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1. Packaged in single bay desk enclosure the FS990 4 system includes the Model 990 4 microcomputer with 24K 16 bit words of memory with parity dual floppy disks with 484K bytes of storage and the Model 913 video display terminal Prices for the system start at 10 500 and at 13 500 for the FS990 10 Both will be available this month In conjunction with a host computer the new Model 400 pharmacy system edits prints and stores prescription data displays prior drug records and checks patient eligibility for third party payments The system features TI s new 1920 character Model 911 video display terminal the recently announced Model 810 printer and a Model 990 4 microcomputer with up to 56K bytes of memory Unit price of the pharmacy system is 7075 with quantity discounts available under a volume purchase agreement Delivery will begin in the second quarter of 1977 according to Texas Instruments Terminals Reader Service Number 60 SDS 61 Pharmacy System 62 Tandberg Data introduces synchronous tape transport The microprocessor based TDI 1050 synchronous tape transport from Tand berg Data utilizes two 10 inch reels and features an optional internal formatter With an interface of industrywide com patibility the TDI 1050 reads and writes data at densities of 1600 cpi phase encoded or 800 556 and 200 cpi NRZI at speeds of 12 5 to 45 ips with a re wind speed of 200 ips average either2. The megabyte memory system is a complete memory system for the IMSAI 8080 and other S 100 bus computers It consists of the RAM 16 RAM 32 and RAM 65 dynamic memory boards and intelligent memory manager IMM con troller board It may be implemented in a variety of configurations ranging from a single board 16K byte conventional 84 10000 0000 ATIT oc0ce LITI IMSAI s one board control computer above is based on Intels new 8048 microcomputer chip Megabyte memory system for S 100 bus microcomputers consists of 65K shown below 32K and 16K RAM boards controlled by IMSAI s intelligent memory manager memory to a 17 board 1M byte system with an intelligent memory manager interrupt controller Larger multiprocessor systems may be implemented by using multiple IMSAI mainframes and the IMSAI Shared Memory Facility Shared memory blocks can be up to 65K bytes and each processor can address up to 1M byte total of shared and local memory Memory boards of 16K 32K and 65K bytes are available in either kit or as sembled form prices range from 449 to 3899 The IMM controller board is priced from 299 to 699 and is available in ROM or EROM kit or assembled Control Computer Number 28 Memory System Number 29 400 terminal features ASCII keyboard display and RS 232 The new KDM 1 terminal with built in display plugs directly into an ac outlet and an RS 232 port According to its manufacturer Micon Industri
3. HP offers Basic language desktop computing system The new 26 pound HP 9831A desktop computer can be used as a stand alone Basic language computer or linked with peripherals to form systems according to its manufacturer Hewlett Packard The HP 9831 comes with 8K bytes of memory expandable to 32K bytes in 8K byte increments Basic language com mands for String Variables Input Output and Advanced Programming II operations are built in String Variables program ming permits handling of string arrays as large as the total memory of the machine Optional matrix plotter flexible disk ROMs providing such standard matrix operations as inversion trans portation and multiplication and two dimension array operators are also available The desktop computer can work with master and slave flexible disk drives for additional fast access memory plotters thermal and character impact printers and CRT terminals It features a built in bi directional tape drive With 90 ips search and rewind speed and a 22 ips read write speed the tape cartridge drive gives an average access time of 6 seconds Most software pacs available for use with the HP 9830 desktop computer are directly compatible with the 9831 and program transmission between the two can be accomplished in seconds according to the company The 9831 s keyboard has 12 special function keys that with a shift function can handle 24 different operations The keys can ac
