second Ten times faster than the speeds of many array processors the ST 100 may be within the theoretical speed range of the Cray I supercomputer according to the company The ST 100 attaches to general purpose computer systems for high
9. emory machines like the PDP 11 The Oasys cross assembler is priced at 3000 which includes the relocatable macro cross assembler linker object module librar ian and cross reference utility A maintenance package is available for 300 per year OEM and distributor discounts are available Distribution is on 9 track tape or diskettes Reader Service Number 38 Business and personal computer uses CP M 2 2 Morrow Designs has announced Micro De cision a business and personal computer with floppy disk drive and full feature CRT ter minal An 8 bit microcomputer based on the 4 MHz Z80A CPU Micro Decision includes 64K bytes of RAM two RS 232 serial ports a full size smart terminal with detachable keyboard and a single sided 5 4 inch floppy disk drive with 200K bytes of formatted storage A second floppy drive is optional The Micro Decision uses CP M 2 2 an industry standard operating system that per mits access to more than 2000 business pro grams The software package includes Micro soft Basic 80 BaZic compatible with North Star Basic WordStar word processing soft ware the Correct It spelling checker and the LogiCalc electronic spreadsheet An additional feature is a menu driven front end that provides a road map through CP M which can be deactivated when the user is familiar with the commands The Micro Decision is priced at 1790 with one floppy disk drive and CRT terminal a sec ond disk drive is availabl
10. es electron beami laser recording A system that uses electron beam laser and electronic technologies to store and retrieve information has been developed by Mnemos The System 6000 uses electron beam and laser recording to store over 6000 pages of letter size documents which can be retrieved at the touch of a button according to the company The System 6000 stores this information on a 12 inch plastic MnemoDisc which is the same size as and comparable in cost to an LP stereo record Both graphic images and digitized information are recorded on a glass master and multiple copies are then made out of a flexible material The System 6000 does not read electronical ly coded graphic ifnormation on an optical disc and then project it on a CRT instead it reads an actual miniaturization of the graphic itself similar to micrographics and projects the image on a rear screen Digital indexing in formation and downloadable application software are stored on the same disc allowing optical and digital storage on the same medium Because the microprocessor driven work station communicates via an RS 232 com munciations interface to other databases the optical information stored on the MnemoDisc can be accompanied by digital data appearing on the 40 character keyboard display To retrieve specific items or whole pages the user enters an information request on the The Mnemos System 6000 workstation consists of a nonglare rear proje
11. gle copies are available for 59 50 US from Microfilm Publishing PO Box 313 Wykagl Station New Rochelle NY 10804 914 235 5246 Coding guides for developers Guides to both Cobol and Fortran will help software depart ments formulate standards Both guides pre sent a methodology consisting of company standards and examples Available at 20 each from Associated Technology Rte 2 Box 448 Estill Springs TN 37330 Update on CP M The second edition of the Osborne CP M User Guide relates the newest CP M developments including CP M 86 CP M derivatives such as MP M 1 are also considered Available at 15 95 from Os borne McGraw Hill 630 Bancroft Way Berkeley CA 94710 415 548 2805 Help for CBM users This step by step guide to the CBM 8032 and its peripherals covers programming debugging and upgrading An alphabetical summary of CBM Basic state ments is also included The CBM Professional Computer Guide is available for 15 from Osborne McGraw Hill at the above address Forth for IBM PC Supporting both IBM PC DOS and Digital Research CP M 86 this package includes an interpreter compiler with virtual memory management a full screen editor an 8086 8088 assembler debugging _ aids and a 150 page user manual Available for 100 from Laboratory Microsystems 4147 Beethoven St Los Angeles CA 90066 213 306 7412 95
