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FEBRUARY 1970

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SYSTEMS
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FEBRUARY 1970 •

MODERN

VOLUME 3 •

NO. 2

DATA

P R O D U CTS
SYS TEM S
SE R V I C E S

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THE VIABILITY OF COMPUTER COMPLEXES
Part 4 - Ach ieving Viability
In the final article of this series, the author discusses the principles that are applied
to achieve a high viability system. Primary among these are over-design, redu ndancy,
and automatic self-repair.

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THE WANG 3300 BASIC SYSTEM
The highly-successful Wang Laboratories enters the computer fie ld with a 16-terminal
in-house time -sharing system.

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TECHNOLOG Y PROFILE

TIME-SHARING SERVICES

Many new time-sharing vendors have entered the field since our last survey in the
July 1969 issue . Is it time for a shakeout? H ere's an up-to-date look at where the
interaction is.

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INFORMATICS' ICS-500 TOTAL SYSTEM
New communications switching system is a model "turnkey" operation - in which
Informatics assumes total responsibility for overall design, hardware, software, and
maintenance.

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CORPORATE PROFILE -

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SOFTWARE FORUM -

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SYSTEMS SCENE -

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ON'-L1NE -

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COMMUNICATIONS CLINIC -

APPLIED LOGIC CORPORATION
WE OURSELVES MUST JUDGE OURSELVES

VIRTUAL PROFITS

THE DAY OF THE TERM IN AL
" RANDOM LINE HITS"

LETTERS TO EDITOR

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STOCK TALK

24

NEWS ROUNDUP

46

COMPUTER STOCK TRENDS

26

ORDERS & INSTALLATIONS

53

WHBW DEPT .

78

NEW PRODUCTS

28

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

84

NEW SOFTWARE & SERVICES

30

CORPORATE & FINANCIAL

86

NEW LITERATURE

36

DC DATASCAN

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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

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MODERN DATA/ February 1970

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

To the Editor:
R e D an Bo wers' sfJeech to the B oB
Conference : D an makes a point of m entioning all the problems fJresently fa ced
in-house by systems ve ndors so there is
no point in elaborating on them here.
What bothers me is: 1. Wh o is going to
design the black boxes ( interfaces)?; 2.
H ow will any future system enhancements be incorporated w hen multiple
ve ndors are in vo lved?; and 3. Wh o in
their right mind would consent to beco m e the " w hipping boy" ( prime con tractor) for someone else's unf) roven
design?
Walter H. S chmitt
UNIVAC, Fed eral Systems D iv.
Atlanta, Ga.

The author's reply: Mr. Schmitt's interest in my recommendat ions an d his
ta king the tim e to questi on the above
three aspects are sincerely app reciate d.
H erewith my co mments on his questions :
1. Who is going to design the blaek
boxes? D esigners of interfaces and control units proba bly constitute the most
num erous kind of di gital engineers available in the industry. Every major systems manufacturer has departments
which speciali ze in marrying separatelydesigned equipmen ts (since they presently live with this problem ), and m any
sophisticated users have in terface design
d epartments to marry equipm ent purchased from different ven dors. M ost
vendors of non-free-standing equ ipm ent
supply this kind of engineerin g as an aid
to selling their equipment. Also, there
are many medium -to -sm all com puter engineering houses which are actively interested in this kind of engineering, primaril y because it is a low-capital route
to building a going business. Finally, if
a procurement procedu re such as I h ave
reco mm end ed were adopted , there
wou ld be pressures toward standardizati on of interfaces. The definite longra nge result wou ld be greater co mp atibility and a conseq uentl y redu ced n eed
fo r " black boxes."
2. How will future system enhancements be incorporated? The procu rement procedure whi ch I have proposed
gives greater opportunity for new system
enhan cement than does the present onevend or method. First, independent sys6

terns houses assisting the governm ent will
make their own suggestions, a benefit
which does not exist presently. Secondly,
the m ajor system vendor is still in the
position of proposing his best ideas as before. Thirdl y, the best features of man y
proposals can be combined into the fin al
specifi cation. In my opinion , th ere is no
way that the benefit to th e user can be
less than at present, since, in th e least
case, the user can sti ll buy one vendor's
proposal.
3. Who would consent to be the "whipping boy"? Businessmen, si nce the time
of camel caravans across Asia have resold items purchased from smaller vendors or subcontractors and taken responsibi lity for them. All computer manufacturers, U nivac included, are doing
this today. My suggested procurement
procedure differs from present everyd ay
practi ce only in that it gives all ven d ors
a chance at what is now ava ilable onl y
to the major system s manufacturers and
th eir preferred suppliers and sub contractors. Large compani es, in fact, will
co m pete just as energeti call y to be the
"whi pping boys" as they do now.
Dan M. Bowers
Chief Editorial Consultant

T o the Editor:
I n refe rence to the Nim game described in the "Wha t Hath Babbage
Wrought D ep t." in t he D ecember
1969 issue of MODER N DATA, the re is
eit her an error in the writer's description of that particular variation of Nim
or in his selection of a starting number.
In order to insure that the com puter
will win the game as described, the
computer must take the first move if
the starting number is something other
than a multiple of three. Th e player
must move first if t he starting value is
a multiple of three. Starting with 13,
the computer mo ves first and selects
one and at eac h successive turn selects
the number not chosen by th e player.
I n this way the com /lUte r can be assured
t hat it will be able to tak e the last number.
Th e writ er may be con fus ed with
another variation of Nim in w hich the
object is to force the o/J/Jonent to take
the last number. I n this variation,

starting with 13, the player making t he
first move can always be forced to take
the last number.
Th ese comments, of course, take
nothing away fr om the point of the
writer's anecdote that since the comflUter is the scorekeeper it always has
the last say, no matter who actually
wms.
P. D . Bullock alld
F. A. Sorensen,
U. S. St eel Corp .,
API)I. R es. Lab. Monro eville, Pa.

Math. D iv.

To the Edit or:
I en joyed your story in the D ecember
issue about th e number game w hich th e
computer "always won". I would like
to have seen the jJrogramm er's fa ce
w hen the computer typed 3 - 2 is O.
H owever, I would like to challenge
his logic. I say that if the jJ layer starts
wit h a 1 and then always chooses th e
number oj)posite to that w hic h the comIlUter chose, the IJlayer will win . Also,
if the computer goes first and starts
with 1, it will win.
Who is right?

J. C. Bradshaw, Manage r
Software D evelopment
A naconda A luminum Co .
I acksonville, Fla.
Editor's reply: You are.

T o the Editor:
I would like to co ngratulate you on
the article System/3 - Th e Generation
Gap. Th e co mpariso n of the "glossy
brochure" and the real world was skillfully done. I wo uld shudder to thin k of
the re/) ercussio ns if another manufacturer were to introduce a new product
line wit h so little technical support.
R. H . B eazley, Syst ems Analyst,
Disk Soft ware,
General Elect ric Co.,
Oklahoma City, Okla .
MODERN DATA/ February 1970

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CI RCL E NO. 5 ON INQUIRY CARD

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Letters To Editor ... . .. Cont' d

T o the Editor:
Your D ecem ber T ec hnology Profile
update on key-to-tape in/Jut systems
certainly jJrovided a striking measure
of market fJotential - from 18 manufa cturers listed in January 1969, to 33
by D ecember! T his proliferation makes
it un d erstandably difficult to ke e/J track
of who's got w hat, and sin ce you have
esta blished yourself as an authoritative
source of t his information, I' d like to
take this op/Jortunity to u/Jdate your
records on the MAl 100 D ata Transcriber. I kno w your read ers expect, and
usually get, th e most accurate, recent in formation available . I n past issues, you
have gone out of your way to re ctify
omissions, oversights, errors, etc., and I
trust this policy remains in for ce.
On page 71 of th e D ecem ber issue,
you have conveniently tabulated key
/J erformance profile data for each /ITodu ct, wit h MAl listed on th e fiTSt lin e.
Y our readers should be inform ed of the
following, in ord er to utilize this valuable summary most eff ectively:
V ariable up to

1. R eco rd L ength 200 characteTS

2. Program ability -

Y es

3. T Y/Je of D is/Jlay - Column display
standard; Full-record CR T o/Jtional
4. D ata Pooling -

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optional

5 . Purchase Price 7 Tr ack ( Standard) - $5,800; [) Tra ck (Standard )
- $6,400

tion you have fJTo vided represents, I
am sure, a significant amoun t of research by your staff. H owever, t here
has been a slight misinterpretation of
some figures quoted related to my company's equipment.
T he M od el No. and Com/JUt er Compatibility headings were correct, but
R ecord L ength should be correcte d t o
20 - 240 characters. O /Jerating M od es
were co rrect, however, the Programmable hea ding should be corrected to
Automatic and Manua l. T he T ype of
Display, Hard Copy Out/JUt, and Com munications O/J/ions we re correct. Th e
D ata Pooling should be changed from
NO t o YES. T his o/Jtion was announ ced the same time the Communications Option was announced. Our
/iUr chase /nices on the D S7100 and
DS91 00 st art at $7640 an d $8200 res /Iectively, so the A fJ/noximate Purchase Price headi ng is not that far from
being correct. H owever, the true intent
of this letter is to /Joint out that the
AfJ/Jroximate M ont hly R ental Price
wi th maintenance is $158.
Your
article stat es $ 158 less maintenance.
Und er t he R emarks hea ding, fJerhaps
you might include : much d eskto/J work
area; line /nint er availab le; /Je rsonal
eff ects dra wer; all check digits availab le; or 7-9 or 9-7 fJoo ling available.
Sangamo is always pleased to have
its name mentioned in an objective
article in a quality trade journal such
as yours . T hank you for consid ering
the above-mentioned information.
A . J. Paoni, D ir. of Educatio n
Sangamo Ele ctric, I nf. Sys. Div.
S /Iringfifld, Ill.

6. MOIlthly R ental W ith Maint enance - 7 T rack ( Standard ) - $145;
[) Track (Standard ) - $ 160
Th ank you in ad vance for insuring that
you r readers continue to be fully informed in a tim ely fashion.
R obert Greiff
MAl Equi/nnent C or/J.
New York, N. Y.

To the Editor:
T his lett er is in regard t o your D ece mber T ec hnology Profile Update,
K eyboard-t o-Ta/le
I n/Jut
Systems.
H aving been involved with the very
first K ey-to-Tape d evice, made by Mohawk D ata Sciences in 1964, I found
your article most educational. W it h
an industry as fast growing as t he K eyto -T ape industry is, it is extremely difficult to kee /J abreast with new products from existing com /Janies an d new
entries into t he market. Th e inform a-

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T il the Editor :
While we have no d esire to co mment
on the tone or the opinions ex pressed in
Mr. D eMarco's article on IBM Sys tem/3 ( O cto ber issue) , the article contains a number of factual errors that
may have misled your readers.
T he article states, " T here is n o assembler announced so far . .. " A Basic
Assembler Program fo r System/3 was
announced simultan eously with the syst em. I t is availab le for a monthly
charge of $75 .
Th e article states, " . . . IBM has
given no indication of w hat the system
loo ks like internally." Th e facts are that
a manual for the assem bler program is
availab le, as are manuals for both card
an d disk ve rsions of the RPG II com IJiler. Th ey give programmers and
others clear indications of th e syst em's
internal organization.

T he article stat es, "S),st em/3, as an noun ce d, has no peri/Jherals available
than card unit , disk, an d /JTint er." Th is
is in co rre ct. Th e following periphera ls
for System / 3 were announ ced simultaneously with the system; 547 1 printerkeyboard; 5375 data entry keyboard;
1255 magnetic chara cter reader; 5486
card sorter; and 5496 data recorder.
T he article states that " . . . RPG is
non-compatible ." S ys tem/3 source /11'0grams are com/Jatible with System/360
RPG if the eXfJanded functions wit hin
RPG II are not required.
It should also be /Joint ed out that for
less than $100 a month, the dat a en try
keyboard can be attach ed to the s),stem
and use d, in conjunction wit h the
MFCU, for on-line data reco rding. I t
a custom er elected to d o this, he might
n ot require the off-lin e data re co rder.
J lie would a/JIJreciate your bringing
these corrections to the attention of
your readers.
M. L. Mann
Director 0/ Basic S),stems-M arketing
I nternational Business 1\1 achines
Whit e Plains, N.Y.

The author's reply: I will not argue
with Mr. M ann 's state ment th at there
was an assemb ler, ann oun ced at th e outset (although it W:lS not mentioned in
the press kit and an officia l spokesman
stated ot herwise ) . IBM at the time was
relu ctant to provid e in formation rega rding what the m achin e looked like in terna ll y. EYen the manuals referred to
hy !vfr. Mann Icil\'e out such vita l data
as : (a) N umber of r egisters and their
size; (b ) D a ta a nd sign conventions;
(e) I nte rrup t struc ture; (d ) Add ress ing
scheme; (e) I / O operat ion. By the
way, the assembler manua l onl y recently has become a\'a il ab le, a nd my requ est
for one still has not been fille d.
The RPG is not co mpatible with 360
RPG. Of co urse, the use r ca n limi t himself to a subset of System /3 RPG and
he ca n then run his progra m elsewhere.
But that is not \I-h a t co mpatibility
means . The RPG II manua l does not
even make it clear \I'hi ch are th e expa nd ed fun ction s.
I wish Mr. M a nn had addressed himsel f to the ce ntral point of my articl e,
whi ch was to chid e IBM for " 'hat seems
to be cha nge for the sake of change.
While System /3 has some very consi derab le virtues, its d esigners have ignored eve ry op portu ni ty to res pect estab lished standards. I t isn 't clea r th at
any of the aba nd oned standards \I'ere
sa crifi ced for tru e progress.
Thomas D eMa rco
Contributin g Editor
The Systems Scene
MODER N DATA/ Februa ry 1970

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Need we say more?
We'd better, or we're in trouble . There really
isn't much difference in the way disk packs look.
That's logical. Ours are made to work on CDC
drives as well as IBM 1311, 2311, 2314 and their
equivalents.
But, before you lump all disk packs together,
let your computer take a look.
Quite a difference. CDC disk packs are designed
by computer people for guaranteed performance.
That's the way they're made - with critical tolerances, uniform coatings, absolutely smooth surfaces . You (and your computer) know when you
put one on the drive that it will perform perfectly.
And , you know when you pull it off, it won't stick.
CDC disk packs have a predicted usable lifetime of five
• years. If you buy something
that's going to be around that
long, it better be good.
They are ava ilable for pur-

MODERN DATA / February 1970

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Recording densities range
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anywhere in the record . Any part of any record may be
altered . New records may be added and old records deleted . For inventory control applications, DIMBO-10 pro-

vides automatic calcu lation of stock levels , and automatic
indication when a part needs to be re-ordered .
DIMBO-10 is the perfect answer to automating applications
where untrained operators require quick access to large
files of changeable data. DIMBO-10 can replace a manual
or card-based filing system and pay for itself within a year,
while providing increased accuracy and more rea dily available information. DIMBO-10 eliminates the massive programming , and training costs which would be required to
automate a filing operation on a computer or time-sharing
system ; and in addition provides the required service at
lower equipment costs.
With DIMBO-10 you have the opportunity to modernize your
operation without drastic changes in your present procedures , and to greatly reduce your costs . Call or write
today for more information .
BC-DC is a computer system engineering firm, specializing
in dedicated systems and bulk memory systems. In addition
to the DIMBO-10, BC-DC offers a complete line of control
units for removable-disk memories, plus other special memory systems. Contact us about your particular requirements.

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BCD COMPUTING CORPORATION
100 East Industry Court, Deer Park, N. Y. 11729

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Datacraft's Master Plan:
organize
the world
24 bits
atatime!
Datacraft is now delivering the

bility to handle up to 448 different

fastest 24-bit general purpose
Dig ital Computer available today.

I/ O units. With a transfer rate of
40 bits per microsecond , you ' ll be

Our DC 6024 overshadows many
32-b it machines that limp along

kept plenty busy feeding our
DC 6024.

beh ind fancy gingerbread control
panels. We take advantage of the

Datacraft is in full production of
DC 6024 Digital Computers, and

simplicity of our 24-bit CPU design and our superspeed memory
to run circles around several of

your deliveries can beg in 60 days

our larger cousins, both price-

basic unit, without main frame op-

wise and throughput-wise.

tions , is $53 ,900.

from date of order. Price for the

Today The World

Datacraft's DC 6024 is the computer with 600 NSEC full cycle
time. This is the processor with

instructions and more than 500
operation codes. Ours is the CPU
that can give you up to 72 levels

Tomorrow Someplace Else

120 generic types of hard-wired

of priority interrupt and the capa-

(24 bits at a time).

(24 bits at a time).

Datacraft
P. O. Box 23550
Ft. Lauderdale, Fla . 33307
No rth East (201) 542-2860
MODERN DATA / February 1970

Midwest (314) 961-9927

West (213) 377-5583

CIRCLE NO. 9 ON INQUIRY CARD

South East (305) 831-5855
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And that's fast fora 16 bit machine
... for less than $10,000
and Much Less in OEM Quantities
SPC-16 is a powerful new I6-bit machine _. . 960 nanoseconds fast
. .. expandable 4K memory.
It's organized to provide for efficient handling of bits, bytes and
words in read/write and macroprogramming in ROM ... and readyto-use GA productized software reduces programming time, effort
and cost to a minimum.
SPC-16 gives you big computing power, accuracy, reliability and
programming simplicity . . . and fle xibility in interfacing with peripherals through the GA family of mini-controllers ... and the SPC-16
is supported by expert consultation, systems engineering, programming and customer training services.
You'll be surprised just how fast you can add the SPC-16 to your
product or system . .. so find out today.
Ask about other low-cost computers in the GA family_ The SPC-12 for less than $5000_ System 18/30 for under $20,000_

GENERAL AUTOMATION, INC.
Automation Products Division
706 West Katel/a. Orange. Calif 92667
(714) 633-7097. TWX 970-593- 7607

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Los Altos, (415) 941-5966
TEXAS
Dalias, (214) 358-027 1
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ILLINOIS

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Atlanta, (404) 261·6203

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G, A, Ltd.
Wren House . Portsmouth Rd.
Esher, Surrey. Esher 65764

(Ca lifornia G.A. Corp.)
OHIO
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PENNSYLVANIA
King of Prussia , (215) 265-6525
MARYLAND

MASSACHUSETTS
Waltham , (617) 899·6170
INTERNATIONAL

G. A. I.

MODERN DATA / February 1970

How to be
a rich and happy
time share
computer
manager...
PICKUP
a Technitrend
Computer Port Selector
Off the shelf NOW ... Technitrend 's new
high-speed switching AS-1000S Automatic Computer
Port Selector, that floats all connecting computer ports
between in-calling terminals. What follows? - added
profits .. . as the AS-1000S automatically keeps all your 1/0
ports fully loaded during peak demand - never an inactive
port while customers are queuing! Ports need not be tied up
by dedication to any incoming lines ... but are available,
when inactive, for use by local or distant customers.
The AS-1000S is easy to install , requires no adapters - just
plug in line and port connectors ... completely compatible
with all time share computers. No changes in hardware or
software . .. accommodates any size system up to 128
lines for 64 ports. Even has an optional , automatic digital
answer back when all ports are busy.
Write or phone for literature.