4. or 5 amps at 24 vdc The Intel 8048 8748 microcomputer chip is designed to accommodate three separate memory spaces program memory internal register memory and external RAM an 8 bit CPU 2 5 usec instruction cycle Program memory in the simplest case consists of 1K bytes of ROM EPROM on the 8048 8748 chip itself and is ex pandable to 4K with additional ROMs EPROMs By using memory banking techniques the program memory space can be expanded to 65K or more The program memory is the only memory space from which instructions can be fetched and executed Internal register memory IRM can be divided into 4 separate though contiguous areas register bank 0 register bank 1 stack and user RAM External RAM memory is not contained on the 8048 chip The instruction set allows for direct access of 256 bytes of external RAM memory By use of memory banking this can also be expanded to any level in 256 byte increments The IMSAI 8048 control computer contains provisions for 2K of external RAM memory The control computer comes in two different versions In the ROM version the system monitor will be contained on the 8048 chip itself In the other the system monitor will be contained on an Intel 8716 2K EROM The 8048 control computers are offered in both assembled and kit form Prices for the ROM version are 249 kit and 299 assembled EROM version 399 kit and 499 assembled The 5 volt power supply is priced at 99
5. offers unlimited spatial resolution Comtal s new Series 200 display system offers digital refresh image processing with theoretically unlimited spatial re solution According to Comtal the pre vious limitations of system performance imposed by the spatial resolution of the CRT monitors have been eliminated The spatial resolution of the large data base can be any array of X by Y picture elements pixels and up to 16 bits of intensity per pixel An additional bit of graphics overlay data at the same resolu tion is available All data may be loaded from a source data base in either row or column orientation Three types of operator console monitors are available All types can be simul taneously operated on a system A Type A monitor with a 512 x 512 display resolution presents the entire data base suitably reduced in spatial resolution to match that of the monitor A square out line indicating the 512 x 512 region which is displayed on the second type monitor will be displayed on its reduced resolution presentation of the entire data base A Type B monitor with a 512 x 512 display resolution displays in the full resolution that region indicated by the square out line of the Type A monitor A Type C monitor with a 1024 x 1024 display re solution can be used to display any 1024 x 1024 region of the refresh data base in full spatial resolution The region of the total data base in the refresh memory that is displa
6. 7 or 9 track The internal formatter permits users to daisy chain up to four transports simul taneously saving rack space and cost Tandberg states ANSI and IBM com patibility is provided for any mode assur ing data reliability Full editing capability permits selective record updating of pre recorded tapes and prevents extraneous signals from being recorded in the inter record gap Other TDI 1050 features are a 5000 hour MTBF a ceramic blade tape cleaner and a proven microprocessor servo system IBM tape path geometry and fixed guides provide minimal dynamic skew and assure compatibility according to the company Reader Service Number 20 81 Pro Log offers CMOS RAM for Series 90 PROM programmers Pro Log has introduced two CMOS RAM buffer options to expand the capability of its Series 90 PROM programmer the 9107 1 configured 1K by 8 and the 9107 4 arranged 4K by 8 With the RAM buffer installed in the Series 90 system the user can program or list the RAM and duplicate from master to RAM or RAM to copy When program ming to RAM the user can edit any work by overwriting it Another feature allows displacement of one or more words of data from address location X to location Y when duplicating from master to RAM The 9107 provides a 1K word workspace where PROM code can be accumulated and manipulated before programming a blank PROM The buffer can be loaded from the Series 90 keyboard and the master PRO
7. Berkeley Heights NJ 07922 IC PACKAGING Scanbe announces a 28 page catalog describing its line of IC packaging products and featuring a section on solving custom IC packag ing problems Available from the com pany at 3445 Fletcher Ave El Monte CA 91731 PROGRAMMABLE ROTARY SWITCH A rotary switch designed for such ap plications as electronic communica tions and data systems and featuring a new rotor design for increased reli ability 20 to 60 detent positions and printed circuit board insertion is de scribed in a brochure available from Oak Industries Inc Switch Division Crys tal Lake IL 60014 ANALOG SWITCHES A 20 page de sign catalog titled High Speed CMOS Analog Switches which contains all spec ifications and applications information needed for high performance switch de signs is available from Siliconix Inc Marketing Services Dept 2201 Laurel wood Rd Santa Clara CA 95054 ELECTRONICS CATALOG Newark Electronics announces the availability of catalog 103 with 688 pages of de scriptions electrical and physical spec ifications and illustrations for semi conductors resistors capacitors po tentiometers and other related elec tronics products Available from the company at 500 N Pulaski Road Chi cago IL 60624 STATIC PROTECTION FOR CIRCUIT RY The 3M Company offers an illus trated brochure describing new methods of automatically protecting electronic logic circuitry from the eff