12. iety of popular ASCII terminals and custom soft ware is available for special network or ter minal requirements Prices for the Perle 300 525 are from 6850 to 8900 Reader Service Number 34 COMPUTER Minicomputer incorporates Unix operating system Masscomp has announced a minicomputer for scientific and engineering applications called the Masscomp MC 500 According to the company the 32 bit 16M byte virtual memory real time Unix based computer ex ceeds the system performance of general purpose minicomputer systems in real time data acquisition and control high speed analysis of data and presentation and manipulation of data in graphical format The MC 500 incorporates multiple pro cessors and multiple bus structures that allow it to process information without degrading the performance of data acquisition or graph ics presentation the company said Its graphics processor enables scientists and engi neers to create graphs of experimental data as well as CAD images The MC 500 features twin 10 MHz Motor ola 68000 s a third 68000 in the separate graphics processor and a high speed 8 MIPS bipolar bit slice processor for data acquisition and control In addition the MC 500 can be enhanced with an integrated floating point processor as well as an array processor Standard software for the system includes Unix with real time enhancements a menu driven user interface and window manage ment system and acqu
13. isition and display soft ware libraries Data acquisition and control systems start below 28 000 A typical configuration would consist of 27M bytes of mass storage a 1M byte floppy a0 5M byte ECC memory a 4K byte cache three serial lines real time Unix software menu system user interface window management system graphics pro cessor 15 inch display joystick data acquisi tion and control processor and remote diag nostics capability selling for 36 800 Reader Service Number 35 IBM PC graphics printer replaces matrix printer IBM now has a graphics printer for the IBM Personal Computer The printer is an en hancement of the company s matrix printer which it replaces Features of the 80 cps bidirectional printer include all points addressable graphics capability with up to 240 dots per inch horizontally 216 dots vertically two character sets one similar to the video display character set the other adding inter national characters and superscript and subscript capability plus an underline mode The matrix printer can also be upgraded to a functional equivalent of the graphics printer A conversion kit is available for 90 days and may be installed only by authorized IBM PC dealers The cost of the graphics printer is 595 and conversion is set by dealers Dealers will also be able to update DOS 1 0 and DOS 1 1 to support the graphics printer Reader Service Number 36 January 1983 Information system us
14. mented memory processors Winchester and floppy disk controllers and serial I O ports The IN MSX multilevel resource lockout facility guarantees each user exclusive access to system resources Lockouts may be in voked at the device volume file and record levels IN MSX also provides scheduling and in terrupt handling capabilities All I O calls from the TeleSoft Ada PSE are channeled in to the IN MSX multiuser kernel IN MSX also makes optimum use of the Multibus based architectural features of the 7000 series computers according to In tellimac These computers contain a modular mix of bus masters and bus slaves on the Multibus IN MSX automatically handles the interrupts generated by the bus masters processor boards disk controllers etc and polls the bus slaves to simulate interrupts This feature is extensible to the 7000 series multiprocessor configurations which make use of the parallel arbitration features of the Multibus At any time during system operations a user may selectively drop back into VMON mode from the Ada PSE shell by typing a control A character In VMON the system control or master user can display the status of other users display the status of each ter minal input queue display the status of each terminal stop continue any user restart any user who has locked out his terminal and per form system reloads An additional multiuser facility of IN MSX is a printer and serial I O spooler despo
15. nce quality applica tions The letter quality printer is a daisywheel printer with a graphics capability designed for high quality print applications The dot matrix printer which uses a paral lel interface has a printhead life of over 100 million characters It features a heavy duty stepper motor and casting The printer has high resolution graphics output 7x9 dot matrix 144x 160 dots per square inch and offers a bidirectional print speed of 120 cps It permits multiple pitch and proportional spac ing and will mix fonts during a single pass The dot matrix printer uses pin addressable graphics and handles cut sheets or tractor fed paper roll or fan fold The letter quality printer which uses a serial interface prints bidirectionally at 40 cps on individual sheets or continuous forms Its switch selectable settings include vertical and horizontal tabs six or eight lpi vertical pitch 10 12 or 15 cpi horizontal pitch and auto line feed A full complement of print wheels including six foreign language character sets is available Both printers can be purchased from autho rized Apple dealers The suggested retail prices are 695 for the dot matrix printer and 2195 for the letter quality printer Dot Matrix Reader Service Number 43 Letter Quality Reader Service Number 44 COMPUTER The Model P3278 information display station from Phaze Information Machines is de signed to replace the IBM 3278 2 station and at