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DATA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS

7300 North Crescent Boulevard. Pennsauken, N.J . 08110 • (609) 665-4910

MODERN DATA / February 1970

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Time-Sharing gives you everything a teletype does ...
except distracting racket
No clickety-cl ack . No rattle. No bells . No roar. Nothing to distract you.
Yet the quiet little VST /1000 handles your computer communications
more effectively than a teletype-without any hardware or software
modifications at all.
It's easy to install : just plug it in . It's easy to operate. It has the
standard type w riter keyboard secreta ries are accustomed to-pius a
10-key adding machine keyboard for faster entry of numerical data.
It's easy to read , too . The VST /1000 has a CRT screen which can
display 18 lines with 36 characters in each line on a single display
page . When the last line of the first page on the screen fills up, the
page is automatically put in storage and a second page comes on th e
screen . Each number and character you see on the screen is distinctly
formed , stable and legible as the type on this page . And when you
want to revise , co r rect o r delete a ch a racte r, you simply use the
keyboard cursor.
The unit is completely self-contained , with keyboard , CRT, electronics,
and power supply . A result of advanced so lid-state technology, the
VST /1000 is ideal for time-sharing co mpanies, large and small. And
our nation-w ide network of service centers keeps it that way .
The cost? Astonishingly iess than other CRT data terminals . But then ,
you wouldn 't expect a quiet little machine like this to have a great
big noisy price, would you?

Attention: Leasing Companies
VST/1000 is the most leasable , reliable , and
economical CRT terminal you can stock.

VIDEO SYSTEMS CORPORATION
7300 N. Crescent Blvd., Pennsauken, New Jersey 08110

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of our stand-alone Terminal VST /1000
1. SCR EEN
SIZE
2. CAPAC ITY
3. DI SPLA Y
PA GE
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(Fo l de d logical 72 character line)
0.25" x 0. 1l"
A SC I'-8 level Sta rt /St op Code
60 Hz
64 Charac te rs
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a rd 10 key add ing mac hi ne . pl us
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Cu rso r Home Control Up/Down or
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Curso r
I nput/Output rates of 110, 150 , or
300 ba ud a re ava ilab l e
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16. POWER
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17. S IZE
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T ota lly se lf con tai ned
Th e Page on th e scree n may be:
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2. Writt en on an d st o red unt il des ired
Th e page i n st orage may be reca ll ed f or m odifi ca ti ons
EI A in terfaci ng is p rovid ed i ~c luding a 25 p in stand·
a rd EIA co nn ecto r
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T ele type
A utomat ic An swer-b ack of a WRU characte r
Hi gh Reli abili ty o btai ned by ex tensive use of Co mpl ex in teg rated c irc ui t ry, me aning fewe r parts and
eas ier ma int ena nce.
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(609) 665·6688

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Where will you get them? Commercial time sharing is
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That's the way we are. About everything.

Central Processor Option Boards

First we went overboard on the computer itself
and came up with the best you can buy. A high
speed, low cost unit with microprogramming,
available off-the-shelf for only $3200. You get
the basic processor with 16 multipurpose registers, 256 words of read-only store, basic console,
enclosure and power supply to function as a
microprogrammed controller. When you add up
to 32K bytes of core memory, you also get the
fastest computer in its class with a 1.1 fLs memory
cycle time and a 220 ns micro command execution time.
Then we went overboard on options so more ·of
you could buy the 800. Take a good look at our
selection. Chances are you'll find the board you
need right here. If not, give us a call anyway.
We can provide special options within 90 days
for volume users. In the meantime, write for
details OD the Micro 800 and its microprogrammed general purpose partner, the 810.

POWER FAIL AND AUTOMATIC RESTART.
Provides interrupt when loss of power is imminent and when power is turned on.
MEMORY PARITY. Includes the memory parity
generator and checker logic and an interrupt
when an error is detected. .
REAL TIME CLOCK. Provides an internal interrupt at a crystal controlled timing rate.
SPARE MEMORY BIT CONTROL. Provides a
spare memory bit by expanding the memory
byte length and 1/0 bus to 9 bits.
OPTION . BOARD. Includes all of the above
processor option items.

Utility Interfaces
INPUTIOUTPUT LINE DRIVER AND RECEIVER BOARD. Expands the internal 1/ 0 bus
to an external bus allowing integration of up to
10 peripheral interfaces under program control,
or concurrent data transfer with interrupt.
PARALLEL TELETYPE CONTROLLER. Assembles and disassembles serial information to
and from the teletype for parallel transfer to and
from the computer under program control or
concurrent block transfer.

We've gone overboard on options

GENERAL PURPOSE I/o BOARD - WIRE
WRAP. Accommodates :14, 1.6, or 24 pin ·integrated circuit sockets in the following quantities: 1.}5 units-1.4 or 1.6 pin sockets. 24 units
- 24 pin sockets.
PRIORITY INTERRUPT BOARD. Allows interfacing of 8 external interrupt lines with expansion capability to 64 lines using 8 boards.
DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS SELECTOR CHANNEL. Provides for transfer of 8 bit bytes directly
between external devices and core memory.
}2 x }2 DISCRETE I/O. Expands the 8 bit I/o
bus into multiple (4) byte I/O and operates with
standard DTL or TTL logic levels.

Communications Options
SYNCHRONOUS MODEM CONTROLLER. Interfaces a Western Electric 201 or equivalent
data set and operates with point to point or
switched networks with optional automatic
calling-answering for either 2-wire or 4-wire
servlce.

LOW-SPEED ASYNCHRONOUS MODEM INTERFACE. Accommodates up to sixteen 1.0} type
modems and operates with point-to-point or on
switched networks.
MULTIPLE TELETYPE INTERFACE. Accommodates up to 24 locally connected teletypes and
functions as a 4-wire full duplex with 20 rna
currents.

Device Interfaces
CARD READER. Provides control of an 80
column card reader, 12 lines per column in
Hollerith or two binary bytes, at reading rates of
225 or 400 cards per minute.
PAPER TAPE READER/PUNCH. Consists of
two separate funcrions which can be mounted on
the same board.

Micro Systems Inc.
A Microdata Subsidiary
644 EAST YOUNG STREET
SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA 92705
(7 1 4) 54 0 - 673 0

for the Micro 800 mini computer.

Our s~ecial talent
is an intimate knowledge
of both hardware
and software.
We have successfully designed hardware ranging
from tiny to immense special and general purpose
computers . We have developed assemblers, simulators, sort utilities and components of operating
systems. We make hardware and software live
together harmoniously.
Much of our effort is with in-house education in
OS360 from BAL thru JCL up to SysGen filling a
gap left from unbundling and we provide training
courses in most areas.
Why not call Ivan Flores at (212) 789-1312, or write
for our brochure.

Flores Associates

108 Eighth Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11215

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ON THE PREVIOUS PAGES, CIRCLE NO. 30 ON INQUIRY CARD

MODERN DATA/ February 1970

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CORPORATE PROFILE

Fea t ured this month:

APPLIED LOGIC CORPORATION
(o v er-th e-cou nte r)
O ne Palmer Square
Prin ceto n, N . J. 0 8540
D I R ECTO RS : Ri<"hard 1\1. ( 'olgate, Chairman of the
Roard; James H. BellIlPtt, Ph.D .. Managing Dircctor of
Applied Logic Re_carch Institutc: Thomas F . Dl'oegp.
Dircctor of Systcm s Engincering; W illi am B. Easton ,
Manager of Ad\'anccd Systcms Dcvelopment o f Applied
Logic Corp. and Tcchnical Director of ALRI; James R.
(;ual'd, Ph.D .. PrC'sidcnt of Applied Logic Corp. amI Dircctor of ALRI: .John I{ean, Prcsidcnt, Nationa l Ut ili tics &
Inclw;t rirs Corp.: ' Ia 1' 1in T. 1\1oha('h , Execut ivc Vice-Presicll'nt: Tho lllas II. 'Jolt. ,Jr., Ph.D .. Dcan. School of Lihrary
el'vice, Rutgcrs Uni\'crsity; Harr~' R. S la('\{, n ·. ViccPrcsidcnt. CorpOl'atc Rclations. Purolator, Inc.
BACK G ROUND: Applicd Logic Corporation. foundcd in
1962, offers remote access, interacti\'e computel' se r·vices.
throu g h its AL I COM tim c-shar ing system, to business.
financial. cng incering, scientific. inclustrial, a nd educat ionEd institut ions. The company markcts its tim c-s h a rin g
service through a natioll\\'ide nei\\'ork of AL/ COM scrvice
('C'nters and through the AL / COi\T associate network compl'ised of inclcpendrnt consulting and softwal'e co mpa ni es
t ha t act as distributors. Tbc company and the assoc iates
maintain data communications centers in 20 principal
cities throughout thc cou ntry, Thc AL/ COM time-sharing
se l'\' ice, bascd on Digital Equipment Corporation's PDP-6
compu tel'. hecamC' operational in J anua r y 1966, Since
t hat date. th c co mpany has implrm C' nt ed a nc\\' multipl'Oces:;ing time-shal' ing system called the Du a l AL-10,
foul' of "'hich arc now in opel'ation. ,,'ith anothel' schcduled to .ioin them in the first half of 1970,
F ACILITIES :
ALC's corporate headquarters arr in
Princeton. N, J" \\'hC're the first two Dual AL-10 timeshari ng computer s~'ste ms are installed, The company's
fil'st computer building, in Mathematics Park, consists of
20.000 sq, ft. inc luding a 7,500 sq, foot computer room.
ond \\'as completed in May 1969, T lw Ma t hematics P a rk
complex is expected to prm'ide facilitie s for appl'Oximat(,\~'
24 Dual AL-10 time -sharing sys tems and 300 employees,
The ma.ior hard \\'a re clem e nts fol' the firth , sixth, seventh.
and eighth AL-10 Systems are already in pl'Ocess a nd
should be brought into commercia l service in 1970,
SERVICES : Applied Logic Corp, offers a computer timesharing sen'ice " 'hicb permits many peo ple at d ifferent.
I'c mote locations to usc s imu ltaneo usly a ce n tral ly-located
computer. The Dual AL-10 Systems al'c pl'og rammed tn
hancl le th e complex problems of scientists. businessmen.
m ,lnagers, and engineers. Each sys tem prO\'ides up to 32,000 36-bit words PCI' us er, \\'j th a cycle time of lcss than
one microseco nd, Up to 500 million characters of on -lin C'
disk storage and up to 1.250,000 characters pel' us e r file
are ava ilablc , The fourth system's configuration offers
700 million characters by virtue of supplementary d isk
files, Tb is feature " 'ill ultimate ly he implemented in a l l
AL-10s,
Remote terminals include Teletype Mode ls 33, 35, and
:n: rBM 2741 Communications Termina l ; Dura and Date l
T e rminals; Ca lComp 12-inch and 30-inch plotters; line
printers; CRT s; and multiplexers, Se\'en programming
MODERN DATA/ February 1970

languages arc a\ 'ailable, including BASIC, FORTRAN IV.
COBOL. AID, SI"OBOL, :vTACRO-lO. a nd LISP 1,6, Applications programs include ECAP. COGO-10. STM-8. CP:\T.
HYD J'.: I·:T-IV. and the AL / CO\I Crysta ll ography Library,
The co mpany is no\\' designing and building an aclvanced communications computer to link cach remote
location to the central computer complex in Princeton,
Initi al oulput of thc communications computer will bC'
used by Applied Logic, but the company may market it to
others ilS \\'C'll.
C URRE NT PO SI T ION : During the ~'ear endccl Septembcr 30. 1969. ALC achic\'cd rccord gl'oss revenues of
$3,090,109. up 263 percent o\'er th e previous year 's gross
re,"enues of $1,176.080, HO\\'eve r. because of the company's rap id cxpansion, a sma ll loss resulted, Losses for
fiscal 1969 \\'el'e $75.235. or 4 cents per share, compared
to ear nin gs of $90.889, 01' 6 cents per share in 1968.
ALC successfully compl etC'd its first public stock offering in March of 1969, ,,'hen 200.000 s hares of Common
Stock ,,'ere sold at S25,OO per share , The proceeds from
this offering arc hcing used to stage Dual AL-I0 Systems
and for other corporate purposes,
OUTLOOK : Within thc ncxt 1hl'ec years. according to
cUITent ind us try project ions. rCl110te time -sh a ring sales
\\'ill increase t o about $1 billi on a nnuall y , Applied Logic
Corporation plans to \\'in a substant ial share of this market by continued cxpansion of its sC I'\' icc through the installation of new Dual AL-IO Systems, Thc company
feels that the favorable cost "performance ratio of the AL10 System is the basis for expand ed l'evenues and profits
in years ahead, The Dual AL-lOs also ha\'e th(' capabilit.\'
to handle em ergi ng sen'ices in the time-sharing fi e ld such
as data bank services and information networks,
ALC's 45 percent O\\'nership of i\Tatbematics Park. In c ..
a company which is developing a research complex fol'
technological and computel'-related industries. may pro\'C'
to be of substantial \'alue in th e future, F or the purposes
of furth er development and construction at M at hematics
Park, MPI has arranged cquity financing for a total of
$1,260,000. Mathematics Park's first compute l' building
will house six Dual AL-10 Systpms, An additional computer bu ilding and a n office building are due for complC'tion in 1970,
Bes ides t he large invest m ents in new faci li ties and
equipment that trip led ALC's time-s haring capabilit ies in
1969, the company's pe rsonnel ro les grc\\' from 100 to
mol'C' than 225 employees ,
FINANCIAL SUMMARY: T he following statem ent or
re\'e nues and eamings sho\\'s t he company's operations
for' hc fi\'C' ,\'C'ars ended September :30. 1969,

YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30
Year

Revenues

N et Income

Net Incom e

(Lo ss )

(Loss ) Per S hare

$(75.234)

$(0 4)

1969

$3,090, 109

1968

1,176,080

90,889

1967
1966

533,309

5 1,217

358,708
74 ,091

15.930
(13 ,654 )

1965

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STOCK TALK

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DRUG STOCKS

Stock Talk is a regul ar monthly column prepared by Spear
& Staff, Inc. especially for MO DERN DATA. Investment questions of general inte res t wi ll be answered, as space permits,
in this column .
Address questions to :
Dept. RAS
Spear & Staff, Inc.
Babson Park, Mass. 02157

Drug companies supply essential products whose use
can rarely be deferred. Keeping ourselves in good
health is a primary concern in any period and demands
solution at all costs. The drug industry has benefitted
from this essential demand and has been propelled to
an impressive history of growth .
In the stock market, a premium has been and is being paid for this record . Drug issues have far out-performed the market averages and most industry groups
in years past. Drug stocks consistently outpaced the
market in 1969. In the last three months, while the
market (as measured by Standard & Poor's 425 industrial average) dropped about 5%, the Standard & Poor's
12 drug stock average had gained 12%. In large
measure, this recent impressive performance stems
from the restrictive measures taken by the government
to control inflation . Investors, uncertain about the economic future, have been drawn toward industries
whose performance is basically unaffected by the ups
and downs of the business cycle .
The drug industry has been earmarked by a history
of above-average profitability . A First National City
Bank study reported that in 1968, 39 leading drug
companies had the highest percentage of net income
on sales (profit margin) - 9 .7% versus the 5.1 % average reported for 42 manufacturing groups. This 9 .7% ,
while an impressive figure, is less than the over 10%
rallge that predominated in the early 60s .
This trend toward narrowing profit margins reflects
the transitional period of the industry. Both the complexity of as yet unsolved health problems and the rising costs of research have been responsible for skyrocketing development expenditures. Since the passage
of the 1962 drug amendment, research costs have
climbed dramatically. The industry now estimates that
it takes 5 years and costs $7 million to put a new drug
on the market. Between 1959 and 1962, research
spending increased at an annual rate of 7% . But between 1962 and 1968, the yearly rate jumped to 13%.
Government scrutiny of drug marketing practices,
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decline in drug prices since 1961. Another drain on
profit margins comes from the fact that, with all the
pressures on the industry from regulatory agencies, the
companies have defensively been diversifying into
lower-margined businesses . With inflation a predominant force today, rising labor and material costs have
also been cutting into gains . These influences are expected to continue to have a slightly negative effect on
profit margins into the 70s.
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With all these factors considered, however, the industry should continue to hold its recess io n-resistant
image. While drug industry sales are not likely to
match 1968's 20% flu-inflated increase, shi pments from
drug manufacturers should have climbed about 9% in
1969.
On the international scene, drug exports and foreign
manufacturing and research have been ex panding consistently for nearly half a century. In 1969, drugs manufactured abroad accounted for most of the drug industry's foreign sales which were 30% of total volume .
Ethical drug sales outside the U. S. showed a 12% increase last year as opposed to an increase of around
8% for domestic sales .
The U. S. Federal Government is the world's largest
single drug customer and, as such, is an important
force to be reckoned with by the industry. Approximately 2/ 3 of the Government's drug spending in
1968 went for Medicare payments and Medicaid reimbursements, with the remainder channeled through
several Federal agencies . Total direct and indirect government drug spending increased 47 % in 1968 to
account for about 4% of total drug sales and some 12%
of prescription sales . The government estimates that
by 1975 its drug costs will be about tw o and a half
times present levels approx imately 45 % of the industry's domestic ethical drug sales .
Since 1938, no drug company has been allowed to
market a new drug in the United States unless the Food
& Drug Administration has declared it safe. Concomitantly the 1962 Kefauver-Harris Drug Amendments
gave the FDA control over the advertising of prescription drugs, broadened its authority over manufacturer's quality control, and extended government supervision into clinical testing. As one can see, the
government has a more-than-casual interest in the
affairs of the drug industry.
One of the most important provisions of this legislation requires the industry to submit, for review,
extensive evidence to the FDA to prove the efficacy as
well as the safety of new drugs. The job of review
was given to The National Academy of Sciences National Research Council and, in late 1966, investigaMODERN DATA/February 1970

tion of some 2900 drugs began. Completion of the
review is scheduled for 1971 . From these reviews the
Admini stration will assign each drug to one of the
following categories: 1) effective; 2) effective but; 3)
probably effective; 4) possibly effective; and 5) ineffective .
The first major controversy has already arisen from
the review . In April, 1968, the FDA proposed to halt
marketing of 78 different antibiotic combination products . The contention was that antibiotics in fixed com binations, although widely prescribed, are not more
effective than the individual ingredients used independently in amounts dictated by the patient's condition . This proposal has, in varying degrees, affected
most major antibiotic producers.
The government has stated that it wo uld like to increase price competition in the industry by advocating
generic prescriptions. Since generics are marketed
primarily by smaller companies, after brand-name
patents expire, there is still controversy surround ing
the use of these lower-priced compounds.
The recent government ban on cyclamates , w hich
was subsequently revised , should have only a small
negative impact on earnings of certain drug firms,
however, it manifests the extensive influence which
the government will exert if necessary.
There is no question that there are several problem
areas which may affect the future of this industry . It
faces higher development costs, increased government
scrutiny, fewer new products, a rash of patent expirations on older products, and increasing foreign competition. On the positive side, however, the industry's
future growth prospects continue to look encouraging.
An expanding over-65 population,greater affluence,
and increasing foreign interests should produce favorable sales trends in future years . Most industry
specialists are looking for an 8%-to-10% annual growth
rate in the 1970s.
With drugs one of the few groups showing gains,
they are vulnerable to profit taking by institutions
looking for performance. Drug issues, selling at relatively high price-to-earnings multiples, should be purchased cautiously on weakness.