8. M and the copy PROM can be programmed directly from any portion of the buffer The RAM buffer option including con trol program internal circuitry and documentation can be factory retrofitted in any Series 90 programmer at the option price plus 100 service charge and shipping costs both ways Single quantity price for the 9107 1 is 300 Price for the 9107 4 will be announced later Reader Service Number 21 The GT41 lastest member of the DECgraphic 11 family of interactive computer graphic systems combines a PDP 11 04 central processor having 16K words of MOS memory with a VT11 A graphic display subsystem Packaged into a self contained tabletop unit it has a 17 inch refresh graphics scope solid state light pen and display processor with built in ROM bootstrap for downline loading from a host computer Exchange between the GT41 and the host computer is via an asynchronous communications interface The GT41 has a full ASCII keyboard for inputting data The VT11 A display subsystem features eight intensity levels four line types solid long dash short dash and dot dash italic letters and 31 Greek and mathematical symbols The GT41 sells for 18 000 Reader Service Number 23 New A D converter series includes all mil spec version A series of integrated circuit 12 bit analog to digital converters which includes an ADC for operation over the full 55 C to 125 C military aerospace temperature range has been intr
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10. annel differential input system Input flexibility allows the user to select full scale input ranges between 10 mV and 10V Process current loop input signals such as 4 20 mA and 10 50 mA are also handled by adding series dropping resistors Analog inputs are converted with 8 bit resolution and with throughput accuracy ranging from 0 5 of full scale reading on the 10V range to 0 7 of full scale reading on the 10 mV range Conversion time is 60 sec Output boards contain two channels each and are jumpered at the factory for 10V operation two s complement coding Boards can be altered to provide 0 to 10V operation straight binary coding Out put resolution is also 8 bit and through put accuracy is 0 4 of full scale reading Unit prices for the 4216 16 channel input and 4102 2 channel output are 295 and 195 respectively In quantities of 100 prices drop to 180 and 120 Delivery is from stock for small quantities Reader Service Number 18 COMPUTER Ti offers new terminals software development system Texas Instruments recently announced its new Series 700 Model 770 intelligent terminal for data processing and data communications in distributed processing environments At the same time TI introduced a video display terminal and floppy disk based software development system for users of the 990 mini micro computer family plus a new microcom puter based pharmacy system The 770 desktop terminal uti
11. commodate complete programs and can serve as immediate execute keys call keys for subroutines and as typing aids Error locations are identified by a cursor in the display Fixed and floating point formats can be set by the user from the keyboard The 32 character LED display provides upper and lower case alphanumeric readout covering the full ASCII character set The 9831 s tape cartridge has two tracks and can hold 250K bytes with a 2750 byte per secend transfer rate Using the cartridge the operator can perform rapid memory load and record operations 80 edited by Dr Demetrios A Michalopoulos Associate Professor of Computer Sciences California State University at Fullerton NEW PRODUCTS The 9831 comes with 8K bytes of inter nal read write memory which is expand able in optional 8K increments to a total of 32K bytes Four plug in slots in the front of the computer provide space for optional ROMs Through as many as three interface cards the 9831 will work with standard HP peripherals Initial customer deliveries of the new 9831A desktop computer priced at 7200 were scheduled to begin in March Reader Service Number 17 Hitachi develops M 150 medium scale M Series computer A new medium scale computer HITAC M 150 has been introduced by Hitachi Ltd The M 150 system features high speed auxiliary storage large volume files communications control processors and virtual storage features It is o
