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1. NEW PRODUCTS New Products Editor Demetrios A Michalopoulos California State University Fullerton Interactive processing system is IBM MVS compatible Dialogic Systems Corporation has intro duced a computer system designed to achieve interactive processing in the large IBM or plug compatible mainframe environment The Dialogic One system implements layered interactive processing by integrating the Dialogic 10 satellite computer into the IBM MVS system environment With the Dialogic One system the mainframe continues to per form batch processing and database man agement while the satellite computer performs the interactive processing Each machine can be optimized for the tasks it performs best while the interactive user at his 3270 type ter minal continues to view the two machines as a single familiar system The Dialogic 10 satellite computer hard ware architecture is based on multiple micro processors working in parallel and is inter connected through a wide band communica tions channel sharing access to a high perfor mance hard disk drive system The system s software consists of a replacement for IBM s TSO and an operating system distributed be tween the mainframe and the satellite com puter The user software a superset of TSO includes a set of application packages specifi cally targeted for application developers and system programmers and a high level com mand language for developing cu2. elimi nating the need for a darkened room The pro cessed image is electronically smoothed to provide an appearance similar to that of a conventional television display When ac tivated selectable image fade algorithms emulate the phosphor fade characteristic of an analog radar display Stored information can be displayed simul taneously with dynamically updated informa tion A vertical gray calibration scale appears at the side of the radar sonar display and alphanumeric legends and messages can be overlayed on the image or written in desig nated locations outside the displayed image area Memory consists of MOS dynamic RAMs organized 5125124 bits and image resolution is 512 pixels per line x 480 lines The unit is microprocessor controlled with up to 8K bytes of program memory and 768 bytes of RAM to execute processing commands Analog sweeps can be entered with sweep speeds up to 51 microseconds full scale and a pulse repetition frequency up to 1000 Hz The single unit domestic base price is 25 000 Reader Service Number 37 Options on the Model 666 video image processor from Hughes Aircraft Company s industrial products division include rectangular display formats electronic calipers with automatic digital display of distance between calipers auxiliary data readout and 2X and 4X read zoom 128 Filing writing program offered for IBM PCs Fast Facts a filing system report writing program for executives of
3. of the Omni II is its signa ture analysis capability It can derive the hex adecimal signature of 14 independent test points simultaneously These results can then be compared automatically with a set of known good signatures previously saved on disk All digital testing parameters data and time and date can be stored on disk with CP M compatibility for additional off line analysis With the connection of a printer the Omni II can provide hard copy of displays The Omni II is priced at 3950 Reader Service Number 41 Corporate stock option system is IBM PC compatible Stork 1 0 a system for managing corporate stock option plans runs on the IBM PC PC compatible machines and most CP M micro computers and is available from The Baily Company Stork 1 0 keeps track of incentive stock options nonqualified options and stock appreciation rights Full screen data en try onto preprogrammed formats allows the manager to add information as grants and ex ercises occur The system can generate 13 standard reports and answer current and his torical questions on exercised or outstanding options Programs are written in dBase II and data files are standard ASCII text Files can be downloaded from a mainframe computer di rectly into the system files The stock option management system can be licensed for a one time fee of 6000 plus 500 for a dBase II license Reader Service Number 42 Protocol converter links ASCI
4. I devices to IBM world The Avatar PA1000 protocol converter manufactured by 3R Computers links ASCII terminals PCs portable computers or other ASCII devices to IBM BSC or SNA SDLC environments The device also permits local or remote access to asynchronous hosts and to public information or timesharing services The PA1000 provides IBM 3278 2 terminal emulation via its coaxial port Two standard RS 232 C ports connect both the ASCII device and an asynchronous host printer or a modem for remote communications The mi croprocessor based unit which supports up to 9600 baud also includes memory for screen buffers and protocol conversion The Avatar device can be configured in a variety of ways local terminal personal or portable computer connection to IBM witha pass through mode of operation for screen content printing local ASCII device connec tion to both IBM and asynchronous hosts ina distributed processing environment remote ASCII device access via modems to an IBM environment and local access to an IBM host and to one or more remote asynchronous sys tems Available for immediate delivery the PA1000 is priced at 995 with quantity dis counts available Reader Service Number 43 129 Interface connects computers or WPs to telex lines A series of telecommunication devices that permit computers word procesors or printers to be interconnected with domestic and international telex systems without bulky and ex