16. oler This feature automatically queues users re quests for printing A print image of the material that is to be printed out or otherwise serially dumped is stored in a buffering disk file until the physical device printer modem RS232 line etc is available Thus the user can continue programming without waiting for the physical I O resource to be free As soon as the requested device becomes avail able the waiting output is automatically dumped to it IN MSX gives the programmer the ability to mix and match TeleSoft Pascal and or the 68000 assembler in the multiuser program ming environment One user can be program ming in Ada another in Pascal a third in 68000 assembler and a fourth in all three IN MSX for Intellimac 7000 series com puters is available for 1000 plus the TeleSoft Ada PSE license fee Upgrades to Version 2 are furnished at no charge to Version 1 users Reader Service Number 48 COMPUTER Workstation automates software development tasks The MTC2000 Professional Workstation from Multiple Technologies Corporation allows analysts and programmers to automate many of the tasks associated with the design documentation implementation and main tenance of data processing software systems The MTC2000 is ergonomically designed for use by either data processing professionals or clerical personnel working from a profes sional s input Each workstation includes a 16 bit microprocessor with u
17. ow connec tion of the MLSI PLLA11 to MDB manufac The printer long line adapter module MLSI PLLA11 from MDB Systems allows printers for LSI 11 and Unibus systems to be placed up to 3000 feet from the computer tured LSI 11 Q bus and Unibus VAX printer controllers The module can also be used with DEC manufactured controllers if the user fabricates his own connection cables The MDB MLSI PLLAI11 costs 300 in single quantities with delivery 30 days ARO Reader Service Number 31 Inventory management package runs on Wang VS computers An inventory management package in Wang VS Cobol for use on the entire family of Wang VS computers has been released by Mini Computer Business Applications The I M package allows interwarehouse transfers as well as issues and receipts Quan tities received in a purchasing unit of measure are automatically converted to the stocking selling unit of measure It also provides physical inventory count tag support and prints cycle counting worksheets 90 Forecasting features allow the user to choose the length of sales history to be con sidered for each item and to define the number of days in the forecasting period The I M package will calculate the quantity of an item to be kept as a safety stock In addi tion it creates audit trails prints usage ex ception reports and does ABC analysis Source code licenses for MCBA s Wang I M package are 3000 for the first use Reader Service
18. p to 1M byte of addressable memory and a real time multi tasking operating system A 102 key detached keyboard and system software provide single keystroke manipulation of commonly used design and documentation symbols The MTC2000 displays graphic symbols and text on a 15 inch high resolution video display with 132 columns by 34 lines Symbols connecting lines and text can be positioned anywhere on the screen and sym bols and text can be edited identically The system also includes vertical and horizontal scrolling Printing can be done directly on a worksta tion printer just as it appears on the screen while input or editing continues on other documents System and file security features restrict access as necessary Graphics display system offers 200 ns pixel vector generation The GMR 27 68 a raster graphics display system available from Grinnell Systems gen erates vectors at speeds up to 200 ns pixel and produces a 1024x1024 interlaced 30 Hz black and white or color display It displays up to 16 colors or eight colors with blink from a palette of 4096 colors The system consists of a display generator and power supply 8 bits of refresh memory the high speed vector generator alphanumer ics and rectangle and image generators The standard system also includes pan and zoom and a combined 10x 12 lookup table video card A DEC DR11W Unibus interface is available as an option The alphanumerics set in the GMR 27 6