12. e same quantity basis Reader Service Number 22 characteristics for both industrial and military aerospace requirements The AD572S military aerospace version features maximum nonlinearity of 0 012 low power consumption of 900 mW and no missing output codes guaranteed over its full operating temperature range with a maximum conversion time of 25 usec Maximum gain temperature coefficient is 25ppm C from 55 to 125 C and is tightened to 15ppm C from 25 to 85 C The Reference TC is 10ppm C maximum The other versions of the AD572 are the A and B both specified over the 25 to 85 C temperature range The B specifies no missing output codes across that entire range while the A specifies no missing codes from 0 to 70 C again with a maximum conversion time of 25 usec Gain temperature coefficients are 30 ppm C for the A and 15ppm C for the B version Reference TC is 20ppm C and 10ppm C for the A and B versions respectively Both feature the low nonlinearity and low power consumption of the military unit the company states Prices range from 95 to 250 for quantities up to 24 pieces and delivery is from stock to four weeks Reader Service Number 24 COMPUTER ADC offers 14 bit resolution 100 u sec conversion time A new A D converter from Zeltex ZAD3014 provides a conversion time of 100 usec and offers a choice of four input ra
13. ects of static discharge The brochure directed to users of data entry terminals mini computers word processing stations point of sale terminals and central computers is available from the com pany s Static Control Systems Depart ment SCS7 2 Box 33600 St Paul MN 55133 OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNI TION The role of optical character recog nition machines in the word process ing environment is explained in this 17 page booklet in clear easy to under stand terms with illustrated examples of actual applications Available from Context Corporation 4 Ray Avenue Burlington MA 01803 BASIC 800 A newly developed simplified vocabulary called Basic 800 for writing all types of technical manuals for use by both English and non English speaking personnel is available from Smart Communications Inc P O Box 963 New York NY 10022 MICROCIRCUIT PACKAGES A 125 page product brochure containing photo graphs engineering drawings and complete specifications of all metal packages for the hybrid microcircuit in dustry is available from Isotronics Inc 12 Coffin Ave New Bedford MA 02746 SOLID STATE RELAYS Gordos Grigs by Barton Inc announces a 48 page Designer s Handbook of Solid State Relays edited to provide a standard reference source for electronic engineers and describing the theory performance capabilities and applications for various classes of hybrid and all solid state re lays Available from t
14. es the com munications module provides reliable per formance with digital computer systems computer controlled test equipment and special purpose devices such as bar code readers OCR scanners and microprocessor development systems The unit combines an ASCII keyboard 32 character alpha numeric LED display ac power supply and RS 232 interface in one package It operates at eight switch selectable rates up to 9600 baud Available in eight different colors the KDM 1 terminal is distributed on an OEM basis with quantity discounts and New 12 bit extended range D A converter introduced Beckman Instruments has added an extended range 12 bit TTL compatible digital to analog converter to its new line of data converter products Designed for applications demanding high performance in environmental ex tremes Series 877 15 offers 12 bit resolution and least significant bit LSB in 12 linearity over the full 55 C to 125 C temperature range According to Beckman its internal quad current switches thin film ladder application resistor network output amplifier and dc reference cir cuitry provide excellent offset 5 ppm C and gain 10 ppm C stability low noise and immunity to power supply variations Hermetically sealed in a standard 24 pin metal dual in line package Series 877 15 is available in voltage and current output models Series 877 15V voltage output model offers bipolar and unipolar output opt
15. he company at 1000 N Second St Rogers AR PRINTER SUBSYSTEMS A 2 page prod uct bulletin describing the capabilities features and specifications of a new family of printer subsystems that can reduce paper costs by 40 is available from Tri Star Computer Systems Inc 304 Harper Drive Moorestown NJ 08057 DEC MEMORIES A 6 page brochure describing Fabri Tek Inc s add on add in memories for DEC PDP 11 series computers is available from the company at 5901 South County Road 18 Min neapolis MN 55436 MODEM SHARING PORT SHARING A 6 page brochure using color coded dia grams and explaining in simple terms how several data sources including data terminals multiplexers and modems can share a single modem or front end processor port is available from Intertel Inc 6 Vine Brook Park Burlington MA 01803 METRIC CONVERSION AC Manufac turing Company offers a brochure that converts common European metric as well as U S measure to Scientific Inter national metric specifically for heating and air conditioning use and can be used with any hand held calculator Available from the company at Old Cuth bert and Deer Roads Cherry Hill NJ 08034 USER S MANUAL FOR 2654A CRT Hewlett Packard offers an 84 page user s manual with step by step CRT appli cations for operation with peripheral devices with a computer or as a stand alone unit free to those who write to the company s Inquiries Manager 1501 P