INCOMING MAIL
Q ) T wenty-fi ve years ago 1 bought shares of Standard
Sanitary at $1 3. Should 1 continue to hold these
shares? F. O.
A) Now trading as American Standard, this company
has been altered quite a bit since your purchase . In
1966, new management instituted a program of diversification, which resulted in several major acquisitions . In a parallel move, several marginal divisions
were disposed of. Investor reappraisal was reflected
in the up-graded level of the earnings multiple which
still holds. Through the first nine months of 1969,
earnings gained 19% on a 13% increase in sales. The
intermediate prospect for these shares is clouded by
the building slowdown . However, a higher level of
MODERN DATA / February 1970

construction activity in response to pent-up demand
is looked for in the latter part of 1970 if the financial
cI imate eases .

Q) I am a no vice in the market and have about $5000
clear of savings. W hat do JIOU think of in vesting half
this sum in Addressograph-Multigraph? R. P.
A) Addressograph-Multigraph ' s development of two
new machines, the AMCD copier-duplicator and the
Tele kon facsimile transmitter are giving an extra boost
to sales and earnings. Both are to be marketed, primarily on a lease basis . While this will increase
Addressograph's financing requirements , it will also, in
effect, create a captive customer list for suppliers . Sales
for three months, ending October 31, 1969 increased
to $96 million versus the $90 million reported for the
same period in 1968. With older lines continuing to
prosper, earnings should score a gain in 1969-70. This
issue is attractive for long-term purchase .

Q ) 1 would like a general guide on price-to-earnings
ratios? Ho w do these vary among industries? P. E .
A) Since this broad question could easily be e xpanded into a book, our brief coverage must be simple
and practical. Industry ratios are difficult to calculate
because the merger mania has brought under one corporate name many diversified industries . However,
identifying the predominating industry w ill soon be
made easy as a result of the Security Exchange Commission 's new profit disclosure rules. Readers who
want to improve investment techniques should figure
price-to-earnings ratios on each of their stocks ; estimated earnings for 1969 could be checked at a
broker's office . Compare these ratios with each stock's
10-year record of its y early price-to-earnings range
published in Standard & Poor's indi vi dual stock reports .
These comparisons should enable readers to evaluate
their holdings more critically and lead to switching
for faster growth elsewhere. Whenever new purchases
are being considered , earnings multiples should be
checked before orders are placed . The stocks may be
good ones to own but the timing could be poor if
shares are trading near their historically high multiple.
Investors must understand, however, that the price-toearnings concept does not produce numerical absolutes . The market is always discounting future conditions either known or surmised . Psychology, therefore,
influences the price-to-earnings calculation. A buoyant
mood may easily push up earnings multiples to unrealistic levels; deep pessimism may depress them unduly . Stocks with a "story" often skyrocket to high
multiples that remain high for a long time, but they
can drop like lead when the story loses its lustre.
Prosaic and cyclical stocks also those reflecting
corporate problems will produce modest multipl es
unless earnings are boosted dramatically or a story
breaks unexpectedly. The influence of such factors on
price-to-earnings ratios often lead to puzzling discrepancies between stocks which, in many respects, resemb le one another. The price-to-earnings ratio is an
indispensable aid in stock selection, y et it should not
be used to the exclusion of disciplined judgment.
~

43

Computer downtime
could cost this user
his share ofa
multi-billion dollar
market.
That's why he depends
on Gerber Scientific
and Hewlett-Packanl.
In the automo tive market, being second with a hot new body
design just doesn't make it. That's why car manufacturers
are turning to computerized drafting systems, like those
made by The Gerber Scientifi c Instrument Company,
South Windsor, Connecticut.
The auto indus try knows that computers ca n mean the marg in
of difference - when they' re working, But when they' re not,
you just might be " last un de r the checkered flag," That's
why trouble-free performance was a key facto r in Gerber
Scientific's co mputer selection for its Series 1200 and 700
controls, These drafting systems make it poss ible to bring
fresh new auto des ign con cepts to market in record time,
Gerber's systems are also slas hing design time and cos ts
in electronics, a ircraft, garments, m aps and other detailed
work that used to take weeks of manual effo rt.
Sure Gerber Scientific chose our 2 11 4 computer because they
kn ew it could do the job , And was priced right. But more
important, they knew they co uld coun t on supe rb reliability
-and depend on world-w ide HP se rvi ce and support
back-u p-if and when need ed, W e have 14 1 se rv ice centers
in the United States and aroun d the wo rl d. For an OEM ,
this can be :t very reassuring fact.
Th ere are other reass uring fa cts abo ut our small computers.
Like Direct M emory Access, a feature now ava ilable w ith the
new HP 2 1l 4 B. The DMA option gives yo u the fle x ibi lity
to use high-speed pe riph e ra ls. And it makes possible the
aCCJ ui s ition of very high-speed data. Yet this computer's base
p rice is on ly S8500. If you ' re looking for something a bit
more powerful, try the HP 2l 16 B. It's the hea rt of our
popu lar time-s hare, rea l-time exec uti ve and d isc operat ing
sys tem s. Cost: $24,000.
G et the f ull story on compute rs you ca n depend on. Call
your nearest HP sales office or write to H ew lett-Packard ,
Palo Al to, California 94304; Europe: 1217 Meyrin-Geneva,
Switzerland .

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APPLIED LOGIC
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BOL T , BERANEK & NEWMAN
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BRANDON APPLIED SYS.
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COMPUTER ENVIRONMENTS
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GREYHOUND COMPUTER
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INTL. COMPUTER
LEASCO
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PROGRAMMING SCIENCES
PROGRAMMING SYSTEMS
SCIENTIFIC COMPUTER
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UNITED DATA CENTERS
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US TIME SHARING

VO L.
(SHARES
EXCH. IN lOa's)
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NY
NY

62 1
608
385
1687
3586
274

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4597
24 37
665
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2993

658
562
6383

1285

2078
1399

1169
463
11 25
7 585
2634

1473

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2820

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1969
HI G H

1969
LOW

PRICE
1-2-70

NET CH G .
FROM
EARN ./SH R.
MONTH
(LATEST
AGO
12 M ONTHS)

47 .0
22.3
27.4
29.2
56.2
44.4
30.2
54.7
165.4
19.0
43.0
28.6
23.0
173.7
118.4
39.7
48.4
25.4
3 1.0
36.2
40 .0

3 1:0
11 .5
21 .0
17 .6
29.0
26.0
17 .6
20.2
101 .2
18.1
30 .0
15.6
16.0
65.0
94.0
29.5
30.0
10.0
23.0
25.3
27.4

42.4
14.1
21.0
23.6
53.4
32.4
28.6
24.6
107. 1
18.4
30.4
16.0
19 .0
148.0
109.5
36.6
44.4
14.6
29.6
34.7
40.0

5.6
1.0
4.0
1.6
4.4
1.0
2 .0
4 .2
4.4
0. 1
1.4
3.0
1.6
4.6
1. 2
1.3
1.4
0.7
4.2
0.7
2.6

40.0
24.4
19 .0
43.4
19 .0
45.4
17 .0
2 1.7
16.0
18.0
25.0
12.4
13.0
34.6
36.0
24.0
40.0
6.4
72.6
23.0
13.4
15.0
30.2
16.0
10.4
60.2
11.0
16.0
52.6
8.6
15.0
15 .0
13.5
15.4
38.2
150.0
70.0
28.5
30.6
17 .0
54.0
57.4
8.2
14.7
22.0
50.3
21.4
37.0
11.4
8.4
26.4
37.0
34.0
13.4
3 1.2
7.0
155.0
16.0

19.0
12 .4
6.0
2 1.7
7.4
23.0
7.0
9.4
6.4
4.0
7. 6
1.2
9.0
19.4
12.3
14.0
7.0
1.4
37.0
11.4
7.0
6.4
130
3 .4
4.0
23.5
2.6
4.4
20.2
3.0
3.0
3.6
8. 1
2.4
7.6
34.0
35.4
12 .0
11.0
6.0
22.4
16.4
1.6
2.0
4.4
23.7
13.0
11.0
3.2
2.4
10.3
2.3
5 .0
5 .3
17.1
3 .2
55.0
5.2

23.4
17 .6
8.0
42.7
10.2
25 .4
8.6
11 .3
12.0
6.2
12.3
1.4
12.0
34.0
12.3
19.0
7.6
2.0
65.4
14.6
13.1
10.4
24.0
3.7
4.0
31.1
2.6
5.2
23.6
3 .1
4.0
3.6
9.7
3.0
10.6
150.0
39.2
13.4
20.6
6.2
29.4
18.6
1.7
2.7
6.6
47.4
2 1.0
25.0
3.2
2.6
12.6
2.4
5.4
5.3
28 .0
5.0
96.7
7.4

1.4
- 3.4
1.4
5.2
- 3.4
- 0.2
0.0
0.3
- 0.4
- 1.2
3.2
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EXCH . IN 100's)

AMP
AMPEX
APPLIED MAGNETICS
ASTRODATA
ASTROSYSTEMS
BUNKER RAMO
CALCOMP
CHALCO ENGRG .
CODEX
COGAR
COGNITRONICS
COLLINS RADIO
COMCET
COMPUTER COMM .
COMPUTER CONSOLES
COMPUTER INDUSTRIES
COMPUTEST
CONRAC
DATA 100
DATA PRODUCTS
DATARAM
DATASCAN
DIGITRONICS
ELEC ENGRG . OF CAL.
ELEC ME fliiORIES & MAG .
EPSCO
EXCELLO
FABRI ·TEK
FARRINGTON MFG .
GENERAL INSTRUMENT
GERBER SCIENTIFIC
HI ·G
INFORMATION DISPLAYS
ITEL
LOGIC
MILGO
M OHAWK DATA SCIENCES
NORTH ATLANTIC IND .
OPTICAL SCANN ING
POTTER INSTRUMENT
RECOGNITION EQUIP .
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SANGAMO
SCAN · DATA
SEALECTRO
TALLY
TELEX
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS
TRACOR COMPUTI NG
VARIFAB

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APPLIED DYNAMICS
BECKMAN
BURROUGHS
CONTROL DATA
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT
ELECTRONIC ASSOCIATES
GENERAL ELECTRIC
HEWLETT·PACKARD
HONEYWELL
IBM
LITTON INDUSTRIES
NCR
RCA
RAYTHEON
REDCOR
SCIENTIFIC CONTROL
SPERRY RAND
SYSTEMSENGRG . LABS
SYSTRON DONNER
VARIAN ASSOCIATES
VIATRON
WANG LABS
WYLE LABS
XEROX

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NY
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COMPUTER STOCKS

1521
1647
5607
4175
1123

1340

634
701
7795

212
2746
893
2436
387

5935
2660
1902
2084
1448
577
7448
1798

1712
2944
4761
1675
2130
6297
1066
1596
4138
12124
3472
6614
2415
9860
3954
569
3380
1825
1625
8029

NET CHG.
FROM EARN ./SHR .
(LATEST
MONTH
12 MONTHS)
AGO

1969

1969

PRICE

HIGH

LOW

1·2·70

59.0
49.7
41.4
36.3
13.4
17.5
37.4
8.4
47.4
73.0
38.4
69.6
48.4
48 .0
26.0
52.0
33.5
59 .3
19.0
27.7
16.4
32.0
22.4
28.3
42.3
20.4
37 .3
12.7
37.4
43.2
39.3
33.4
21.4
37.5
23.0
75.2
89.1
22.0
118.0
46.0
76.0
61.7
43.4
85.0
15.6
36.0
111 .6
140.2
7.0
13.0

32 .5
32.4
22.4
15.1
5.6
9.4
18.2
3.2
15.0
57.0
11.4
33.0
27.0
30.0
8.0
12.0
14.2
27.0
15.6
12.3
8.4
15.0
13.0
10.0
21.4
6.4
22.4
5.5
13.0
26.0
20.2
9 .6
9.4
14.2
7.0
17.7
59.6
5.4
41.0
23.6
52.0
22.0
19.2
27.0
6.6
15.0
20.6
94.6
5.2
4.4

55.4
47.5
41.4
33.5
8.6
14.2
27 .6
5.0
29.0
68.0
13.6
36.3
47.0
36.0
22.0
23.0
27.0
31.0
16.6
24.0
14.0
22.0
13.4
12.5
38.5
6.6
24.5
6.0
16.7
30.7
38.1
12.0
15 .0
23.1
14.2
67.3
73.2
6.6
53.0
37.5
74.4
26.7
26.1
42.0
11.7
17.4
92.4
128.0
7 .0
4.6

0.4
4.5
6.0
6.0
2.0
1.4
2.0
1.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
0.2
5.4
- 2.0
5.0
2.0
0.1
0.2
0.0
3.2
1.2
0.4
- 1.4
- 1.7
- 0.5
- 0.2
2.1
- 0.1
2.1
2.3
4.3
1.5
0.0
-11.1
2.4
5.6
2.6
- 1.6
1.0
4.1
3.0
2.5
2.4
8.0
4.2
0.0
- 4.0
8.0
1.6
0.6

18.2
63.4
167.4
159.2
104.7
25.2
98.2
114.5
157.2
368.6
74.4
162.6
48.1
50.2
49.0
43.4
55.4
53.7
32.3
37.2
58.0
61.4
20.2
115.0

14.2
43.7
120.6
110.0
54.4
9.6
74.1
75 .2
107.6
291 .6
35.0
108 .0
33.6
30.5
25.0
1.5
36.1
26.1
13.5
24.4
14.2
44.1
7.7
85.0

16.2
47.4
158.6
119.2
104.7
10.5
76.5
102.3
143.4
364.6
36.4
160.4
34.4
33.2
31.4
2.6
37.2
47.5
28.5
28.2
31.4
50.4
9.1
104.4

-

47.0

24.2

34.4

-2.8"10

1.03

33.5

800.36

+0.9%

3.71

13.6

1.0
0.7
3.6
4.0
14.1
- 0.1
1.3
0.3
- 1.4
8.6
2.2
14.4
0.7
1.2
1.0
0.6
4.6
2.7
2.6
1.2
0.4
3.4
0.7
0.6

PI E
RATIO

1.89
1.42
0.78
0.28
0.34
0.43
0.56

29
33
53
117
25
32
48

0.26

111

(d)0.22
2.50

14

0.60
1.54

45
20

0.34
(d)0.46

70

(d)0.02
0.25
1.01
0.17
2.63
0.16
(d)0.06
0.54
0.68
0.43

(d)0.48
1.15
0.18
(d)0.45
0.80
(d)0.51
0.59
0.60
0.20
(d)2.73
1.26
2.66
(d)0.46

(d)036
1.39
3.04
3.61
1.14
0.07
4.10
1.67
4.00
8.25
2.39
3.91
2.44
2.30
0.14
(d)2.43
2.27
0.73
1.07
0.91
(d)0.83
0.78
0.53
2.03

48
37
38
9
55
55
28

63
33
46
44
43
55
73
48

33
51
32
91
142
18
61
35
44
15
40
13
14
225
16
64
26
30
64
16
51

. AVERAGES
DOW JONES INDUSTRIALS

968.85 769.93

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SOFTW ARE FORUM

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WE OURSELVES MUST JUDGE OURSELVES

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Editor's Note: SOFTWARE FORUM'S (;u es t Editor
this month is Douglas T. Ross, fo nnerl y h ea d of
th e com pu te r ap plica tions g ro up o[ t-.1IT's Electroni c Sys tems Laboratory a nd now Pres id ent of
SofTech , In c. of W a lth am , M ass . At M IT, Mr.
Ross wa s a princ ipa l d e\'eloper of APT (still th e
most widely-used sys tem for a utoma ti ca ll y prog ramm ing numerica ll y-co ntrolled mac hine too ls)
and AED (fo r AutOlllated Engineerin g Desig n a system \I·hi c h prO\'id es a building-block app roach
to so [t\I'a re d esign ) . In a ddition to offe rin g so ft\I'a re consultin g a nd education a l sen'ices, SofTech
m a rk r ts propri etary so[t\I'a re sys te ills ba scd on thc
.\ ED a pproach. K en f a lor, SOFTWARE FOR U M ' S
reglil a r editor, \I·ill be bac k nex t mo nth \I·ith a sur\'cy a rti e Ie 011 progra m mmg a ids.