5. al processing capa bilities include programmable financial and or scientific calculator a calendar anda pink slip message center Call message detail recording for project or client accounting is a standard part of Telterminal and can be out put to a local printer or display and or uploaded to another computer system for pro cessing The Telterminal can also use IBM PC compatible software programs The personality module features cus tomization for a wide variety of special ap plications defined by the user such as specific menu drivers protocol and format needs and transmission speed requirements when access ing proprietary databases The expansion capabilities of the Telterminal can also pro vide for electronic mail messaging and elec tronic funds transfer activities Digital Transactions Telterminal sells for 2495 Reader Service Number 30 Measuring 16x9x2 inches Digital Transactions Telterminal looks like a business telephone Positioned between the receiver and the touch tone dialing system is the familiar typ ing keyboard and a row of function or command keys Above the keyboard an LCD window provides text messages and other information software is available on a monthly or fully paid up license Reader Service Number 29 126 COMPUTER Logic analyzers have a dual time base Dolch Logic Instruments has announced the 64300 series logic analysis systems Fully modular in 16 channel in
6. crements the 64300 provides 64 channels in a full up configuration which includes 16 300 MHz 3 3 ns resolution asynchronous channels for timing analysis and 48 25 50 MHz synchronous asynchronous channels for timing state analysis The company states that in time measure ments the 64300 is the only logic analyzer available with a genuine dual time base it can capture and correlate independently clocked signals and overlay a 300 MHz acquisition capability on any channel A 300 MHz capa bility is designed to give the user a truer pic ture of the operation of the system under test by permitting a 3 3 ns resolution with glitch detection capabilities The analyzer offers microprocessor specif ic interfaces and disassemblers for all popular eight and 16 bit processors and these incor porate features such as 12 level two dimen sional triggering that help to isolate problems and unravel machine code Performance fea tures included as standard with the 64300 are multilevel triggering Datapak integrated transportable mass memory multiple inter nal external clocking capabilities search and compare up trace module with full disassem bly RS 232 C IEEE 488 interfacing and software performance analysis features in cluding time stamp area trace and histo gram Prices of the 64300 vary from 7930 for a 16 channel implementation to 14 930 for the 64 channel implementation for 16 bit micro processor and microprocessor base
7. d system analyses Reader Service Number 31 Acoustical housing reduces printer noise A 26 inch wide acoustical printer housing the Soundtrap Stretch from Trace Systems reduces noise to an average 44 dBA level for popular 136 column dot matrix and small daisywheel printers Noise absorption im provements include more surface area and resin formed top and sides lined with dense foam Design of the housing includes a peel out slot for bottom feed printers louvers in the back panel for ventilation an angle shaped cover and a tilted lid with stay open memory hinges The Soundtrap Stretch fits office printers such as Apple Letter Quality Brother HR 15 C Itoh Starwriter Epson MX 100 Man nesmann Tally MT 160 180 NEC Okidata 83A Qume Sprint 11 Smith Corona Tran star 315 color pinter and Toshiba TH 2100 H G The inside dimensions of the model are 26 x 17 inches with height limitations depend ing on each printer s shape and accessories The retail price for the Soundtrap Stretch is 189 Reader Service Number 32 October 1983 An automated vision system to sort a variety of complex parts moving down an assembly line has been announced by View Engineering The View 1101 multivision system uses a microcom puter that stores in memory complex details of parts enabling the system to search a part through 360 degrees in 300 milliseconds the time required to compare a live video image against a
8. dit runs with all operating systems supporting Fortran 77 It runs on VAX DG IBM Burroughs Prime and CDC systems Where different systems are used Uni edit can serve as a standard editor PCs and WPs with standard serial commu nications can perform text editing on remote host systems Uni edit however replaces mainframe based screen editors special emu lator boards and programs for PCs and WPs expensive editing terminals and special com munications gear Users can command Uni edit to conform to any PC or WP Ac cording to the company Uni edit can also be used by all dumb and smart terminals on the same system preserving prior terminal invest ments as well as providing flexibility The text editor features a natural syntax a pocket sized user s manual on line Help tutorial and features such as left and right tab column alignment A one year license costs 800 for the first CPU and 400 for each additional CPU at the same site Perpetual and three year licenses are also available A 40 percent discount is of fered for educational institutions Reader Service Number 35 127 Real time spectrum analyzer plugs into IBM PCs The Ariel Corporation s RTA 331 is a Y octave real time audio frequency spectrum analyzer that plugs into a single expansion slot inside the IBM PC The analyzer divides the audio spectrum into 31 octave bands from 20 kHz to 20 kHz and interactively displays the relative amplitude of