19. specifically for the small to medi um multiuser environment the IST 86 incor porates all of the functions necessary for a multiuser system into a CRT terminal Utiliz ing MP M from Digital Research the IST is a real time multitasking operating system that provides all of the facilities to implement real time and interactive applications according to the company Each self contained unit consists of a 16 bit Intel 8086 main job processor a 16 bit Intel 94 8089 I O processor 15 inch high resolution CRT with either a 25 x 80 or 25 x 132 character display an 83 key detachable keyboard 10M byte hard disk tape cartridge drive 128K bytes of error correcting memory expan dable to 1M byte within the unit and six serial ports Available programming languages in clude Cobol Fortran Basic PL I and Pascal The IST 86 costs 12 950 and production quantities will be available at the end of 1982 Reader Service Number 47 Operating system supports multiuser Ada Intellimac s Multi System Executive IN MSX provides a multiuser programming support environment for the Telesoft Ada compiler It is designed to run on the com pany s 7000 series of Multibus 68000 based computers Version 1 of IN MSX supports up to 1 25M bytes of main memory in a single CPU configuration Version 2 supports up to 8M bytes of memory and multiple processors IN MSX automatically manages the physi cal machine resources including the seg
20. speed arithmetic operations and has multiple processors for ad ditional functions such as the staging of operations The ST 100 can be attached to most midsize and mainframe computers in cluding those manufactured by CDC Perkin Elmer Systems Engineering Laboratories DEC and IBM Features of the ST 100 include multiple programmable internal processors multiple arithmetic units and high speed logic circuitry built from Motorola MECL 10 000 Macrocell gate arrays A hardware divide among the arithmetic units makes the machine ap propriate for simulation A master control 92 processor and three independent processors handle simultaneous input and output of data Multiple jobs and overlapped data transfers can be queued without affecting arithmetic processing Main memory consists of eight million 32 bit words using 64K RAMs The ST 100 is supported with development production and maintenance software Ap plications library modules are provided for basic vector and matrix operations A high level language consisting of a subset of For tran statements ties these modules together permitting routines to be written for geophysi cal signal and image processing and aerody namic research applications The basic ST 100 configuration with 512K words of 32 bit main memory and a 48K word data cache is 250 000 including operating and development software interface and installa tion Deliveries are scheduled for first
21. taches to IBM controllers via the IBM 3278 coax protocol The total weight of the model is less than 32 pounds and the home row of the keyboard is 30 mm high 32 Ib display terminal has IBM 3278 plug compatibility Phaze Information Machines has devel oped the Model P3278 information display station a cluster display unit that operates in IBM 3270 networks and can be used with IBM 370 8100 and 4300 series computers and their plug compatible equivalents According to the company the Model P3278 is designed to be a plug compatible replacement for the IBM 3278 2 Display Sta tion and attaches to a number of IBM ter minal controllers and computers through the IBM 3278 coax protocol The P3278 has a three piece modular ar chitecture consisting of a separate terminal display keyboard and logic modules with a total weight of less than 32 pounds Standard features of the station include a separate keyboard with a low profile that eliminates the need for an additional palm rest a 12 inch green phosphor screen that tilts and swivels reverse video and blinking field capabilities 24 program function keys a 12 key numeric keypad a security lock and audible alarm and a light pen interface The unit cost of the Model P3278 is 1995 and quantity discounts are available Reader Service Number 45 The TO 5000 OCR from Mitsui Totec can read up to six fonts and interfaces with a number of systems including NBI DEC Xerox Wang and
22. und a Z80 microprocessor It han dles bubble device formatting and control in terfaces the bubble memory system to the Multibus bus structure and provides for both soft and hard error detection and correction The MBI 1 system is available in capacity options of 128K 256K or 512K bytes 512K byte expansion modules are also avail able and as many as 16 can be controlled by the MBI 1 system through a daisy chain rib bon cable The MBI 1 is priced from 997 for a 128K byte system to 2247 for a 512K byte system in quantities of 100 Reader Service Number 51 New Literature Line noise suppression This basic text de scribes the protection of sensitive electronic equipment from problems created by AC line noise transients and spikes Noise Suppres sion Reference Manual is available from Topaz Electronics Div 9192 Topaz Way San Diego CA 92123 714 279 0831 Selective interfacing A hands on book that requires some hardware and interface experi ence Selectric Interface A Hands on Ap proach 122 pp gives a step by step pro cedure for interfacing the IBM Selectric 2740 and 2980 and the Dura 1041 to a computer The book is available for 12 97 from Wayne Green Books Peterborough NH 03458 Micrographic services A reference guide that gives supply sources for microfilm service and equipment nternational Micrographics Source Book lists manufacturer location contact and likely cost Sin
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