:-r eve r before in histo r y h as such awesollle res ponsibility
been for ced b y circumsta nces on so yo un g a fir ld as so ft\I·are. Its life- spa ns but l\I'o decades and mos t o[ its
prac tition ers a rc only ;J fe\I' yea rs o lder. Thu s, it is diffic ult for lTla n y to rea lizc \I·ha t a serious business th ey a rc
in , a nd more so for m a ny to compreh end th e fa r-rcac h ing implica tions - soc ia l, ecollOll1ic, ci vic , professional
- o f their work.
Tha t e\'e r ybod y"s life is a ffec ted in ma ny \I'ays by so ft\I'are is evid ent in the pervasive influen ce of the COlll Jluter on credit cards, banking, insurance, \I'eath e r for ecastin g, city pla nning, a nd co untl ess other as pec ts o[ our
socicty. And tha t most peopl e adm ire and, at th e same
time, fear th ese d evelopments is refl ected by the nervous
titters tha t acco mpa ny the 1Il0unting rash of ever-sha rper
"giant-brain " jokes. Such a dmiration, fea r, and blasph em y have a hl'ays ch arac terized th e prillliti\T reac tion
to the sacrosanct unknown .
The popul a r press shapes a ll th ese m ys te ri es into on e
bogeyIll an - the compute r. The ge neral publ ic thinks of
fl as hing lights a nd whirring ta pe reels as the sacred
so urce. But \I'e a ll kno w that it is not th e h a rchl'are but
th e software which determines \I·h ether things go
sllloothl y or poorl y in any appl ication. Even today's primary hardwa re problems - system a rchitecture - a re
rea lly just ha rden ed software problems. H ence those in
the so [tw;J re fi eld must b ea r th e brunt of virtua ll y all
CO lllpute r responsibility.
Ind eed , prac titioners of soft\lare must accept a higher
Ill easure of responsibility beca use no one else understa nds enoug h to share the responsibility. The reason is
clear beca use the nature of so[t\I'a re is so unclea r: \I·ha t('\Tr lIT do, so[!t\I'a re is sti ll , for th e most part, a black
:lI1d enig matic a rt. E\'en in organ iza tion s th a t d e pend
hea \'il y on CO lllputers a nd so ft\I'a re , hO\I' things are don e
:\I1d how \ITlI tl1('Y arc done is \Try much direc tl y in the

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ha nds of the soft\I'are practitioners - even the ir mana gers a rc not ill contro l. D esigners, a na lysts, a nd prog rammers a ll share th e robes of high pries ts - a distin ction ma ny cO\"('t too hig hly - o f an ill-und erstood cra ft.
The priesthood as pect is common to a ll professional
specia lties, hO\I'e\'e r, and ca nn o t be excused as th e so lc
so urce of this lac k of und ersta nding by others. When e\'er a di sc iplin e matures, a n eso teri c jargon g ro\I'S
na turall y as technica l voca bul a ry, an d e\"(" n entirc m odcs
o f expression e\'oke to e\'er- greater precision . E xcept
for th e presc ripti o n ciph ers of th e m edica l professio ll.
th is exclu sion of "ou tsiders", thro ug h obtuse and foreigll
bnguage, is not o penl y ex ploited . So ftll'a re sha res thi s
ph e nomenon \I·i th other Illod e rn spec ia lties: bu t therr is
one nota bl e a nd la mentable differen ce - the a byss bcl\ITen " insid ers" a nd " outsiders" is even more prnno un ced beca use the " in sid e" itself is so ill-defined. F ;lr
from findin g it easy to converse \I· ith th e populace, the
hi gh pri es ts ' h a\'e diffic ulty ta lkin g among thcm se l\es .
A sinlil a r 'c hao tic state pIT\'a iled centuries ago \dlf'n
astrology an d a lch e my preceded the e\'o lution of 11l0dcrtl
c he mi stry. In th ose da ys, hO\I"('\T r, th e hea lth and \I'c llbein g of th e Ilorld did not hi nge on a ttem pts to ch a ng('
lea d into go ld o r on other equ a ll y \I'orthy asp ira ti ons.
There \Ias tim e for sci entifi c unde rstandin g to C\'o ke
a nd for suita ble goa ls to be set befo re socie ty d e pend ed
upo n resu lts . Today's rein ca rn a tion of those tim es ill
the soft\I'a re field is a tra g ic a nac hron isnl \\·hich mu st be
IT\T rsed . And this time, the rush of e\'ents ca ll s for
speed y reso lutio n - not centuries o f (, \·oluti o n.
Th e fi rst ste p in this resolu tion is fo r so [t\I'a rc as ; 1
di sc iplin e to becoi lle better ulld erstood by the " in si d ers"
thel11se h cs. There a re, fortun a tely, new 1l10\Tl11 e nts in
th e so ft\I'arc \I'orld th a t \I·il l accelerate thi s understandin g . Nell' d evelopl11ents nO\I' ta kin g pl ace a lreach- ;11"1 '
res ulting in grea te r uniformit y and a firm er so ft\I';m '
eng in eering b ase . ,\ s th e ch aos \I'ithin th e field leSSCII ".
insid ers wi ll be better a b le to COlllllHlIlica te \I·ith Olltsiders. Managers finall y \I·ill be a bl e to m anage. Soft\I'a re tec hnologis ts \I' il 1 re pla ce th e pri esthood .
But until th ese d e\'elopments b eco me do min a nt I it
m ay ta ke a \l hile beca use e\T n hig h priests a rc h\1n1 ;ln
a nd thus res istan t to c ha nge ) a ll o f \1 S in th e so ftll':m '
ficld must. indi\'idu a lly a nd coll ec ti\'Cly, make a consc ious effort to beco me full y a\I'a re of our respo nsibi lities. Abo\"C a ll , \I'C Illust remem ber that the corolbn' to
res ponsibility is a ccountabi lity. Th e d ay is not far ' oil'
wh en sofl\I'are, d e pri\'ed o[ its Ill ys tiqu e, \I·ill ha \'e t()
a nS\I'er to soc iety for its deeds a nd misdeeds.
Because lIT ha \T. \I'he ther by circumstance or d esign,
crea ted . an e l ite soc ie ty in a n OCCll It \I'orld of our O\I·n.
no olle outside of tha t \I'orl d understands us \1"(' 11 eno ll g h
to jud ge o ur en'o rts. But in th at thought \I'e should se('k
no solace nor fro l11 it d e rive any sa ti sfaction . It onk
;1d d s to o ur respo nsibility. \Ve ourselves /IIust judge
ourselves.
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MODERN DATA / February 1970

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Great Moments in Software...

From Edvvard Lloyd's Coffee House
It all began because Edward Lloyd's coffee house
in the London financial district was a popular
meeting place for merchants, bankers, seafarers
and underwriters. The seekers of insurance found
it a convenient place to transact business and get
their ships and cargoes covered.
As a service to his customers, Lloyd began
sending couriers to the waterfront to collect
and post the most recent shipping news. Soon
he was publishing Lloyds List, which came to
be trusted as a dependable basis for financial
transactions. Out of this basic information system
grew the world's leading insurance exchange.
The need for efficient management information

systems is even more important today. One of the
major efforts at TRW in recent years has been the
development of information systems for the filing
and retrieval of management data in a wide variety
of business, research, government, and education
applications. TRW's analysts and programmers
tailor each information system to the specific
needs of the user so that the necessary data
elements are provided in a clear, concise format
ready for evaluation.
For more details on TRW's information systems
capabilities, contact Marketing Services, Software
and Information Systems Division, TRW Systems
Group, One Space Park, Redondo Beach, CA 90278.

The Systems Group is a major operating unit of TRW Inc., where more than 80,000
people at over 300 locations around the world are applying advanced technology to
products, systems and services for commercial, in dustrial and government markets.
MODERN DATAl February 1970

CIRCLE NO. 32 ON INQUIRY CARD

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THE SYSTEMS SCENE

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VIRTUAL PROFITS

The Systems Scene is a regul a r monthly column written by
Jerome Wiener and Thomas DeMar co of Mand ate Systems, Inc.
Rea ders a re invited to subm it comm e nt s and qu es tions on new
d evelopm e nts in syst e ms to: The System s Sc e ne , MODERN
DATA , 3 Lo ckla nd Ave nu e, Fra ming ha m, Mass. 01701

1t is a lways amusing to read in business reviews a nd
stock market analyses about the enormous profitability
of just about a nything tha t has to do with time-sha rin g.
Som e people just can' t r ea d red ink. Som e peopl e ca n, of
co urse, and th a t's " 'h y we' ve just seen a rash of personnel
fref'zes, cu t-bac ks, a nd price h ikes from tIl(' time-sh a rin g
community. As \\'e indi ca ted in our August a nd September columns, problem solving time-sh a ring has a ll th e
rarmarks of a profit-losing opera tion. Rece nt retrenchment in one form or a nother b y ITT, All en-Babcock,
T ymsha re, Hon eY\\'ell, and GE ,,-ould seem to bea r
this out.
There a re som e exceptions to this glool11Y pi cture.
C P / CMS is on e o[ th em. This 360 / 67 system co m es ou t
of th e Cambridge Scientifi c Center a t IBM . It ta kes th e
old ATLAS prin ciple of virtua l m emory one step fur th er a nd comes up with a complete virtua l ma chine .
Th e system is not new, a nd the idea of a virtu a l ma chine da tes back eight yea rs or more. Wh a t is n ew is
profitability. At least on e vendor of CP ap pea rs to be in
th e bl ack.
Th e Control Progra m (CP ) simula tes a number of
\'irtu al mac hines, each with its own virtu a l periph era ls.
The console type\\Titer for each of these simulated machines is consid ered to be the associa ted user's termin al.
I nstead of being conn ected to a n a rtificial environment,
as is th e case with most time-sh a ring systems, the user
seems to be conn ected to a com plete 360 ba tch m ac hine
\I-ith a remote console. This machine ca n have ta pes,
printers, disks, etc. associated with it a t th e user's request. CP simula tes this individually-ta ilored en vironIll ent simulta neously [or thirty or more users.
Each user ca n run his 0\\"11 system: CMS, as, DOS,
HAS P, etc. H e has as much as a million cha racters of
\'irtual core a t his disposa l. H e runs his m achin e in a
sin gle-threa d ba tch mode, but pays onl y [or th e CPU
time rea ll y used. H e ca n ta ke a running produ ction program , divert I / O to the console, and bring it up, system
and all , under CP. The effec t is tha t th e program IS

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on-line. N o schedul er, no telecommunica tion s, no executive processor or acco unting package need be \·vritten.
And there is no need to mu ltiprogra m in order to co\'<' 1'
waste tim e. The systelll ta kes ca re o f a ll these things.
Most subscribers end up using C t[S ra th er th an a s
since it is parti cul a rl y w ell-ad a pted to run und er C Po
It is console-oriented , has a beau tiful co n tex t editor, and
offers easy-to-use library fa ciliti es a nd simplified J C L.
It is la rgely as compa tibl e ; all compi lers a re ta ken from
as. Ho w about OS COBOL -F on -line ?
CP / CMS a ppeals to m a rket segments th a t previou sly
ha d never bee n very eas il y a pproac hed by time-sha ri ng
vendors. Th ese segments includ e : commercia l produ ction users (COBOL, ta pe ori ented ); comill ercial d e\TIopll1 ent use rs (\\'ho II-ant to d evelop on-lin e, but run produ ctio n in ba tch ) ; a nd la rge core use rs, sys tem build rrs.
and overflow use rs who need extra capac ity on a Jll ; I chin e virtu a lly id entica l to th eir own.
CP servi ces a re comm ercia lly ava il able from Co mput (T
Softwa re Sys tems, Interacti ve D a ta Systems, Virtu a I
Computer Services, Computers U nlimited, a nd D a ta
N etwo rk. CSS (of Stamford , C onn ec ticut ) is a t prese llt
the most ad\'a nced , and offers such fac ili ties as C OBOL
symbolic d ebugging a nd a 10\l'-pri ced deferred tas k
ha ndl er for p rodu ction jobs.
A typ ica l C P / C MS opera tion costs better th a n $200.000 per month to run, so prospecti ve entrepreneurs mu st
be prepared to think big a nd sell fas t. Also, a more th a n
mod est d evelo pm ent effort is required to run th e sys tell l
comll1ercia lly. IBM-Ca mbridge has p ut a lot of gen ius
into th e system , but a lso left some enormous holes th ;] t
ea ch of th e ve ndors has had to pa ve over.
CP/ C MS has eno ugh p rofit potentia l to a ttract ne\\vendors a t th e ra te of nearl y one a month. It also prrsents substa nti a l risks du e to the size of the 360 / 67 opera tion. On e of the established vendors recentl y ca lled a
special stockhold ers' m eeting to a nnounce tha t it k id
gone through a ll its ca pita l (O\'er $1 ,000,000 ) a nd still
hadn' t bee n abl e to build up revenu es to cover even 25<;r
of monthl y operating costs. Th e best offer to pick up th e
bones of th e compan y \\'as a stock ac quisition for a bo ul
ha lf of wha t most investors had p a id.
Should that deter you fro m starting up such an opera ti on ? Not a t all! ''''hil e the outside investors stand to
lose more th a n ha lf th eir im-ested ca pita l on the prospec ti ve acquisition , the insid ers (who bought in at a
mu ch lo\\'(' r price ) \\-ould shO\\- a 1400 % profit. A \'irtua i miracl e.
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MODE RN DATA / Febru ary 1970

New Dimensions
in Computer Graphics
Dresser's Lasergraphic Plotter is as fast as your computer.

New speed. Dresser ' s LGP2000 will plot as fast as your computer can feed it data, and speed
is completely independent of plot
density. New size. The LGP-2000
will plot up to 40 inches wide by
100 feet long. New gray scale. Up
to 16 shades of gray for continuous tone , photographic plotting.
The LGP-2000 will draw you a
6-foot printed circuit board in 2
minutes and 3 seconds flat. Or, a
24-inch by 36-inch contour map

with 2,000 inches of line and 3,000·
characters of annotation in only
54 seconds!
The new Dresser LGP-2000 can
even draw a 40-inch by 40-inch
photo of the Earth composed of
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seconds.
Thanks to Dresser, plotters
have finally caught up with computer speeds. Don't be left behind.

Write for a detailed brochure
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The average read ing time fo r this ad is 25 seconds . In th is time, the Dresser
Systems' LGP-2000 could have plotted 25,333,075 bits of information.
MODERN DATA / February 1970

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ON-LINE

THE DAY OF THE TERMINAL
THURBER J. MOFFETT, Mgr., Intera ctive Graphic Systems

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TRW Systems Group, Red ondo Beach, Cal.

The residents and business people of Las Vegas had a
misfortune on their hands for three days last November
during the Fall Joint Computer Conference . It befell the
35,000 odd conferees, too, but they, at least, had an inkling of what was up. Those uninvolved with FJCC
thought their telephone system had suddenly caught some
terrible malady. Finding a way to make a long-distance
call successfully developed into a major secondary pre occupation. Even when you were lucky and got through,
you crossed your fingers lest you be mysteriously dis connected.
New Yorkers have been increasingly irate over the slow
collapse of their phone service ever sinc e the New York
Stock Exchange went on -line all over the country. The
Las Vegan's three-day travail was for the same reason.
Almost a third of the some 1,000 Las Vegas conference

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On·Line is a reg ul a r monthly column concerned with various
developments in computer technolog y particu larly in the areas
of compute r g raphics and comp ut e r·a id ed d esign. Th e au th or ,
Thur ber J . Moffett , is a nationa ll y-recog nized ex pert in int e ractive graphic systems. Reade rs are invited to submit comment s
and questions regarding subiects covered in this colum n to :
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Mass. 01701

exhibitors had a terminal or two operating remotely to
somewhere else. The somewhere elses included almost
everywhere, tying up the Strip's and Downtown's normal
voic e channels for a fare-thee-well.
Teleproc essing first put on-line terminals into the Joint
Computer Conferences years ago. But now th eir sheer
numbers startle eve n the pros. Somebody ' s got a terminal
for almost anyt hi ng your heart desires. The price may
not be as right a s you'd like and the interface you want
may not yet be t he re , but there the terminal is, running
on something. Interfac ing hardware and software is, at
least an acceptable subject for conversation now. A year
ago, the world wasn't at all like that. It's almost as if the
kid who has been dreaming of candy stores found himself
standing in the middle of on e.
It's clear that of all the things the 1970s are going
to be the years of, on-line t ermina ls are sure to be on e
of the biggest. Data Products we nt on Los Angeles TV
right after the FJCC and announced a new terminal en·
visioned for home use priced well be low yo ur automobile
or your swimming pool. It's not for doing your "work"
work at home , although it will , but for your "home" work
household accounting, budg ets, taxes, fil i ng whatever ; even, perhaps, for fun and game play i ng .
All this is going to change things a lot. It's starting to
already. No longer, for instance, are you ne ce ssarily
stuck with a still re latively expensive refresh er CRT light
pen terminal if you want a reasonably responsive graphics
system. Even though the established companies h ave im proved their prices markedly, several new companies have
introduced snazzy storag e-type CRT terminals for th e
same or for less money.
Finally, if your graphic response time requirements are
in terms of a very few minutes rather than milliseconds
(On-line will have much to say on these matters later. ) , a
whole new vista of small, fast, accurate plotters has
opened. The new Hewlett-Packard 11" x 17" Mod el
7200A is a case in point. Designed to interface with Tele type Corp.'s Models 33, 35 or Bell System teleprinters ,
the 7200A accepts ASCII digits and plots points or vectors
up to 3 inches. Static accuracy is ± 0.030", resolution is
0.005 ", resettability is 0.007 " , and plotting speed is 1.1
sec. / point or line.