9. each frequency band The unit can also convert an incoming audio signal to eight bit samples and store it in the PC s 512K byte main memory in which 20 seconds of audio can be stored Any block of memory can be similarly read out using the analyzer s eight bit DAC Assembly language subroutines handle all high speed operations All subroutines are ac cessed from Basic so users can create new and specialized applications such as digital signal processing and speech synthesis or recogni tion The RTA 331 features on board pink noise generator digitally controlled gain 4 dB resolution and ANSI A B or user defined weighting averaging and peak hold functions Ariel s RTA 331 analyzer is priced at 650 Reader Service Number 36 Video image processor stores image data digitally A video image processor designed to con vert radar or sonar video signals to TV raster scan for display on a standard television monitor has been introduced by Hughes Air craft Company s industrial products division According to the company operators no longer have to rely on long persistence phos phors in their CRT monitors for retention of target images until refreshed by the next sweep of the antenna With the Model 666 image data is stored digitally and can be displayed continuously The image can be displayed on remote or local monitors or it can be recorded on videotape The radar sonar image can be viewed in normal ambient lighting
10. fice workers and home users of IBM PCs and compatibles from Innovative Software runs on both mono chrome and color machines According to the company any informa tion normally stored on file cards or in a filing cabinet from personnel records to mailing lists to recipes can be stored with Fast Facts Information can be called up by last name by address by zip code and in combinations AND OR statements are allowed Fast Facts can write information to other spreadsheet programs such as VisiCalc 1 23 and MultiPlan in a DIF data storage format and interface to Wordstar through an ASCII interface which allows the user to generate form letters Fast Facts has a built in calculator which when called up prints across the bottom of the screen Every screen has Help menus that use plain English and tutorial information to walk users through a process Forms can be developed by the program to include both text and graphics Fast Facts has Enter Search and Display functions and can copy files and add pages Utility options permit the user to change default parameters display files rename a file organize a logged on file redesign a form or use the DIF interface The program allows 1000 forms per file up to 50 pages per form and 100 items per page a page is one screen 80 columns wide and 20 rows long Two disk drives either two flop pies or one floppy and one hard disk with 128K RAM are required a printer is op tio
11. hat constitute the Motorola small signal transistor line Small Signal Transistor Data Book Motorola Semi conductor Products Inc PO Box 20912 Phoenix AZ 85036 6 25 Software productivity Semiannual directory of software products or tools that can help to improve the productivity of the systems development function covers over 400 soft ware products in some 20 classifications Guide to Software Productivity Aids Applied Computer Research PO Box 9280 Phoenix AZ 85068 95 per year Robotics Monthly newsletter will cover developments in hardware and software market trends applications government legislation and news concerning people and companies in the personal robotics industry Personal Robotics News PRN Publishing Company PO Box 10058 Berkely CA 94709 415 524 7115 subscription 125 Terminal and PC directory Report identifies 87 major user programmable terminal sys tems and 51 personal computers employed for general purpose processing in data communi cations environment Personal Computers and User Programmable Terminals Data Decisions 20 Brace Road Cherry Hill NY 08034 609 429 7100 29 26 pp Rotating memory ICs Brochure illustrated with block diagrams and tables describes com pany s product line Rotating Memory Inte grated Circuits Silicon Systems Inc 14351 Myford Road Tustin CA 92680 714 731 7110 free 8 pp X Net primer Brochure describes the full range of applicat