16. icomputers according to the com pany this new carousel incorporates a dual microprocessor formatter to simplify interfacing handle routine housekeeping functions and reduce user programming requirements The pack mounts on a drive unit con taining one to four read write stations logic circuitry and operating mechanism A cartridge is automatically loaded pro cessed and unloaded without operator intervention All four read write stations can be in operation at the same time Reading forward and reverse and writing is to ANSI standard X3 56 1976 Data transfer is 8000 bytes sec at 40 ips A given block of information can be overwritten by one of equal length Data can be searched by tape block or file mark count at 120 ips Rewind speed is 180 ips Maximum cartridge load time is 4 25 seconds The complete unit measures approxi mately 2 feet square 1 foot high The removable pack is 19 inches across 5 inches high A complete one station carousel lists at 3215 in quantities of 50 four station carousels are 6185 in quantities of 50 Reader Service Number 32 May 1977 New Literature INFRARED MICROSCOPY An illus trated 4 page brochure on applications of infrared microscopy to solid state de vices which covers instrument descrip tion wavelength considerations mate rials under study and applications such as metallizations on semiconductors is available from Research Devices Inc 616 Springfield Ave
17. ions of 2 5 5 10 5 and 10 volts full scale Series 877 151 cur rent output model enables outputs of 2 mA and 1 mA Conversion time settles to 0 01 of full scale range in 300 nsec with the current model 5 usec with the voltage output model The 100 piece price for the voltage out put DAC is 106 75 each 94 00 each for the current output model Both are avail able from factory stock Reader Service Number 30 through retail computer stores on a direct mail order basis the price is 400 per unit Optional devices include an acoustic coupler digital minicassette tapes storage unit badgereader and additional display capacity up to 1920 characters Reader Service Number 31 COMPUTER Designed for use with micro milli and microcomputers new Carousel 5200 holds up to 16 quarter inch tape cartridges giving 32M byte capacity Up to four cartridges can be processed at one time Unit works with any keyboard input and programmer according to its manu facturer National Computer Systems Entire unit is approximately 2 feet square 1 foot high Tape cartridge carousel has 32M byte storage A carousel tape cartridge system that provides 32M bytes of storage capacity has been announced by National Computer Systems Resembling a 32 mm circular slide projector the new Model 5200 holds 16 quarter inch cartridges ANSI standard X3 55 1976 in a removable pack Engineered for use with micro milli and min
18. lizes ROM and RAM memory dual minicartridge magnetic tape drives a 1920 character video display and a full ASCII keyboard with separate numeric cursor control and programmable function key clusters Operation of the 770 is supported by a real time multi tasking executive which resides in ROM memory The 770 s business oriented Terminal Programming Language TPL 700 simplifies the data entry data processing and software de velopment functions TI states This high level language combines a fill in the blank forms package for data entry applications with an English like procedure language for data processing applications The Model 770 s options include RAM memory expansion up to 24K bytes an integral Silent 700 30 cps non impact printer TI s recently announced 150 cps Model 810 printer video display graphics and a set of communications interfaces modems and auto call units The quantity one purchase price for the 770 terminal with 8K bytes of memory is 6400 with quantity discounts and various lease plans available Production deliveries are scheduled to begin in June The Model 911 terminal for use with TI s 990 mini microcomputer family con sists of a display unit a separate key board and a printed circuit board con troller which mounts in a 990 chassis It is available in either 960 or 1920 character versions for both domestic and European use The display features an 8 5 x 5 5