The baSic price is $3300.

Who sa ys yo n cu n·t afford to get into on- line graphi csy

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MODER N DATAl February

1970

II WHAT HATH

BABBAGE WROUGHT DEPT.

will pay $10.00 for any computer- or
£DP-rclat ed item worthy of publishing in our "WHAT
HATH BAlmfl.cE WROUGHT DEPT." Humorous "information" for consideration may include weird memos or operating instructions, unusually solccistic (look it up! )
documentation, and offbeat items of a general nature
MODERN DATA

(for rc\'ie\\' by our ofTbeat editors ) . Scnd all submissions
to: '''' HBW Dcpt.
:\100ERN DATA

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All cntries become the property of

MODERN DATA.

ESCHEW
OBFUSCATION
The following correspondence ensued bet ween a systuns user and a major computer manufacturer. Names
have been omitted to protect
the guilt,y.

Sirs:
Please publish Programming
Systems Report No. 1976
that should be in Summary
No. 95 as you stated in Programming Systems Report
No. 2772, Summary No. 99.
Sce also Programming Systcms Report No. 2856, Summary No. 102.

Dear Sir:
The reference to Programming Systems Report No.
1976, Summary No. 95, in
the response to Programming Systems Report No.
2772 was incorrect. Programming Systems Report
o. 1976 was in Summary
o. 79.

Submitted by:
Ed ward Hart Rice,
Thc Johns Hopkins
Medical Computing Ctr.,
Bal tim ore, Md.

MODERN DATA / February 1970

For full information on
all the different size
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attractive prices, write:

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COMMUNICATIONS CLINIC

"RANDOM LINE HITS"
COMMUNICATIONS CLIN IC is a regu la r mont hl y co lumn wr itten
by the staff of Berglund Associ ates, Inc , Qu es ti ons from readers
on any aspec t of communica ti ons and its integra t ion wit h com·

pute rs wi ll be answered, as space perm its, Address questions
to: Ralph Berglund, Data Communication s Editor, 1060 North
Kings Highway, Cherry Hill, N, J, 03034 ,

NEW COMMON CARRIERS

W ou ld- be, private micro wa\'e common carriers a re
hangin g Ol' t their shingles at a rate \\'e usua lly assoc iate
\\ ith so ft\\'a re coill pa nies, Th e hole in the dike was, of
coursr, l\ li no\\';I\'(' COll ll llllll icat ions, In c" \\'hose a ppli ('ation for a Ch icago-to-St. Louis sr rvice was approved
in .'\u,l?;ust of 1969, thr rrsu lt of six yea rs of hearings
a nd r\';t!uat ions brfore th e FCC: , The first "me-too" appIica tion \\'as (i Jr-d prior to thr :\ 1C I c\rcision (D ecember 1(68 ) by InteJ'(hta Comlllunicat ions, I nc. , \\'ho fil ed
for a Ne\\' York-Philad elphi a -'Na shi ngton route , S in ce
the MCT decision , hO\\'e\'(' r, six ot l1('r rnt iti es ha vr fikd
for sprcific wlltes, Th e biggrst and most ambit ious
fi ling is th ;lt of the VCC subsid iary, Datran, Of th e
ot hr l' (i\'(', follJ' arc MCT affi li a tes, Also , Interd ata is
u nders tood to br plannin g to be a part o f th e MCI
systcll l. Additiona ll y, thr ?vICT ,l?;roup has indicatrc\ that
(en IIl00T region;11 affil iatrs \\'ill fi lr \\'ithin thr first half
of I CJ70 ,
All of these ('o lllp;lJ1ies \\i ll be cOlllpetin,l?; with estab li sh rd conllilon ca rr iers for thr hra\'y drmand a nticipat('d for cOIl Jl ll unication cha nnrl s, ' \Ie unde rstand
th ;\t the Bell S\strlll \\' ill rrljui rr ;lnd \\' ill have some
800,000 intercit y circui ts by 19 75, but thr MCI studies
indi ca tr a shortagr of 150,000 to 200,000 ci rcuits by
thcn, In addition to srrking to fi ll an expected deficiency, the appli cants are all quoting rates substantiall y
brio\\' present tarifIrd rates, Th eir logir is that by vectoring in on sprc ifi c applications a nd routes, the p lan t
in\'rs(me n t and resu ltant chargrs to end users \\'ill br
lo\\'er than for present carriers, whose plant must sup port nationaL grneral- purpose use,
This \\'i ll br a profound an d vita l issuc for thr FCC,
In ge nrra l terms, if th e carrirrs, \\'ho a re pricing on na tiona l plant Jweds, lose re\TnU e on high density areas
to til(' nrw competitors . thr lost revenue m ust b e obtainrd elsr\\' here, from rate increasrs on oth er services,
or by st illlulating use of othrr srl'\'ices, Therefore, lowcr
costs to uscrs in certain reaions may result in high er
costs to a ll users for oth er types of service, Either hi gh er
ra tes. o r d emand shut-out b y higher rates, may impact
our eco nom y, A versatile communica tions network is a
prima ry factor in d eveloping a nd sustaining our econoomy and social system, T ampering with th e econom ics
thereof could h ave a d a ngerous efleet. Alth ough we
emotion a ll y side \\'ith the small company and the in no vative ofIcring, and a lth ough \\'e favor a sh arply skeptica l a ttitud e towa rd s esta blished common ca rri ers, we beli eve and hope that th e FCC will move very ca utiousl y

54

in granti ng li censes. We hope tha t potential effect on
future nationa l systems will b e pred ictable with a very
high d egree of probabi li ty before a ny additional experimentat io n is a ll owed , W e beli eve tha t the burd en is 'o n
the appli can ts to show, and the FCC to confirm , th at a
Illultipli ci ty of cream -route carriers is in the national interest.
The essence of the FCC d ecision was that MCI
should be give n an opportunity to sh ow tha t it can compete productively, The majority d ecision, however, emphasizrd th a t:
" Th e findings and concl1l5ions rea ched h erein apply
only to the fr equencies specified, and for the areas d esc ribed , in the ap/JZications now pending befo re us ,
Should Me! su k to obtain additional frequencies or
10 ('xlelld ils microwave service to new areas, our action
a ll il s aj!jJlicalion w ill be based on a close scrutin y of its
o /J oatiolls, th e rules then go verning the grant of applications for comm.on carrier m.icro w ave frequencies , and
all 01" er a j!f)licable /Jolicy co nsid nations, Likewise, in
c01llleclion L('ith an a/!/Jlication for rene w al of license,
we may deny the apjJlication if circumstances so w arraut or Rrant ren l'Lv al 071. such conditions as we d eem
I'.lsen tial to insurl' that Mel's su bscribers receive a reliable transmission service of accejJtable quality,"
PITsull1 a bl y th is "show-me" a pproach will apply to other
;lpplicants, and th is is th e esse nce of interest to end
users, If the FCC does take an exceedingly fine approach to nr\\' applica tions, there sh ould b e one to t\\'o
years of operat ing expe ri ence of MC I Chicago-to-St.
I,o uis befo re any new a ppli cations arc granted, Constructiol1 of nl'\\' systems wi ll req uire an addi tional one
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Arld ilional special
languages avail
able. e)( tenSlve
program library .

....

....

Compl ete utility
se rVices , IIlCI.
T ·S and remOt e
batch .
Additio nal
special
languages
availabl e.
E)(t enslve sys tems
consulting and
support servlcPs
Formerly St rategic
T lme·SharH1g. In c.
Volume dlSCOUllts
availabl e.

SO.04 /sec
On requ es t
IG E I :
NOlle I XDS I

'Company represents On-line Systems, Inc,

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SO .75 / 1K

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High -sp eed termin als
b ecorn1l1g avaliahle
Asso c o f Applied
LogI c Corp ,

Con sld c rahl ' pro pne ta ry so fl wan ~
availabl e.

IBM 1050,
1062.2740.2780
I BM 274 1,

8

5200 / mo .

NOlle

On reqlles t

120

On r eques t

52 .00 / hr .

56 .00 / m l n.

On requ es t

50 .9017.3K
c har s.

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TTY s

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6

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GE Termin el

On r equest

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On reques l

Additi onal
t er minal
p ro cesso r s

On r equest

----

Wid e r an ge o f
languages, program s,
se rvi ces.

300, plotters ,
TTY s, etc.

Maryl and
Graphic Contro ls

Corp .
Buffalo, N.Y.

H obbs Associate s,
In c.
Corona Del Mar ,

" Conti nenta l

U.S."

Cal.

DEC
PDP· l0/ 50 ;
GE 265 121

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ALGOL,
BAS IC,
XBASIC.
ED IT ,
FORTRAN
IV, LISP
BAS IC

CT S, GE
Fnd er. , TTY s

64IPDP·
101; 40

S10/ mo .

011 reques t

{eac h

GE · 2551

----

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16

55 .00·
6 .00 / hr .

SO.10 / 81<

5 1.00/ 64 0

!co rel /sec.

chars ./ mo .

IPDP ·l 01.
SO .04 /soc .
IGE 2651

chars./mo .

On requlJs l

IPDP 101.
50 .20/ 200
IGE 2651
50 .201128
c har s.
(dl sk) / mo .

Cal.
Honeywell, Inc.
Minnea polis,
Minn.

At least 8

Information
Management Corp.
Pennsauken,
New Jersey

Del .. N.J .,
Pa.

DEC
PDP· l0 121

Information
Network Corp .
Pho enix,
A r izona
Inter Access Corp.

A r iz.

IBM
S/360-44

Cal.

Pal o A l to,

H·1648

CDC 17UU,
3800

California

Interactive Com puting Corp.

Cal.

DEC
PDP· l0/ 50

Orange,
California
Interactive Data

Corp.
Wal tham,

" Conti nental

IB M
S/360 ·6 7

U. S."

Massachusetts

Int eractive
Sciences Corp.
Br aintre e,
Massachuse t ts
In ter f ace
Computer Inc.

Salt Lake City,
Utah
Int n'l. T elecompute r
N etwork Corp.
Washington, D .C.
International
T i m es h ari ng Corp.
Chaska, Minneso ta

BASIC ,
FORTRAN IV
BAS I C,
COBO L ,
COGO,
FORTRAN
IV, LI SP,
SNOBOL
SHARP

Plotters, TTY s,

CRTs, Datel,

A L GO L ,
XBAS IC,
COBO L ,
FORTRAN ,
SIMSC RIPT
BASIC,
COBO L ,
FORTRAN
IV

Univac OCT
2000, TTY s

-_.-

--_.

None

5 10.00 / hr .

On reques t

80+

S100 .00 / mo . S5 .00/ hr .

200

Non e

SO.03 / sec .

S10.00 / hr .

On request

Sl OO .OO / mo. Sl O.OO / hr .

On reques t

BASIC,
COBO L ,
FOR TR AN,
SNOBOL

Dat el, Dura,
G E T ermi net

Applo ed Log.c
aSSOCla i e
addl Ii onal t er minal s an d
languages ava il abl e.

On r eques t

BU SI ness·on en t ed
appli ca tio n s.

50. 10/ 1 K

Conversat lonal
and r emot e b a tc h
ac cess to a
common dat a base,
concurrently .
Addl tlonal sp eC ial
languages availa bl e
in cl . asse mbl er s,
edi t or s. di agnos ti cs ,
etc .
Addill onal sp eC ial
languages as w ell as

SO.60 / 1 K
chars ./mo.

----

None

300, IBM
2741 , TT Ys

Idaho,
Utah ,
Wash.

XDS
Sigma 7

BASIC,
COBO L ,
FORTRAN

T T Ys

Mi d. A t l.,

GE 635
12 back ·to backl

BAS IC ,
X BAS IC;
FOR T R AN

Date l, I BM
2741, plotters,
TTY s, et c.

CDC 3300

BASIC,
CR T s, I BM
FORT RAN I V , 2741 , plotters,
FORTRAN /
T T Ys, etc.
FTN

---60

On request

None

$13.00 /hr.
IS8.00/ hr .

Sl ,OOO / hr .

Addit ion al speC ial
languages ava ilabl e.

SO.02511 K

cha rs./mo .

54

SpeC ial mOrlthly
rat es f o r f ull ·
11I11e pr lva l l'
Illle se r vice.

chars ./day

> 100K

TT Ys

Cal., III .,

----

Dura, Frid en,

GE, IBM 274 1,
TTYs. etc.
CDC 200,
IBM 274 1,
TT Ys

X BAS IC,
FORTRAN
IV

M inn., N .Y.

----

Dat el , Dura ,

DE C
PDP ·l0/8

Ala., Conn .,

On r eques l

IBM 274 1.
TTY s

Mass., Pa .

Oh io, Va.,
W. Va .

48

e tc .

SpeCial educa tio nal
ral es . Addi ti o n al
sp eC ial langu ages
availabl e.

S25.00 / 120K
chars .!mo .

after

ALGOL and PUl

6:00 p .m.1

under r emot e batch .
Company has ex t ensive on -line fman cial data base.

.---

$7.50 / hr .

-_ ..

None

.. -.

On request

Addl tlonal sp ecia l
languages available.

Spec.al languages
incl ude assembl er
and fti e manipu lator.

120+

48
lI inesl

None

On request

$10 .00 / hr .
IT·SI ;
S25 .00/ hr .
IR.B .I
$ 10 .00/ hr.

$0 .01 / 1 K

Sl .00 / 1280

words /sec

cha r s.!mo.

I T ·SI;
$.0075!1K/
sec IR.B .I
$0 .09·
0 .0 12/sec

Provides ex t ensive
r em o t e bat ch
facilit ies . Bulk
storage rates
availabl e.

On request

' Pl ans to merge with Bo lt Berane k and Newman Inc. to form BB N-Graphic In c.

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XD5 5. gma 7
G E 26 5

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00 3,>,,1..:

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M a s~achu"e lt s

Matrr x Corp .
EI S!!gun do , Cal.

M e ulDala
Compu t ing, In :
Lo u Isvill e ,
Kentucky

Cal., M as...

I nd ., Ohi O,

GE 635 ,
IBM
S1360·6 5

GE 420

Ky .

CDC
3600 121 ;
DEC
PDP ·81 21
DEC
PDP 1018

Multlcomp In c.
Well es ley H rll s,
Ma ss ach use t t s

Cal " Ma ss. ,

On - Lm e
Sy ste ms, Inc .
Pitt sburgh,
Penn sylvanIa

o C., III. ,
N .Y .. Pa .

Phll co -Ford
Ph rl ad e lphl a , Pa .

MId . Atl. ,

Burrough s

Mi ch .

B5500

N .Y .

TTY ,
ALGOL ,
BA5 1C,
COBOL ,
FORTRAN IV ,
JOVIAL.
5NOBOL
Frld cl1 7 100 .
BASI C,
7102, TTY ,
FORTRAN

BA51C,
COGO,
FORTRAN
IV
BA51C,
FOR TR AN
IV, LI SP

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10

IlHlI

5025 1 K
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5100 .00I m o. 510 .00 hr

30

50 0 5 \I'e

1110

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TTY s

100

CRT s, Da tel,

64

NOllc

S8. 00 hr

50 .20

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52 00 2K
char'>

510000hno 510 .001hr

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1110

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IBM 274 1,
plott ers, TTY s,
e tc.

Prrm e Informalion I nc
Prrnceton,
New Jersey

M id . Atl.

Pr in ceton Ti m e
Sharing Ser Vices,
Pr ince ton, N .J .

Atl. , Conn .

Pr ogram s and
AnalysIs, I nc.
Waltham,
Massac h use t ts

Mass.

Pryor Compute r
Tune -Sharing
Chicag o, il linOIS

II I.

Rapldata
New York

Mid . Atl.,

AUCOM
Dual AL · l0
(pai rs o f

DEC
PDP· l0, 1
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5 1360 ·65

A L GOL,
BASIC,
COBO L ,
FORTRAN IV

TTY s

40

5 25 00 l m o

59 00 h r

GE 430

GE 430

GE 435

SO 12 "I't
(prr m t'),

cll ar'i

50 .08

> 7 5K

(non -f)rl rnej

( noll-p rtt nt')

5700 1hr .

50 .25I soc.

We

Realtim e
Sy stems I nc.
New Yor k Clly

Mid. Atl. ,

Burroughs

Conn .. Mass .

B5500 121

R emot e Com putlng Corp .
Lo s Angeles,
Cali fornia

Cal.

SCi en t if iC T ime
Sharing Corp.
Wash ington, D .C .

Atl.
N . Engl .

Burrough s

B5280

IBM 5 1360 ·
50 121

rna

S~)t'clal rr'rnO l l'
ha lch rat,''i

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appli cation
lan guag es

BASIC,
CPU 1,
FORTRAN

BASIC,
FOR TR AN

BASIC,
FORTRAN
IV
i<.

"A"'L.,

FORTRAN
IV

Mass.

5 100 l K

fpr ttne),

5700l hr

CRT',Dat el,

None

A LGOL ,
BA51C ,
COBO L ,
FOR T RAN
A L GO L ,
BA51C,
COBO L ,
FORTRAN IV
AP L
PLUS

5 10.00 lOO K

Dura, Frrd e n,

char s mo .

IB M 27 41 , TTY "

> l M
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etc .

C. ty

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Mo ., N .J .,

Mls~ou rr

O~ e rat I OI I~

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IM o tl651
Uni vac
494 121

Mi ch
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an d Rf' St'ar ch
Br llwsda,
M ar yl ano

S7 00

520 00

Mass ..
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CU!lllJtll", off. '" !dl l y'
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TT Y,

Fn den 7 100,
TTY ,
Uatel, u u ra ,

50 .0 6 I ,oc.

50 .8511 K

(prime ) ,

(prime ),

ct1ar s. 1rna

55 .00I hr .

50 .0 3I,oc.