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13. nal Suggested retail price is 195 Reader Service Number 38 Statistical multiplexers offered in four versions The Multi Mux series of statistical multi plexers from Multi Tech Systems is available in one two four and eight channel ver sions Both point to point and multipoint net works can be supported by the units The Multi Mux channel accepts asynchron ous data at any speed up to 9600 bps for transmission over a single synchronous full duplex link Total peak input rate is 19 200 bps Channel speeds and flow control meth ods can be individually configured from either local or remote sites Automatic speed selec tion dynamic buffer allocation and CRC er ror detection correction are also provided Diagnostic capabilities with local remote and self test individual link and channel XMT RCYV indicators and seven system sta tus indicators are provided When used in multipoint networks the Multi Mux provides poll addressing capability for nonintelligent terminal sites A typical four channel version lists for 1295 and an eight channel unit for 2095 Reader Service Number 39 COMPUTER Portable logic analyzer incorporates CP M micro The portable 27 pound Omni II logic analyzer from Omnilogic Inc integrates a timing state logic analyzer with a full func tion CP M microcomputer while incorporat ing a software intensive design approach Used as an interface between the engineer and complex digital
14. ny stored reference The price ranges from 20 000 to 70 000 depending on quantity and con figuration Reader Service Number 33 Data switch connects RS 232 C current loop and TTL devices A line controlled central exchange for up to eight RS 232 C current loop and TTL de vices is available in a single board or a com pletely packaged enclosure from Digital Lab oratories The Micro Matrix II features patented circuitry that allows the transfer of data anywhere in a network of eight RS 232 C current loop and TTL devices under soft ware control Providing 64 memory mapped connection points the data switch s setup is simplified by firmware that handles ports by user name and includes prompts a command menu and connection displays Offered as a single board microcomputer or a complete package with an 8K firmware network handler power supply and en closure the data switch incorporates 1K RAM nonvolatile storage for 16 different switching arrangements All 64 connection changes oc cur within 7 as with no switching glitches or transmission interruptions the company states The Micro Matrix II is priced at 795 for the single board configuration OEM discounts offered and 995 for the complete enclosure Reader Service Number 34 Text editor eases mainframe use by PCs Uni edit from Schonfeld amp Associates is a text editor designed for mainframes and minicomputers that use PCs and WPs as dumb terminals Uni e
15. pensive telex hardware has been in troduced by Teleface Corporation The Telex plug is designed to adapt computer related equipment as the transmission media for entering telex TWX or DDD networks thus bypassing conventional telex machines Only one party in an exchange between companies or individuals needs the new interface in place to access the various telex systems and con duct conversation The interface operates on a microcomputer chip that permits the design of a low cost gateway to various communications systems The chip gives the interface the capability to handle code and speed conversions up to 9600 baud Telexplug can be interposed directly between a computer or word processor and its printer or other output peripheral permitting connection through use of supplied cable to equipment with a single port It can also be connected to a separate communications port allowing the equipment interfaced to engage in unrestricted communication with the new device In this arrangement Telexplug acts as a modem to open two way access between computer elements and the telex network A flexible memory enables the interface to store incoming messages if connected com puters or printers are busy once the connec ting equipment is free the telex message distribution is activated Users can choose from block or conversational telex modes for outgoing messages Once outgoing messages have been prepared and edited on a use
16. problems the Omni II can collect 1000 data samples on each of 16 channels or optionally up to 48 channels of 330 samples each Four channels of glitch detection are provided with a minimum de tectable pulse of 10 ns The system utilizes in ternal or external clocks as fast as 20 MHz either of which can be qualified Triggering modes include the basic AND OR NOT on data or glitch with the trigger point position ed within the 1000 word sample memory Ad ditional triggering modes are absence of repetitive event repeat until correlated with reference memory and delay by event or time External trigger and trigger qualifier are also provided Two rear panel connectors supply clock and trigger outputs Upon power up the Omni II invokes an automatic self check of its internal circuitry and a setup page automatically appears to permit configuration of the machine for data collection After data collection the analyzer provides the timing analysis for hardware troubleshooting and software analysis The integral CP M computer utilizes a Z80 CPU and 64K of RAM Mass storage is provided by two 54 inch double density disk drives The built in nine inch monitor displays 24 rows by 80 columns in P31 green phosphor A de tachable ASCII keyboard with its cursor con trol keys and numeric pad provides control of Converter system makes MS DOS and CP M 86 compatible Users of 16 bit microcomputers can run software written for