19. maximum 4M byte capacity Both the core and semiconductor ver sions can accommodate 256K bytes in a 54 inch rack mountable chassis Both systems include memory cards chassis power supply cooling fans and controller A self test capability can be obtained as an option to facilitate installation and field maintenance The basic system is priced at 11 750 A 1M byte system which takes up 22 75 inches of rack space in the PDP 11 70 memory cabinet is 48 000 Micro 3800 Reader Service Number 63 Add on Reader Service Number 64 83 8048 based control computer and microcomputer memory system announced by IMSAI IMSAI has announced a complete con trol computer on an 8 x 10 board based on Intel s new 8048 microcomputer chip and a megabyte memory system for microcomputers The single chip control computer features with 96 instructions BCD arithmetic capability 1K words of ROM or com patible EPROM program memory 64 words of internal register memory 27 I O lines internal timer event counter oscil lator and clock driver reset circuit and interrupt circuit The TTL compatible device uses a single 5 volt power supply To create a one board user programmable controller suitable for use with model railroads energy conservation systems ham radios and similar applications IMSAI has a cassette interface serial T O RS232 current loop and five relays capable of handling 2 amps at 220 volts 3 amps at 110 volts
20. monitor with 5 x 7 dot matrix characters The 960 character version uses 12 lines of 80 characters and the 1920 character ver sion uses 24 lines The keyboard a separate unit connected to the display by a five foot cable features a full ASCII 128 character set as well as the capability to support 38 special functions Refresh memory is mounted on the controller in a Model 990 4 or 990 10 computer chassis and a composite video signal is transmitted via coaxial cable from computer display The terminal is supported by standard 990 software including the TX990 memory resident operating system and DX10 disk operating system The 1920 character version is priced at 1700 for single units and at 1088 for quantities of 50 Deliveries will begin in July Two new floppy disk based software development systems FS990 4 and FS990 10 support software and firmware develop ment for the TMS 9900 microprocessor the Model 990 4 microcomputer and the Model 990 10 minicomputer System soft ware includes the TX990 executive op May 1977 Among recent introductions from Texas Instruments are the Model 770 intelligent data terminal above for distributed pro cessing environments and the FS 990 4 floppy disk software development system right for the company s Model 990 4 microcomputer TI also announced a new video display terminal and a microcomputer system for processing prescription data erating system and TXDS development utilities
21. ne of three medium to small scale computers which Hitachi has in development and is the seventh computer thus far in the M Series Shipment is scheduled to begin in the fall The M Series models comprised of medium to large scale systems utilize conforming architecture and are designed to unify software and input output inter faces within the series Hitachi states The system expands on line data base data communication capabilities to comply with the patterns in computer applications which are developing toward demand processing file processing and program ming in conversational operation with the computer Reader Service Number 19 Analog I O systems provide interface for Pro Log microcomputers Burr Brown s newest analog I O systems are single board units which are plug com patible with Pro Log 4 or 8 bit micro computers Both the 4216 16 channel input board and 4102 2 channel output board plug into the Pro Log card file wire wrapping the card file bus connector and making connection to analog inputs outputs and 15V supplies The boards can be treated as memory by the CPU each channel requiring one 8 bit memory location The address block occupied by each board is strap select able thus they can be located anywhere in memory Alternatively the systems can be treated as I O Intended primarily for industrial con trol or test equipment applications ac cording to Burr Brown each input board is a 16 ch
22. nges 10V 5V 0 to 5V and 0 to 10V and three output coding modes unipolar binary offset binary or 2 s com plement Power required is less than 2 5 watts Overall case dimensions are 2 x 4 zoan According to Zeltex thin film resistors with low temperature coefficients are utilized in the design to ensure that no codes are missed over the operating tem perature range of 0 to 70 C External zero and full scale adjustments are pro vided Price is 256 in 100 unit quantities availability is 30 days ARO Reader Service Number 25 New Informer CRT display terminal offers portability for field uses Informer Inc has introduced a portable CRT keyboard display terminal that pro vides mobile communications capability for temporary local or remote data access The Model P300 portable visual display contains a 5 inch CRT screen and con trol electronics in its primary cabinet with a foldout keyboard connected by flat cabling It displays up to 512 charac ters in 16 lines of 32 characters each The control electronics section offers the same operational characteristics of other Informer terminals but in addition the new portable units can incorporate optional equipment such as acoustic couplers built in data storage devices and micro processor controls The P300 display is priced at 2080 and is available for deliveries within 60 days Reader Service Number 26 May 1977 New image display system