( non -prune)

(non·prrme)

58 .00I hr .

50 .0 5 I,ec.

S100.00hno . 5 10.00 I hr .

30

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50.101180
cl1ar .l mo .
> 9K ehiJr s.

40

5 100.00I mo . Based on

Frrd en, IBM

S3.DO / mln

On rt'q ues t

Compa l1 Y o ff ers hlgh and low -s peed remot e
lob en t ry 11110
OS / 360 w Ith varl e ly
of I-Jrog la nguages.
Compa ny IS 8 0 ",,Orr e n ted to bu sl!less af)plr catlo rls
Afftl . of Pr yor
Co mput er Indu stri es
of Northbrook, III

volum e

274 1, plotters,
TT Y ,
60

On req ues t

57 .50 I hr .
lavgl

50 .14 I ,('c.

On requ es t

CR T ', Datel ,
Dura, IBM
2741 , p lo tt ers,
TTY " et c.

36

Non e

55 .00I hr .

50 .101,ec

On req ues t

Dat el ; Dura ;

60

CRT" ca rd ·
reade rs, IBM,
TT Ys, e tc .

Com pa ny has speC ial
f1l1anclal lan guage,
remo te hal ci1 capalJrI ·
I l l t ~S, I l' r nl ,nal
pro cesso rs

(low-s peed )

IB M 1050, 2740,
274 1; T5T 707

NOlle

S12 .00I hr .

SO . 10I,ec.

510 .00 / 32K
char s. mo .

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Idaho, I II .,

Burrough s

Systems Corp.

Ind . , Mi ch .

B5500

Chicago, Il linois

System Devel op-

Cal., D .C.,

ment Corp .
Santa Moni ca ,
California

Tex., Va .

Techni ca l
Advi so rs, In c.
Wayne, Michigan

"Conti nen tal

Tel -A -Oata , Inc .
N. Miami Beach,
F lorida

Fla .

T elecomputa tlon s,
Inc.
Silver Spring,
Maryland

Atl an tic,

ALGOL,
BASIC,
CANOE,
COBOL,
FORTRAN IV

CRT s, TTYs,

32

None;

etc.

Sl 1.00/ hr .

SO. 18 / sec.

(prlmel:

(p rime),

S5.50 /hr .

SO . 12 /sec.

(non -prime)

(nOI\ ·pr lme)

SO. 70/1 K
c ha rs mo .

storage charges va ry
with usage .

IBM
S/ 360·
65,67

CRTs, IBM
COBOL,
FORTRAN IV, 2741, TTY s
WA T FOR

40/s ys .

Varian
620A,6201

TECH ·
MAC

TTY s

9

Non e

On re qu es t

NOIll'

SO.50Ipag<'
day

Burrough s

Burrough s
BasIc
Assembl er

Burro ugh s

8

' 51,000 .00

Nonc

Naill'

Nail L'

S25 .00 / mo .

54 50 thr

NOIll!

On reque st

5 11 00 rhr

None

S 100 .00/ rno . S9 .00 / hr .

5 12 .00 / 1111 11. On requcc;,

Honeywell

H-4 16,
H ·5 16(2)

TIM, In c.

III., N .Y .,

(Tec hnology for
In fo rma t ion

OhiO, WI SC.

GE 420

Int e rac t ive MIS
Adcbtlonal ~ p l'c ' nl

ami T -S la llgllJgl'''

U .S."

300

Wi de ran ye of
portabl e and R 0
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TE CH -MAC I ~ ,J 1)10
prl c tar y, proll lt'nl '
oricilteciiallguagl!
for '>urveY lllg all(1
Incn'iu rall011

TC 500, TTY s

BASIC,
COBO L ,
EDIT,
FORTRAN IV
BASIC,
XBAS IC,
FORTRAN IV

All std . 10
cps ASCII

48

Fnd cn 7100 ,

40

XBAS IC

TTY s

Ba';lc Se rvice 1\ IIwell
tory con trol .
Addiliollal SPCClill
lilil guag es avalla!>I I'

SO . 101180

TTY s

cha r ~. f !l'l o .

Mgmr.l, A l bany,
New York
T ime Share Corp.
Hanover , New
Hamp shire

N . Engl. ,
N .J., N.Y .

Time-Sharin g
Systems, Inc.
Milwaukee,
Wi,con sln

III. , W,SC.

Tra nsdata
Phoe niX, An zona

Arrz ., Nev.

Tra nsne t Corp .
Red Bank,

N.J .

DEC
PDP·8

BAS IC,
FORTRAN

Tymshare, Inc .
Palo Alto
California

" Conti nentai

XDS 940

United Computing
Systems, In c.
Kansas City,
Missou ri

6 Central
stat es, CaL,
Colo .. Ga ..

CDC
6400 ;
GE 265,
420

University
Computing Co .
Dallas, T exas.

1 1 Centr al
stat es,
Mid. At l. ,
Cal., Fl a .,
M ass.

Hewl e tt ·
Pa cka rd

S6 .00 Ihr .

NOlle

S l .00 / 1K
char s.f rno .

Burroug hs

B5500

XDS

rlcrl, cale r!
I'IH' .., 'rvi '1'

ALGOL ,
BAS I C,
COBOL,
FORTRAN IV

TTY s

----

Card readers, TTY s 24

32

On request

None

58.50 / hr

SO.20 /soc.

Sigma 5

U .S."

Pa .

UN I VAC
1 108;
DEC
PDP ·8,9

Atl. , N . Engl. , I BM
S/ 360·
50 ,65

Pac ifi c,

Colo ., I II.,

Mo. , Oh iO,
Okla ., T ex .

Company c harge~

5600 /1110. for lIll ·
tllnlll!( I ,

Sl .60 / 2K
cha rs.lmo .

16

On request

XBASIC ,
CATs, ca rd CAL,
read ers, IB M
274 1 , plo tt ers,
EDITOR .
FORTRAN IV, TTY s, e tc.
SNOBOL IV

42

S8 0.00 /mo . S16 00 / hr

ALGOL,
BASIC.
CO BOL .
COGO,
FOR T RAN IV
A L GOL,
APT,
BASIC,
CASH,
COBO L ,
FASBAC,
FOR T RAN V

CRT s, CDC,

At leas t

O n reques t

IBM , TTY s, e tc.

70

N .J .

U.S. TimeSha ring. Inc .
Reston,
Vi rgin ia

lb

HP·2000A

Cardread ers,
CRT s, Dat el,
Dur a, GE, TTY s

CRT s, Datel,

Non e

IBM 274 1,

Additional speCial
lall guag e~ ava ilabl e .
SO .04 / sec .

On request

AddlllOnal speCial
languages availabl e;
varre tyof R ·B
and T S se rvi ces.

S7 .50 I hr .
(baSIc)

TTY s, e tc.

SO .33 / sec .
(U · ll08
execu t ion)

SO .25/1 K
chars.lmo .
(schedllled);

SO .50 / 1 K
char s.fmo.
(dema nd)

CRT s, IBM
ALGO L ,
BAS IC,
274 1 , plott ers,
FORTRAN I V, TTY s. e tc.
PLi l

60

No ne

AclchT lonal speCi al
languages and
packages for T ·S
and remo te bat ch.
Service now Includes
TYMNET International tele ·
)rocesSlno ne two r k .

S10 .00 / hr .

S10 .00 fmlll.

On requ est

(Mod. 65)

Adclltlonal speCial
langu ages and
packages for T -S
an d remot e batch
Adva nce d com r11 unlca
l ions faciliti es
under developmen l .
FleXible rate schedule.
A dd itional speCia l
languages an d
par:kages for T ·S and
remo te bat ch . R -B
terminal processors .

"S HARE 0 5 / 360 "
provi des conve rsa tional R -B access.
V IP Systems
Washington, D.C .

"Continental

I BM
5 / 360-50

U .S."

COBOL,
FOR T RAN,
PLl l ,

_..

200+

S100/ mo.

Dal el , IBM
274 1, TTYs

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CATs. Fr iden.

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"KEYPUNCH
REPLACEMENT
EQUIPMENT"

TABLE OF CONTENTS

A
5T ATE-OF-THE-ART
REPORT FROM

Section 1

HISTORY OF KEYPUNCH
Keypunch Replacement Cost Factors
Keypunch Replacement Market

Section 2

SYSTEM FUNCTIONS
Encoding
Format Control
Duplication
Interpretation
Ver ification and Error Correction
Dis p lay
Programming
Search
Data Pooling
Communications
Record Size Expans ion

Section 3

KEY· TO-TAPE HARDWARE
Stand-Alone Units
Keyboards, Code Sets, Displays
Continuous Drives
Incremental Drives
Shared-Processor Units
Other appl ications

Section 4

OVERVIEW OF SHARED-PROCESSOR
SYSTEMS
Computer-Controller Operation
Software Packages
Supervisory Control
Computational Capability
Interchangeable Keyboards
Configuration Expansion
Options
Data Manipulation

Section 5

STAND-ALONE UNITS
Equipment available from over 20
manufacturers is described and tabulated in this section .

Section 6

SHARED-PROCESSOR UNITS
Equipment a vailable from 10 manufacturers is described and tabulated
in this section.

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INFORMATICS' ICS-500 "TOTAL" SYSTEM

New communications switching system is a model "turnkey" operation in w hich Informatics assumes total responsibility fort'
overall design, hardware, software, and maintenance.

Informatics Inc. of Sherma n O aks, Ca1., one of th e la rgest independ ent softwar e sup pliers, now offers th ro ugh
its Communications System Division headqua rtered in
River E dge, N. J., com plete com m unications sw itching
systems on a turnkey basis : furni shing equi pment, softwa re, a nd suppor t services, whil e taking full responsibi lity for to ta l system performance on a fixed -price basis.
Si nce most customers intend to ope ra te a nd mainta in
their own system, In fo rma tics' fixed -price responsibilities
usua lly end a t cu to ver. If the customer requires, however, I nfor matics will accept responsibi lity for contin ued
system opera tion and m a intena nce.

THE ICS·500

T he I CS-500 Co m m uni cations Switch ing System (whi ch
uses SDS Sigma -5 eq ui pmen t ), cu rrently being ins ta ll ed
a t the Federal R eserve Ba nk of N. Y. a nd at Dun &
Bradstreet Inc., is th e fi rst of many such to ta l systcms
pac kages Informa tics expec ts to offer. Its scope. of
course, depends on specifi c customer req uirell1 ents, but
genera lly includ es the following produ cts a nd sen, ices:
computer equipment for the sll' itchi ng cen te r : a ll so ft ware necessary for switch ing center opera tion a nd
maintena nce; a ll engineering, progra mming, a nd m anagement services necessary to pla n, spec ify, and implement th e system ; a nd complete docum enta tion a nd
tra ining services,
As a n integra ted co mmunica tions s\\'itching system ,
the I CS-500 opera tes as a sto re-a nd-forward message
processing system a nd ca n be used both in a free-stand ing mode a nd as th e fro nt-end for a data processing system . It interfaces a ll types of te rm ina l eq uip ment a nd
comp uters, tra nsla tes cod es a nd form a ts \\, hen npcessa ry,
a nd permits free excha nge of d a ta and co ntrol informa tion between all connected elem ents , It a lso m onitors
th e opera tion of circuits, term ina ls, a nd co nnected CO Ill puters - as well as its ow n intern a l elements - a nd
instit u tes corrective ac tio n ei ther a u toma ti ca lly or und er
opera tor contro l when necessa ry.

of periph era l pqu ipm cn t de term in pd by individu a l customer requ irpments, Since a singk pro('Pssor norm all y
ca n ha nd le th e tra ffi c load , th e backup system is req ui red only to mon itor th p o n-line system a nd invoke
switchover pro('('dures \\, hen necessa ry, I n this posture.
the bac kup l11 ac hine src ures a ll in-bo und d a ta, checkpo in ts th e on- line 11 lad line, a nd acco m plishes switc hol'ers wi thout loss of in-bo und da ta o r discontinui ty of
se r Vi ce ,

As the mo n itoring responsibil ity ta kes on ly a sll1a ll
portion of the timp a nd Ill emo ry of th e backup system.
the I CS-500 sys tenl prOl'id es faci li ti rs \\,hich a llow the
user to per form data processing in the bac kup system
concurrr ntly \\·ith the monitorin ,!1; fu nction , The use r
has the option of perfo rming rith er batdl processing,
time-sha ring, or a co nlbin a tion of bo th in the back u])
Ill ac h ine using sns sta nda rd moni to rs ( BP;'1 or BTM ) .
la nguage processors, a nd uti lity progra JJ1s, 1..;se of til e
bac kup m ac hine as desc ribed abOl'e is in addit ion to its
n0 1'll1a l role as a nlOnitor a nd docs no t interfere \\,ith
th e chec kpo inting a nd recoyer)' processes,
For a pplica tions \\, ith vcry large tra ffi c loads or specia l
requirel11 en ts, th e dua l system mal' use both processors
on-li ne, shar ing th e loa d . \\,ith grac eful ck g ra da tio n in
th e elTnt o n(' proc esso r fai ls,
EQUIPMENT FURNISHED

Th e I CS -500 system us('s equip me nt from th p SDS Si,!:'.' Ill a-5 computer product line. T his indud es th e mod ular,
m ulti-C PU a nd I / O processo rs (up to 1:1 1K :12-bit
words; cyd e speed of 850 na noseconds ) \\, ith up to 192
2.4 megabyte ba ndwidth I / O ch a nnels : a nd a dete rm ined number of fix ed- a nd mOl' ing-hea d disks, ( I n
norm al opera tion , critical fiks a re \\Titten o n at least
t\\'O physica lly sepa ra te storage deyices. ) Pr ripil erals,
such as d ispla ys, ta pe dril'es, a nd unit record equi pnlent,
a re si mila rl y determined by system requirements, T he
communica tions interfa ce (see Fig. 1) incorpora tes a
se para te stored-logic processor and ca n a cco lllmod a te 1I P
to 128 9600 bps mixed lines.

SYSTEM ORGANIZATION

SOFTWARE

Although single processor sys tems ca n be prOl'ided where
the user can acce pt occasiona l o utages, th e basic I C S500 is a dua l processor sys tem \\,hich uses a configuration

Each installa tion is furnished \I,ith a complete se t of
programs to support its opera tion, T\\,o types of progra ms a re furnished :

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MODERN DATA / February 1970

Type 1 programs are standard product-oriented programs normally used in all installa tions. They are developed and maintained by Informatics on a productline basis, and consist of the Executive program, recovTERMINALS
OTHER
COMPUTER

COMM
INTERFACE

COMM .
INTERFACE

ON · lINE

BACKUP

MESSAGE

PROCESSOR

PROCESSOR

LOCA L SU PERV I SORY POSIT IONS

FIG. 1.

THE BASIC ICS-SOO SYSTEM

ery and switchover system, data management fa cilities,
terminal ha ndlers, comm unications service programs, and
system m aintenance facilities.
Type 2 programs are developed and maintained individually under contract, and provide the additional faci lities which, together with the facilities furnished in
the Type 1 programs, complete the requirements for
each installa tion .
To appreciate the significance of Informatics' position
with regard to software, it is necessa ry to contrast Informatics' packaged approach with the a pproach most
commonly used today, where the custo mer purchases th e
computer equipment directly from the manufacturer and
ei ther develops the necessary softwa re as a custom project
or a ttempts to use manufacturer-furnished softwa re. In
either of th ese cases, there is a fundamental division of
respo nsibility bet"'een customer, equipment manufacturer, and outside consultan ts which inevitably leads to d elays, cost escalation, a nd a system that, in the final
analysis, may not live up to expectations.

SUMMARY
This " total responsibility" approach to both software
and overall design may well be the answer to the hia tus
many prospective systems users now envision as the result of being weaned from IBM ma ternalism. But without speculating on the coincidence in timing between
the development of Informatics' new IeS-SOO d esign
philosophy and the "unbundling" announcement, the
system is impressive and the philosophy welcome.
MODERN DATA/ February 1970

CIRCLE NO. 46 ON INQUIRY CARD

77

TRAINING PROGRAM

NEW PRODUCTS
INTERACTIVE MULTI-MEDIA

The "Eduputer", a portable training
device designed to teach the basi
functions of computers in vocational
courses and industrial computer installations, simulates the operations
of a computer control p anel. While
in no way a computing d evice, the
Eduputer resembles the IBM System/ 360 Model 30's control panel,
with similar markings, dials, switch es,
and other features. The simulator is
accompanied by a set of self-instructing material tha t includes a cassette
recorder, 16 taped lectures, a cours
outline, and student and instructor
guides. Programming Sciences Corp. ,
New York, N. Y.

DURA REVERSE INDEX
FEATURE

TER~nNAL

Dura has developed an optional reverse index feature for their computer terminals and 1041 automatic
electronic typewriters. With it, the
typist is able to obtain precise page
alignment for subscripts and superscripts by indexing, up or down, a
page in one half-line increments.
Pressing the reverse index key causes
the platen to move a half-space in
the direction opposite to ' normal
platen movement for typing superscripts. To type subscripts, the reverse index is then followed by normal single-space indexing . E ach index function has a code which, when
read in the reader, adj.usts the platen
for automatic typing of equations or
formulas. Similarly, the Dura terminals (Models 1021 and 1051 ) can
transmit or receive a nd print-out
technical information from other terminals or the computer itself. Dura
Diu. of Intercontinental Systems
Inc., Palo Alto, Cal.

The INTERACTgraphic I is a
comprehensive and flexible graphics
terminal for the interactive manipula tion of three primary graphics
capabilities: hard-copy plotting, digitizing, and rapid CRT alphanumeric/vector communication. The
telephone-coupled INTERACTgraphic I provides a 34" x 44" interactive a rea for a wide range of
research, design, engineering, and
production applications. Software
permits users to create specific
graphic drawings, name them, store
them in the da ta base, and later
build with them or modify them to
construct improved or higher-level
graphic drawings. The system sells
for $39,900 and is said to operate at
a cost under $25 per term inal hour
including the cost of a time-shared
computer, or under $1 1 per terminal
hour including the cost of a small
satellite compu ter. Computeruision
Corp., Burlington, Mass.