17. r s computer the Telexplug is activated either directly or through a printer and sends the message by itself dialing establishing con nection giving and accepting answer backs an identification signal of up to 20 char acters and transmitting the message Other features of the device include multi linking to a telex line direct and exclusive ac cess for confidentiality unattended opera tion message repetition self diagnosis and the ability to send different types of printed mat ter via ASCII serial asynchronous format up to 8000 characters and to store about three incoming and outgoing messages The cost for each unit of the seven Telex plug models is 1270 Reader Service Number 44 Universal counter takes measurements automatically Hewlett Packard s HP 5334A universal counter allows users to measure frequency period rise time fall time pulse width and peak to peak volts automatically at the touch of a button Auto trigger auto attenuation and internal storage of up to 10 complete front panel set ups are designed to simplify measurements and operation Math capability lets users view results in familiar engineering units if desired Key instrument features include two chan nel 100 MHz capability nine digits per second resolution two nanosecond single shot time interval 200 picoseconds with averaging and keyboard selectable gate times in millisecond increments from one millisecond to 99 99
18. seconds In addition to performing the standard counter measurements of frequency and time interval the HP 5334A includes period ratio and totalize measurements It also has exter nal arming capabilities Rear terminals sim plify cabling in rack mounted systems Op tions include a high stability oven oscillator a 1000V floating DVM and a 1 3 GHz C channel External arming and gating allow many ap plications such as measuring the frequency within a pulsed RF signal averaging bursts for increased resolution selecting a specific time interval within a pulse train and select ing a portion of a pulse train to be totalized The price of the HP 5334A is 2800 Reader Service Number 45 The HP 5334A universal counter from Hewlett Packard offers full HP IB capability for automatic operation with a computer and integration with other instrumentation in laboratory or production applications 130 New Literature IBM PC source book This where to find it directory of software hardware and ac cessories for the IBM PC and IBM compat ible microcomputers is organized by num erous subject catagories Names and ad dresses of hundreds of companies are in cluded The Blue Book for the IBM Personal Computer WIDL Video Publications 5245 West Diversey Chicago IL 60639 312 622 9606 24 95 328 pp Data on transistors Publication presents technical information for both bipolar and field effect transistors t
19. stomer written applications The application packages include an editor interface similar to IBM s interactive system productivity facility editor They also enable data processing users to perform extended Cobol editing and the full management of host MVS system facilities According to the company productivity is increased through better response time and also through the enhanced functions supplied in the application packages The Dialogic One system is priced from 198 000 to 385 000 depending on the configuration Telephone computer terminal is desktop communications center Digital Transactions Inc has announced its entry into the emerging super smart tele phone market with an integrated telephone computer terminal The Telterminal has been designed for the white collar worker who has long considered the computer too complex and expensive for personal use A major feature of Telterminal is the man agement assistance package that gives the user single key access to an array of communica tion and information capabilities Users can input a speed call directory for as many as 250 local and network access numbers and sign on and security identifiers This directory facilitates sending and receiving attended and unattended voice and data messages In addition to PBX telephone features such as call forwarding call holding last number re try and on hook dialing with line monitor the Telterminal s person
20. two popular operating systems on a single microcomputer with the OS Converter from Dynamic Microprocessor Associates The OS Converter permits PC DOS MS DOS object code to run on CP M 86 microcomputers and enables CP M 86 object code to run on MS DOS with no loss of speed according to the company Users can run such programs as MicroSoft Basic and Fortran Digital Research Pascal and other language compilers as well as utilities like Microsoft Assembler and Linker The 4K byte program operates by loading a target program into memory and creating the environment that the program expects There is no interpretation of instructions the pro gram itself remains in control of operations When in use the converter resides just above the operating system in RAM and enables the program being run to take full adavantage of available memory The OS Converter for the IBM PC is supplied with a companion pro gram that enables PC DOS systems to read CP M 86 files The 95 OS Converter is available for use with either PC DOS MS DOS or CP M 86 Reader Service Number 40 October 1983 Omnilogic s Omni II logic analyzer is a portable unit that provides up to 16 channels of data recognition An optional plug in module permits up to 48 channels and bus demultiplexing the logic analyzer and computer Omni II also offers seven CP M programs such as a word processor a high level language and an elec tronic spreadsheet Another feature
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