23. o interpreter scanning a photograph with magnifying glasses The Type B monitor can also be used to display full color images in either true color false color or pseudo color In true color and false color operations any three 512 x 512 regions of the data base can be used as the red green and blue color primaries and can be combined for full color display The psuedo color processor transforms discrete intensity values of a single image to separate colors The Type B monitor contains a function processor for each one of the separate bands of a multi spectral image or color primaries of a full color image and a single pseudo color processor which can be used with any single image A zoom feature may also be built into the system A 512 x 512 array is transferred from the full resolution data base to a special RAM storage module Frem this RAM storage module the operator can control the image magnifi cation up to a factor of 32x Enlargement can be by pixel replication or by means of bilinear smoothing Additional features included in the sys tem capability are multiple trackball or joystick interactive controls program mable cursor overlays and colored graphics Also available is a microprocessor driven system controller for graphic generation and multiple freeze frame transfer modes Reader Service Number 27 words of 36 bits each increments and is capable of expanding PDP 11 70 com puters to their
24. oduced by Analog Devices The new AD572 is packaged in an all metal hermetically sealed electrostati cally and electromagnetically shielded dual in line package and is available in A B and S versions offering a range of temperature operation and performance Perkin Elmer enters the CRT market with two new terminals The Terminals Division of Perkin Elmer Data Systems has entered the CRT market with the first two members of a new product family The Owl 1200 is an asyn chronous editing CRT with field attribute controls and optional line drawing capa bility The Fox 1100 is an asynchronous CRT with a 24 x 80 display upper and lower case and full cursor addressing and control Both terminals provide selectable black on white or white on black display a wide bandwidth monitor a 9 x 12 dot matrix for characters with descenders in lower case and a hooded display which shields 82 the 12 inch diagonal viewing area from glare Both terminals are designed around a 6800 microprocessor and various peri pheral and communication interface chips The line drawing capability of the Owl 1200 permits exact images of source documents to be displayed Perkin Elmer states Its field attribute capabilities in clude inverse video half intensity blink numeric only protected non display and modified data field definitions The Fox 1100 is priced at 971 in quantities of 25 The Owl 1200 is priced at 1496 on th
25. yed on the Type B monitor is interactively con trolled by the ROAM mode of operation The system trackball enables the console operator to move the selected region in any direction in real time while observing EMM offers core memory system for Pace microprocessors add on memory for PDP 11 70 A core memory system that will inter face with National s Pace for applications where nonvolatile memory is required in programmable process controllers has been announced by Electronic Memories amp Magnetics The memory Micro 3800 is an 8K x 16 random access core system According to EMM the Micro 3800 is complete with timing control decode drive circuitry and address data registers on an 8 x 11 printed circuit card and is designed to mount on 0 75 inch centers The nonvolatile memory system features a 400 nsec access time and operates from unregulated voltages typically encountered in industrial environments It requires inputs of 15v 15v and 5v Worse case power consumption is less than 40 watts and standby power is less than 10 watts The memory operates over a temperature range of 0 to 50 without degredation in performance EMM states EMM s PDP 11 70 add on memory the Micromemory 7470 core or the 7670 NMOS is available in 128K byte 32K the location of that region within the total data base as displayed on the Type A monitor This operation electronically performs the same functions as a phot
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