Completely electric, the Electroline copyholder holds the reading
material directly in front of an operator's eyes. The unit is fully-adjustable, and provides its own indirect lighting source. A h and and/or
foot control advances the reading
material through the platen with
positive spacing. The spacing mecha nism affords instant indexing to
a ny space d esired. Pres-To-Line
Co rp. of America, New York, N. Y .

Circle No. 196 on Inquiry Card.

Circle No. 201 on Inquiry Card.

Circle No. 233 on Inquiry Card.

Circle No. 213 on Inquiry Card.
COPYHOLDER

MEDICAL T-S SYSTEM
The Com-Comp I , a special-purpose
conversational time-sharing system
for hospitals and clinical pathology
laboratories , utilizes a pre-programmed minicomputer with customized ROM and expandable highspeed m ain memory. The system is
designed to accept data from both
on-line labora tory analyzers and up
to 8 operator terminals. Files include
accounting as well as clinical da ta,
and patient records may be accessed
or updated by non-specialized personnel. By periodically extracting inactive records for archival storage,
the Com-Comp system can m aintain
a unified data-base for several hundred patients. Com-Camp, In c.,
Hau ppage, N . Y .
Circle No. 204 on Inquiry Card.

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MODERN DATA / February 1970

ACOUSTIC COUPLER

NEW H-P MINI

A compact acoustic coupler features
broad compatibility with data-terminal equipment and easy portability.
The coupler weighs four pounds, is
less than 13" long, and has an integral hand-hold for convenient carrying. It has no protruding handles,
levers, 'Or knobs. A molded elastomeric seal grips telephone handsets
firmly to confine transmission whine
within the coupler. The acrylic /
PVC case is engineered to eliminate
mechanical and acoustic resonances,
and the solid-state circuitry has high
immunity to both acoustic and electrical noise. The coupler's maximum
data rate is 300 baud. Transmit/
receive modes are half- or fullduplex, switch selectable. Interface
cables are available for Teletype
20ma equipment and all RS-232-B
equipment. Price of the coupler is
$395, with quantity discounts available. Info-Max, Palo Alto, Cal.

Hewlett-Packard's new Model 2114B
minicomputer, is priced a t $8500,
$1450 less than any previous H-P
computer. The 2114B features a direct memory access option, which
costs $1500 and provides a highspeed data channel tha t is assignable
under program control to any of the
computer's seven I / O channels.
Multilevel priority interrupt is standard. An optional 56-channel multiplexed I / O system is available with
or without the high-speed data channel. According to H-P, th e new computer is designed for OEM, datacommunication, instrumentation, and
educational systems and has "one of
the best price / performance ratios in
the industry." The 2114B has a
memory capacity of 4K 16-bit words
expandable to 8K and a memory
cycle of 2.0 msec. Hewlett-Packard,
Palo Alto, Cal.

Circle No. 189 on Inquiry Card.

KEY-TO-TAPE
Described as the first multiple-station data entry system to provide
complete validation of data at the
keyboard entry source, the K ey Logic
system d etects, iden tifies, and allows
errors to be corrected at th e keyboard as da ta flows through th e
CPU to disk storage. From the disk,
valida ted d a ta is read back onto a
master tape which can be processed
on th e main frame. Th e K eyLogic
system will handle up to 64 complete
029 keyboard operator terminals .
H a rdware components include the
terminals ; a CPU with 860 nanosecond cycle time (16-bit word ) ; a
2 million character fixed-head read /
write disk ; a synchronous drive tap e
unit; and a supervisor's console
which uses an IBM Selectric. Penta
Computer Assoc., Inc., N.Y., N.Y.

Circle No. 200 on Inquiry Card.

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Circle No. 195 on Inquiry Card.

LOW -COST PRINTER
TERMINAL

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C07100 Series Data Acquisition
Systems a re intended for use by industrial and scientific users in the
automated collection, recording, and
analysis of analog signals. The
C07100 basic system includes a
stored program controller with 4096
words of memory, an eight-channel
analog multiplexer, a 12-bit analogto-digital converter, a seven-track
magn etic tape recorder, and an
ASR33 TTY. The C07100 is priced
at $17,500 including software. Comput er Operations, Incorporat ed,
Beltsville, Md.

The DCT-500 free-standing, ASCIIcompatible data communication terminal consists of a new 132-column
printer mechanism, a control unit,
and a n optional keyboard . It operates in half-duplex or echo-back
(two- or four-wire ) modes a t optional speeds of 10, ] 5, or 30 cps,
and may be converted to an automatic send/ receive device with an
optional 30 CPS paper-tape reader/
punch subsystem. The DCT -500
will be available with keyboard a t
less than $100 per month including
maintenance, or about $3,400 for
outright purchase. A built-in 300baud modem can be provided for an
additional $10 per month. Initial
deliveries are planned for the spring
of 1970. Sperry Rand, Univac Div.,
Phila., Pa.

The DPI-500 consists of a DEC
mainframe with up to 8,000 words
of core memory. It is d esigned for
small business applications and is
available with magnetic tape cartridges and IBM Selectric as an I / O
device. The system offers up to
32,000 words of core memory, utilizes magnetic tape or disks, and
configurations can include an optical mark punched card or document reader, CRT, and a highspeed printer. All software is provided , and the system requires only
a clerk-typist to operate. It may be
leased for about $800.00 / mo. and
up, d epending on peripherals. Data
Processing I nternational, Clifton,
N.].

Circle No. 175 on Inquiry Card.

Circle No. 185 on Inquiry Card

Circle No. 178 on Inquiry Card.

DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM

MODERN DATA / February 1970

BUSINESS SYSTEM

79

NEW PRODUCTS

TIME-SHARING PLOTTER

MULTIPLEXERS

ALPHANUMERIC COLUMN
PRINTER
Datadyne Series 722 digital printers
can be used either as straight decimal printers or as alphanumeric
printers with a full complem ent of
64 ASCII characters. Printing ra tes
are 60, 40, 30, 20, and 10 lines per
second ; column widths a re up to 32
in increm ents of four columns. Both
table and rack mounting models are
available. Datadyne Corp., King of
Prussia, Pa.

The TSP-212 plotting system combines, in one console, a plotter controller and a Honeywell X-Y recorder . The TSP-212 System directly
connects to the IBM 2741 , IBM
1050, T eletyp es, and most other terminals. Interface through the d a ta
set or coupler is accomplished with
a single-cable connector. All controls
are conveniently positioned on a n
easy-to-read front pa nel, and plot
size is continuously variable up to
a maximum of II" x 17". BASIC
and FORTRAN sub-routines accepted by most time-share systems
a nd major-make computers are supplied cost-free with the TSP-212.
The ro utines a re usable with many
compu ters not having full ASCII
code-set output capability. Software
is written so that scaling and dim ension factors a re easy to use and opera tor-oriented; alphanumerics and
symbols routines offer equal facility.
Time Share Peripherals Corp., W ilton, Conn.

Two new multiplexers, designated
types TTC-2000 and TTC-3000, are
designed for use with a wide variety
of remote terminal units. The TTC2000 "Mobilizer" multiplexes 2 to
38 ch annels and h as individual channel indicators that show system traffic - a flip of the switch verifies the
availability of channels. The TTC3000 " Optimizer" is intended fo r
computer time-sharing networks in
which the load shifts from city to
city at different times, such as with
time zone cha nges. It permits full
concentration from multiple cities
for up to 38 channels on a single
phone circuit. Both multiplexers
transmit over a single 3 KHz T ype
3002 voice-grade circuit. They can
be easily expanded at any time by
plugging in additional ch annel cards.
Operation is fully automatic; all interfaces are sta ndard ETA RS-232B,
and a built-in -error control elimina tes terminal disconnects. T el-Tec h
Corp., Silver Spring, Md.

Circle No. 232 on Inquiry Card.

Circle No. 183 on Inquiry Card.

Circle No. 187 on Inquiry Card.

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INTERFACE SYSTEM
A new system from Princeton Applied Research Corp., reduces realtime experimental d ata, then transfers the da ta to a remote timeshared computer. The researcher
can then conduct immediate ind epth analyses of the data h e collects by interacting with the computer via telephone. The data
storage capacity of the large, general-purpose computer also allows
80

the appropriate instrument modules
making up the Model 131. Output
from analog experimental instrum ents is multiplexed by the Model
26 1 Analog Multiplexer, then converted to digital form by the Model
260 Analog/ Digital Converter. Output from this module - as well as
output data from digital experimental instruments - is fed to the
Model 263 Digital Multiplexer,
which converts the input to serial
form for output to a teletypewriter,
acoustic coupler, or data set fo r in terconnection with the remote computer. The modula r construction of
the system permits the user to select
only those modules which are necessary for his da ta reduction application. The modules a re of RIM
(R esearch Instrument Module) d esign and are compatible with the
widely accepted NIM (Nuclear Instrument M odule ) series developed
by the AEC. Price of the Model 131
is approximately $5200, depending
on modules selected . Prince ton Applied R esearch Corp ., Princeton,

the researcher to collect huge quantities of da ta for complex programs.
Special-cha racter detection circuits
permit the experiment to be controlled by the remote computer.
The P.A.R. Model 131 Instrument / Computer Interface System
can accept experimental data from
up to 90 analog a nd digital instruments such as signal averagers, lockin amplifiers, signal correia tors,
polarographic instruments and other N.J.
precision measuring instruments.
These data are then processed by Circle No. 209 on Inquiry Card.

MODERN DATA/February 1970

MAG TAPE DATA ENTRY SYSTEM
The Singer 4300 M agnetic Data Recording System enables any user of conventional magnetic tape drives to
record data directly from a keyboard which is nearly
identi cal to the traditional keypunch device. The system's basic unit, th e 4301 Magnetic Data Record er, is
a self-contained, free -standing operator work station con-

sisting of a keyboard, a display console, and a magnetic
tape deck which produces, a nd also verifies, high-d ensity
computer-compatible magnetic tape for imm ediate computer entry. Several operators can enter records to the
430 1 t ape deck from other 4301s or th e second unit in
the 4300 fam ily of modular machines - the 4302 M agnetic Data K eyboard, which is simply a 43 01 without a
tape deck. This system can accommodate up to eight
work stations and the 4301s or 4302s can be intermixed
in a ny combination. A third unit in the 4300 family is
the 4303 Magnetic Data C entral Pooler, wh ich ca n be
the basis of a larger pooling system. Up to 16 operators
can key information from 4301s and / or 4302s to the
4303 central pooler. If an even la rger configuration is
needed, the 4304 Magnetic Data Central Pooler can ac commodate up to 64 operators from 4301 or 4302 keyboards. Purchase price of the 4:l00 system units begins
at $4,500. ShO\\"l1 in the photo are (I-r ) : the 4302
Magnetic Data K eyboard, the 4303 Magnetic Dntn
Central Pooler (wh ich includ es a 4302 keyboard for
programming and other entry and monitoring operntions ) , and the 430 1 Magnetic Data R ecord er. Fridell
Diu. of the Singer Co ., San Leandro, Cal.
Circle No. 194 on Inquiry Card.

DISK TAPE MEMORY SYSTEM

VOICE RESPONSE U NIT

DATA SET

The 1640 Disk T a pe is a newlypatented mag tape system whose
performance falls between that of
tape and disk systems. A multi-tape
device (2, 4, 6, or 8 reels ), it is
capable of storing up to 30 million
8-bit bytes with a n access time of 30
seconds or less and a data transfer
ra te of over 16 thousand bytes per
second. The bi-phase (frequency
doubling ) method of recording is
used so that data densities of 1600
bits per inch are realized . T ape
speed is 90 inches per second. Data
is reco rded in bit serial on four pairs
of tracks, two pairs in each direction
per tape. Up to 32 pairs of tracks
are available for an 8-tape unit.
Each track of the 1640 will store a
theoretical maximum of 8,640,000
bits. Record search can be perform ed in both the forwa rd and reverse direction. Simultaneous read
and write operations are possible.
Each ta pe operates independently
and is completely interchangeable.
Electronic Engineering Co. of California , Santa Ana, Cal.

The Datatrol CI-114 Voice R esponse
Unit provides Touch-Tone telephone input with voice response con trolled by an IBM 1130 computing
system. It is connected to the Storage Access Channel (SAC or SAC
II ) of the computer and controls
Bell 403 Datasets and a built-in
speech d evice. Options include control of a Bell 80 1 Automa tic Calling
Unit, a multiplexer, a real-time
clock, and a local loud-speaker. The
CI-114 allows the user to send da ta
to, or request data from, the computer from the keyboard of his
Touch-Tone telepl;.cme, and receive,
in return, spoken 'messages assem bled
by the computer. Using the Auto matic Calling Unit, the computer
may dial the user a nd deliver messages or requ est data. 31, 63, 93 , or
189 words, or combina tions of words
and phrases, are available for the
speech device. The basic CI-114
with single-line capability sells for
$8,200 including softvvare. Datatrol
In c., Hudson, Mass.

The Model L2202C data set ena bles vo ice-band, full -duplex transmission of da ta at speeds up to 1800
bi ts- per-second between customerowned business machines and data
processing equ ipment. A built-in
six-button key telephone auxiliary
set provid es for alterna te voice and
d nta comm unicntion between l(,le-

Circle No. 181 on Inquiry Card.
MODERN DATA/ February 1970

Circle No. 197 on Inquiry Card.

phon e sta tions in both th e exchange
a nd toll switch ed voice message
(DDD ) network a nd in private or
leased lin es. The unit is fully com pa tibl e with the W.E . "202C" an d
mee ts thc requirements of EIA standa rd RS-232B. L ynch Communication Systems, San Fran cisco, Cal.
Circle No. 207 on Inquiry Card.
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Free your
big systems resources. • •
go COPEJ
Don 't overload your super computer
with communications and peripheral
tasks. Free it to do what it was designed to do, unhampered by timeand-memory-consuming chores that
can be performed more economically
and efficiently. How?
Go COPEI With COPE (from Communications Oriented Proces sing
Equipment) systems, you can reduce
the use of systems resources , co re
storage and data channels and sti ll
expand the number of readers , printers and remote terminals. The complete communications subsystem provides exte nsive softwa re and hardware advantages. For example, one
COPE Comm unication Contro ller can
handle up to 30 peripherals and/or
COPE remote terminals as well as
mu lti ple central processors.
The UCC COPE family of programmable remote termina ls offers industry's best cost/benefit ratio. This family in cludes seven members , allowing
you to select the read ing /p rinting
combination best suited to your
requirements.
You can grow with COP E as your
data communication requirements

mode ove r voice-grade telephone
lines utilizing 4800 or 9600 bps
modems.
Speed , compatibility, flex ib ility,
adaptabil ity - these four words best
describe the COPE product line. Need
further convincing? Then contact:
Marketinq Coordinator , Data Communication Systems Division. 2659 Nova
Drive , Dallas , Texas 752 29, (214)
241-3501.
Communica tions
Mode

grow. The CO PE family can be field
upg raded from the low cost CO PE
.30 series to COP E 41 status (1250
LPM , 600 CPM) And the top of the
COPE line , the 45 (1250 LPM , 1500
CPM), is software compatible with all
other COPEs.
COPE termina ls feature dial - up
flexibil ity, allowing them to access
most large -scale computers in the
United States through the standard
telephone network by simulating the
IBM 2780 and Univac 1004 terminals.
COPEs also operate in the ful l-duplex
(concurrent reading and printing)

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DATA COMMUNICATION S Y STEMS DIVISION
2659 No va Drive I Dallas , Texas 75229

MODERN DATA/ Februa ry 1970

CIRCLE NO. 47 ON INQUIRY CARD

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COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM

NEW SOFTWARE AND SERVICES

ECONOMIC EVALUATION
SYSTEM

REMOTE BATCH BUSINESS
P ACKAGES

CUES (Computer Utilization Economics System ) provides the ma nager with necessary information to
evalu a te an investment proposal, including present va lue, internal ra te
of return, payout period, number of
ti mes investment returned , a nd other
measures. The user provides cost
estima tes a nd income proj ec tions,
and th e system ca lcula tes depreciation, tax credits, fed eral corpora te
income tax, cash flows, etc. The
time-sharing version of CUES contains a rerun option with conversational mode d a ta modifications, allowing the ma nager to ask " Wha t
if?" qu estions a nd obtain imm edia te
results. Comput er Utilization In c.,
Austin, Texas.

RBBP, a Fortran IV remote batch
business p ackage, is d esigned for use
on most popula r computers supporting Fortra n IV. The package, which
is offered in addition to the compa ny's Time-Sha ring Business Package, will perform the basic accounting fun ctions of payroll, accounts
payable, accounts receivable, inventory control, journal, general
ledger, profit and loss, balance
sheet, transaction -checking; a nd
prepara tion of invoices, sta tements,
a nd mailing labels. In addition, a
va riety of information handling
routines a re supplied . Price of the
package ra nges from $20,000 to
$40,000, depending upon the computer and operating system , a nd includ es installa tion, trammg, and
complete systems and opera tors docum en ta tion . Computing Corpo ration of America, I nc ., Englewood,
Colo.

Circle No. 258 on Inquiry Card.

MED ICAL ACCOUNTING
SYSTEM

Circle No. 236 on Inquiry Card.

A generalized communication system
of modula r design, called Telecommunica tion Inf o r ma ti on Management Executive (TIME ) will run on
an S/ 360 Model 25 or la rger, as
or DO'S. It will h andle any da ta
bank using any type of IBM-supported terminal devices in any d esired combina tion. Applica tion modules can be written in COBOL or
FORTRAN as well as assembl er
la nguage. The system is offered a t
a cost of $10,000 to $]8,500 d epend ing on the terminal control mod ules
required . Present opera tion al term inal support includes IBM 2260 C RT ,
IBM ] 050 Da ta Communications
Terminal, a nd IBM 7770 Audio R esponse. The design of TIME is such
tha t modules to su pport addi tional
terminal types can be easily add ed.
S haw Systems Associates, H ouston,
T exas
C ircle No. 249 on Inquiry Card .

INCOME TAX PROGRAM
INSTA-TAX, a computer program
for ca lculating individual income tax
for the 1969 tax yea r, perform s all
ca lcula tions required for th e 1040
form a nd associa ted sch edul es. U tilizing time-sh a ring computers, INSTA-TAX allows tax services, CPA
firms, a nd other specialists to prepa re their returns in minutes within
th eir O\\'n offices. Th e returns are
prepa red in finish ed format rea dy
for fi ling. S hared Applications, I nc.,
Ann Arbor, Mich .

The M edical Institutions Financial
Accounting System (MIFACS ) is
applicable to hospitals, nursing
homes, a nd oth er medical institutions, a nd is based on th e IBM
SHAS progra ms. MIF ACS consists
of 5 sepa ra te subsystems ( Pa tient
Billing, Accounts R eceivable, Inventory, Payroll / Personnel, and Ac(,ounts Paya ble) written in RPG,
Assembly Language, a nd COBOL.
In a non-teleprocessing environm ent,
th e progra ms will run on a 48K or
la rger S / 360. The teleprocessing n rsion requires a ] 28K or larger system. Peripheral requirements vary
depending on volum es and fil e sizes,
however, minimum r e quir e m e nts
,,"ou ld include two ta pe drives a nd
three 2311 disk storage units . The
entire system is priced at $50,000,
less maintena nce. Prices for each
subsystem are also available. E xecutive Co m put er S ystems, I nc., Oakbroo k, Ill.

The Finan c i a l Busin ess Package
(FBP ) is a group of Fortra n IV progra ms tha t have been written to
opera te on most time-sha ring computers . By merely entering ledger
disbursements, the FBP wi ll genera te : detailed general ledger, yea r-toda te profit / loss sta tements, current
period profit / loss sta tements, bala nce
sheets, disb ursement vou chers, and
a va ri ety of charts. The package
wi ll opera te with a ny a ppropria te
terminal device supported by timesha ring utilities. 33ASRs \\'ith coupler or modem a re adequa te for
many opera tions. Paper ta pe, magnetic tape, or cards may be used for
dis bu rs e m e n t inputs. Computing
C orporation of America, I nc., Englewood, Colo.

Custom-d esigned termin al soft wa re
programs for na me, address, and
demographi c informa tion utilizing
on-line terminal input, optica l sca nning, or keypunch include input /
output, nam e, address, zip , selec tion
factors, edit programs, and quality
('ontrol und er the IBM full opera ting system. Arra ngements m ay be
made to provid e for installa tion, impl ementation, a nd training. Dart
I ndustries I nc ., Market Com pilation
Bureau, No. H ollywood, Cal .

Circle No. 244 on Inquiry Card.

C ircle No. 237 on Inquiry Card.

Circle No. 242 on Inquiry Card.

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FINANCIAL T-S PACKAGE

Circle No. 248 on Inquiry Card.

TERMINAL INPUT
SOFTWARE

MODERN DATA/ February 1970

F U ND RAISING P ACK AGE
G RIPS, a G ift R eporting a nd I nforma tion Processing System , is availa ble to suppo rt fun d- raising cam pa ig ns of coll eges a nd un i\"ersi ties.
and to ma intain alumni a nd prospect
reco rds . Th e system maintains a set
of data fil es rela ted to donors, accounts, and sta tisti cs for gift processing a nd selec tive mailing. I n addition, it will produ ce acknowledgements a nd pledge remind ers as well
as ma nagement a nd analytical reports. I ntern ational Data Ap plications, I nc ., M ontgomeryville, Pa.
Circle No. 240 on Inquiry Card.

U NIV AC SOFTWAR E
T hree programs recently d eveloped
fo r use with Univac compu ter systems consist of a linear programming
system for U nivac 9000 series computers ; a ma them a tical programm ing system, designed fo r the U nivac
494 system, and a fu nctional mathematical programming system for
th e Univac 1108 and Univac 1106
la rge-scale computers. T he packages are suitable fo r use in such
areas as investment planning, prod uction sched uling, dynamic capital
budgeting, advertising media selection , job shop scheduling, fleet assignment, a nd fleet composition. Univac Div. of SP erry R and, Philadelphia, Pa.
Circle No. 238 on Inquiry Card.

INTERACTIVE D ATA
MAN AGEMENT
D S/ l , an interactive da ta management system opera tes under DOS on
S / 360s beginning with the Model
30 (min. 32K core ) a nd with either
23 11 or 2314 disk storage. DS / l accepts inquiry, upd ating, or errorcorrection commands typed in standard English p hrases a nd responds
simila rly. The user can count how
many entries in the file m eet criteria
h e specifies a t the term inal, print the
entire conten ts of the qualifying entries, or print selected informa tion in
any order he d esires. Basic mon th ly
lease p rice is $350. System D evelopment Corp., Santa Mon ica, Cal.
C ircle No. 250 on I nquiry C ard.
MODERN DATA/ Februa ry 1970

J\ IEAS U R EJ\I ENT SERV I C E
SYSTEM

O C R SE LECTION SERV I C E

M easuremcnt Scn 'ice System (:'1SS )
operates on a ny IBM S / 360 using
DOS. It a llows users to acco unt for
the instru ction execution time for
each prog ram runn ing in each partition of memory. For each program
run, MSS records th e start, stop,
wait, supervisor, a nd problem partition times. Also indica ted a re id le
time by pa rtition, a bnor mal termina tion cod es, test or produ ction run
indications, a nd oth er relevant data .
The sys tem does not disrupt normal
da ta processing opera tions, alter the
logic, nor degrade the execution of
the DOS supervisor to any significant extent. W ebster Computer
Corp. , Danbury, Conn .

A highly-spec ialized new service
OCR Evalua tion a nd Selection
is d esigned to aid in th e selec tion
of OC R equipment. T he procedu re
enta ils: ( 1) a n in-d epth stu dy and
report of the client's requirem ents:
(2 ) a request to m anu facturers for
a proposed system ; (3 ) evalua tion
of each proposal based on price, applica tion, etc.; (4 ) prepa ra tion of a
report li sting and comparing pf'rtinen t fea tures ; (5) determina tion
of the most a ppropriate system for
purchase. The company can also
assist th e cl ient after the purchase,
with progra mming, systems analysis,
etc. R ecognition T echnology I nc .,
Phila, Pa.

C ircle N o. 251 on Inquiry Ca rd.

Circle No. 253 on Inquiry C ard.

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Babson Park. Mass 02157

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ALPHANUMERIC READOUT

NEW LITERATURE

PDP·l1 HANDBOOK

"SYNERGETIC" PROCESSOR

Digital Equipment Corp.'s new 16-bit
PDP-II computer is described in a 108page handbook which provides a comprehensive overvi ew of the system stru cture, the instruction repertoire, I/O programming, peripherals, general interfacing, software, and console operation.
Digital Equipment Corporat io n, Maynard, Mass.

A 4-page brochure describes Redcor's
RC 77 system, incorporating two processors, each with its own memory, so that
real-time an d batch jobs can be run
simultaneously. Redcor C orp., Can oga
Park, Cal.
Circle No. 319 on Inquiry Card.

Circle No. 312 on Inquiry Card.
COBOL TRAINING
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
Brochure describes cou rses for managers a nd computer systems professionals. Professiona l servi ces in clude th e
gu idance and trai ning necessary for the
developm ent of successful integrated inhouse educat ional capab ilities . Wiley
Systems, In c., Bethesda, Md.

Literaturc describes an edu cational pro·
gram designed to eva luate and train
COBOL programmers. The two fold
progralll is d esign ed to: ( I ) evaluate
the COBOL proficiency lcvel of a progra mlll er/ analyst, and (2 ) trai n th e
analyst in any " 'ca k areas that may
ex ist. CCA Computer Asso ciat es, In c. ,
E. Orange, N. f.

Circle No. 322 on Inquiry Card.

Circle No. 306 on Inquiry Card.

A 6-page illustrated techni cal brochure
and supplementary produ ct data sh eet
describe the key features of a new alphanumeric display, including its ab ility
to present numerals, letters, forei gn alphabets and characters, symbols, and
other types of charac ters. These can b
di spl ayed in va rying sizes or ch aracter
styles, at vie"'ing angles up to 160 0 •
Madatron Corp., Whipp any, N. f.
Circle No. 315 on Inquiry Card.

SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM
The CompuSignal System -3 digital signal processing system (CSS-3 ) is described in an eight-page, 2-color brochure. Included a re typi cal p erform an e
spectra, technical specifications, and
areas of appli cat ion. The CSS-3 is an
off-th e-shelf approach fe aturing analog
input sam'pling to 50 kHz, di gita l conversion, a programmed 16-bit di gital
compu ter with 4K memory, two la-bit
D / A output chann els, an X-V displ ay, a
tel etypew riter with tape reader an d
punch, a programmed sample- rate controller, a desk an d control console, and
complete software. Com/Jut er Signal
Pro cessors, Burlington, M ass .
Circle No. 307 on Inquiry Card.

More message In less line time. Because this readout
terminal sprints as It prints ... it literally outstrips the
field ... and does It far longer, with a minimum of 100
million maintenance-free operatlonsl Size and weight
are surprisingly small, but the 64 charactere (ASCII code)
are large. Resu lt: v!.;tually instantaneous readout of .120"
high x .079" wide clFaracters, spaced nine per
Inch. Send coupon today.

NEW DATALINE
DESK TOP
STRIP PRINTER
REDUCES
LINE TIME.

CASSETTE TAPE UNITS
A 4-page brochure detai ls in text, diagrams, and photos the operat ion and
application of a new line of read / write
serial, true incremental di gital cassette
tape reco rder/ rep rodu cers. The publi cation also describes th e \'ari ous models in
produ ction for different signal sources .
M obark Instrum ents Corporation, Sunnyvale, Cal.
Circle No. 316 on Inquiry Card.

RECORD STORAGE GUIDE

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"Guide To Better Re cord Storage Systellls" sim plifies the selection of record
storage systems cOlllpatible with the
needs of various organi za ti ons an d de·
partments. The 22-page guide covers
equipment for the storage of letters, legal forms, checks, tab cards, deposit
slips, ledger sheets, invoices, vou chers,
sales sli ps, microfilm, and other " hard
copy" records. Special equipment for
fi ling tab cards and binding/filing EDP
printouts is also included. Bankers Box/
record storage systems, Franklin Park, Ill.
Circle No. 301 on Inquiry Card.
MODERN DATA/ February 1970

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In additio n to its outstanding
performance, the Datapoint 3300 is
ava ilable now, We 're proud of this
expanding list of suppliers who are
helping us place Datapoint 3300s in your
hands immediately.
Ask your terminal supplier about
immediate delivery of the Datapoint 3300
CRT terminal.

Canad ian Engineering Surveys, Ltd ., Edm onton , Alberta , Canada
Consolidated Computer Services, Ltd ., Toronto 1, Ontario, Canada
Data Automation Co., Dallas , Texas
Multiple Access General Computer Corp., Ltd ., Don Mills 403 ,
Ontario, Canada
Sexton Data Products, Inc ., Minneapolis , Minn .
Tel-Tex , Inc., Pasadena , Te xas
Time-Sharing Terminals, Inc. , Rockville , Md.
Tymshare, Inc., Palo Alto, Calif.

Computer
Terminal
Corporation
A TEXAS CORPORATION
HOM E OFFICE: 9725 Datapoint Drive. San Antonio , Texas 78229 , (512) 696·4520
REGI ONAL OFFICES: WESTERN - 3807 Wi lshire Blvd. , los Angeles , Calif. 90 005 , (213 ) 380 ·2497 • MIDWESTERN - 7851 Metro Parkway, Minneapolis Minn . 55420, (612) 727 · 1344
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MODERN DATA/ February 1970

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NEW LITERATURE
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
CREDIT UNION SYSTEM
Three-color, ten-page brochure describ es
CUTLAS (Credit Union Techniques for
Loans and Shares ) , a specially-designed
system for the co mputerized control an d
ana lysis of credit union operations. The
brochure illustrates 21 reports whi ch
provide th e credit un ion with data to
con form to gove rnm ental regul ations
and, more importantly, to achi eve effi ciencies and redu ce operation al expenses . Comstec, I nc., Jenkintown, Pa.
Circle No. 309 on Inquiry Card.

OCR FORMS
A 4-page brochure illustrates the various
types of O C R forms manufact ured by
Acme. D atagraphic Business Systems,
Inc. D escribed are Cll t forms, con tinuous forms, and unit sets. Acme D atagrajJhic Business Syst ems, I nc., S o.
H ackensack, N. J.
C ircle No. 300 on Inquiry Card.

PRODUCTION TYPING AIDS
Brochllre desc ribes the i\l[oore F orm ali ner unit and the Moore M anu al and
Electri ca l V erti cal Space rs. The Form ali ner adap ts to electri c ty pewriters and
co mputer co nsole units for cont inuous
form s writing and long run production.
The Electri ca l Vertica l Space r provid es
a uto ma ti c spacing of forms past \"Crtica l
non-write areas to speed up forms typing operat ions . Programming for skips
can be acco mp lished with uniqu e bea d
cha in elements ,,·hi ch ca n be easily interchange cl . Jl100re Business Forms, In c.,
Niagara Falls, N. Y.
C ircle No. 318 on Inquiry Card.

SCHEDULING AND
PRODUCTION CONTROL
Four-page brochur e introdu ces new
compllteri zed produ cti on control and
schedulin g services for job-shop manufa ctllring and assembly p lants. The brochure lists th e outstandin g features of
the system " 'hi ( h include sc hedu ling. loca tion of parts in process, priority li sts,
de li ve ry promise dates, and long and
short term management information . In
additi on, it lists the types of reports ge nerated and th e various app li cations for
whi ch it was designed. Creative L ogic
Corp., Paramus, N. J.

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AMERICAN DATA SYSTEMS
Agenc y, Jordan Adverti sing, Inc.
APPLIED LOGIC CORP.
. ...
Age ncy , Mo rt Bari sh ASSOCia tes, Inc.
AUERBACH INFO, INC.
Agency, Arndt, Preston, Chapin, Lam b & Keen, Inc.
BCD COMPUTING CORP .
. ........ .
Agency, Industrial Public Rel atio ns, Inc.
COMPAT CORP. ... . ..... . . . . . .. . ...... . • .
Ag ency, W. C. Walk e r Ma rk eting
COMPUTER MEMORY DEVICES INC.
Age ncy, G. M. Bronson Co., Inc.
COMPUTER OPTICS INC. ...
Agency , J. Sponz a & Associa tes
COMPUTER TERMINAL CORP . ............
. ... . .
Agency : Management Communication Consultant s Inc.
COMPUTER TRANSCEIVER SYSTEMS , INC.
Agency: Pun ch Associates
CONNECTICUT TECHNICAL CORP .
CONTROL DATA CORP . . ....... .
Agency, Barnes·Champ/ Advert ising
DATACRAFT CORP . . . . . . . . . . . .
Agency , Neals & Hi cko k Inc.
DATA GENERAL CORP. . .
Agency , Pea rson Gu y Weiss Inc.
DATALINE INC. .. . ............ . .. .
Agency, Indu str ial Public Re lations, In c.
DATA MEMORY INC.
Agency, Ha l La wrence Inc.
DATAPROBE INC . .......... .
Agency, Raymond Hamme l Adve rti sing, Inc.
DATARAM CORP.
Agency, Industr ial Public Reldtio ns, In c.
DRESSER SYSTEMS, INC. ..
Agency , Riv es, Dyke and Co., In c.
EMR COMPUTER .. ...
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ELECTRONIC ASSOCIATES , INC. .. '
Ag en cy, Ross Roy of New York In c.
FLORES ASSOCIATES
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GAF CORP.
OFFICE SYSTEMS DIV. BUSINESS FORMS
Agency, Palm & Patte rson Inc.
GRI COMPUTER CORP . . . . .......... .... .. .
Agency, Larcom Rand ," Adve rti s ing, In c.
GENERAL AUTOMATION, INC. . . . .. . ... . .
Agency, Gordon & Ba ldwin Adve rti sing
GENERAL DATACOMM INDUSTRIES
Agency , CCM, Inc.
HEWLETT·PACKARD . ......... . . ..
Agency , Lennen & Newell / Pa cific
HONEYWElL
COMPUTER CO NTROL DIV.......... . ... . . . .
Agen cy, Creame r Trowbridge, Case & Basfo rd, In c.
INFOTEC, tNe. .... . ...... . ..... .
Ag ency: Robin Adverti sing Se rvices Inc.
INFOTON INC.
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Agency, MaslOW, Gold & Rot hsch il d, Inc.
INTER· ACT CORP. . .... .
Age ncy: Fern / Hanaway, In t::.
INTERDATA . . ............ . ...
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Age ncy, Leggett & Mumford
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION CORP .
A MI LGO CO. ..
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LOCKHEED ElECTRONICS . . .
Agency, McCann · Erickson, In c.
MICRO SYSTEMS INC.
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Agency: Jame s Brunton Adverti si ng

MOORE BUSINESS FORMS, INC. ..
Ag ency, Rum rill·Hoyt, Inc .
MOTOROLA INSTRUMENTATION & CONTROL INC.
Agen cy, Thomas R. Sundheim Inc.
RAYTHEON COMPUTER . .... .
Agency , Du rel Advertising
SPEAR & STAFF, INC.
TRW SYSTEMS GROUP ... ..
Agency, Fuller & Smith & Ro ss Inc.
TECHNITREND , INC. ...
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Agency, Indu strial Pub lic Relation s, Inc.
TYPAGRAPH CORP . . . ... . .................... •.
Agency, Arnold J. Lipman Assoc iates
UNITED TELECONTROL ElECTRONICS
Agen cy , Leggett & Mumfo rd
UNIVERSITY COMPUTING CO .
DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS DIV.
Agen cy : Management Communication Consul tant s Inc.
VARIAN DATA MACHINES . . . . . .
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Ag ency, N. W. Ayer/ Jorgensen/ MacDona ld, In c.
VERMONT RESEARCH CORP.
Agency, Hill, Holliday, Connors, Co, mopulos, Inc.
VIDEO SYSTEMS CORP. ...... . ..... ... .
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