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TYPICAL APPLICATIONS (Reproduced from actual

S·C

4020

film output)

PERT

CHARTS

CURVE

PLOTTING

MAPPING

COMPUTER

GENERATED

DRAWINGS

PLOTTING EXTRA

LENGTH CHARTS

(USING FRAME

BUTTING TECHNIQUE

TOOL PATH

DRAWING

BUSINESS

GRAPHS

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ORBITAL

PLOTTING

SOC

4020

Fast, Efficient Computer

Recorder-plots

curves, prints alphanumerics, checks

APT

program-

ming, draws schedule networks, charts management data, portrays computer-developed drawings, and

generates animated motion pictures. Presents computer output on face

of

a unique

CRT

tube known

as

the CHARACTRON® Shaped Beam Tube (shown below). Information displayed on the tube face is

re-

corded automatically on microfilm and photorecording paper.

CHARACTRON®

SHAPED

BEAM

TUBE

CONVERGENCE

COIL

YOKE

ADJUSTER

HELICAL

ACCELERATOR

DEFLECTION

YOKE

VIEWING

SCREEN

MAGNETIC

SHIELD

ELECTRON

GUN

REFERENCE

PLATES

FOCUS

ELECTRODE

The

SoC

4020 is

an

electronic

system

capable

of

oper-

ating

on-line

with

a

computer

or of

accepting

digital

magnetic

tape

signals

and

converting

binary

or

BCD

codes

into

combinations

of

alphanumeric

printing,

curve

plotting

and

line

drawings.

The

4020

records

the

information

at

high

speeds

on

both

microfilm

and

photorecording

paper.

The

recorder's

microfilm

output

can

be

made

compatible

with

existing

film

storage

and

retrieval

systems.

The

4020's

ability

to

translate

coded

data

into

com-

plex

annotated

graphs

and

drawings

at

high

speeds

makes

it

an

ideal

peripheral

output

tool

for

either

the

scientific

or

business

computing

installation.

This

added

flexibility

in

turn

makes

the

computer

com-

plex

more

useful

to

additional

departments

within

an

organization.

The

SoC

4020

can

be

either

leased

or

purchased

outright.

An

experienced

customer

service

organiza-

tion

provides

service

throughout

the

United

States

and

in

Europe.

In

addition,

4020

Service

Bureaus

are

in

operation

on

both

coasts

of

the

U.S.

where

re-

corders

may

be

leased

by

the

job

for

evaluation

pur-

poses.

The

system

has

economically

justified

its

use

in

several

dozen

computing

installations.

HOW IT WORKS

The

SoC

4020 uses a CHARACTRONR

Shaped

Beam

Tube

as a

generator

for

characters,

lines

or

curves.

The

heart

of

the

tube

is a

small

stencil-like

matrix

(a

thin

metallic

disc

with

alphanumeric

and

symbolic

characters

etched

through

it),

which

is

placed

in

front

of

the

electron

gun.

The

beam

of

electrons,

emitted

from

the

cathode,

is

collimated,

focused

and

electrostatically

deflected

to

cover

only

one

character

in

the

matrix.

The

elec-

tron

beam

is

extruded

through

the

selected

matrix

character

and

impinges

on

the

phosphor

of

the

CSBT.

The

phosphor

is

illuminated

in

the

shape

of

the

ex-

truded

\Jeam

and

is

projected

through

the

lens

onto

the

microfilm

for

permanent

record.

RECORDING

Recording

can

be

accomplished

on

35

or

16

mm

film,

either

perforated

or

non-perforated.

The

camera

is

mounted

directly

opposite

the

tube

screen.

For

sim-

ultaneously

recording

on

paper

for

hardcopy

output,

a

special

camera

(F80

or

F165) is

optically

aligned

with

the

tube

screen

and

produces

a

format

on

the

paper

71

12

inches

square.

Standard

formats,

which

do

not

vary

from

frame

to

frame,

such

as

company

forms.

symbols

or

maps,

may

be

superimposed

over

the

frame

by

the

forms

projector;

thereby

saving

valuable

computer

time.

SPEED

The

SoC

4020 system

can

accept

data

from

magnetic

tape

at

rates

up

to 90,000

six-bit

characters

per

sec-

ond.

The

SoC

4020

records

this

data

at

speeds

of

12,000

characters

per

second

and

prints

approximately

5,600

lines

per

minute.

Operating

on-line

with

a

com-

puter

providing

36-bit

words,

the

SoC

4020

records

17,000

characters

per

second

and

prints

approx-

imately

8,000

lines

per

minute.

Frames

combining

characters,

axes,

vectors

and

curves

vary

with

the

complexity

of

the

drawing,

but

an

average

annotated

graph

can

be

recorded

in

a

fraction

of

a

second.

The

equipment's

high-density

tape

adapter

(F53

Series)

results

in

minimum

use

of

computer

time.

USERS

SOCI

ETY

Users

of

SoC

4020s

have

organized

to

share

ideas,

ap-

plications

and

programming

techniques.

Named

UAIDE

for

"Users

of

Automatic

Information

Dis-

play

Equipment,"

the

society

has

a

software

library

and

holds

yearly

seminars

to

interchange

information.

COMPUTER OUTPUT SUB-ROUTINE PACKAGE

The

SoC

4020

output

package

consists

of

a

set

of

pro-

gramming

subroutines

for

printing

and

plotting

data

on

the

SoC

4020.

Packages

are

presently

available

for

IBM

704, 7090, 7094,

GE

225,

CDC

160A, 1604,

UNI-

VAC

1107

an«;l

other

computers.

APPLICATIONS

The

SoC

4020

can

be

employed

to

record

tabular

and

other

alphanumeric

information

such

as

stock

cata-

logs,

program

debugging,

and

other

statistical

data

at

speeds

of

17,000

characters

per

second.

The

equip-

ment's

versatility,

however,

is

best

illustrated

by

ap-

plications

involving

combinations

of

both

drawing

and

character

recording.

Scientific

Curves-In

many

scientific

computer

in-

stallations

the

4020 is

being

used

to

plot

highly

accur-

ate

curves

involving

one

or

more

parameters.

All

axis

and

grid

lines,

annotations

and

titles

are

included

in

the

program.

For

curves

requiring

more

than

one

frame

length,

a

continuous

graph

may

be

plotted

by

butting

the

frames

together

under

program

control.

Typical

curves

include

flight tests,

engine

perform-

ance,

missile

trajectory

simulation,

etc.

Business

Graphs

-

The

recorder

is

proving

its

useful-

ness

daily

by

plotting

curves

and

other

business

charts

for

cost

analysis,

production

control,

man-

power

forecasts,

projected

sales,

and

other

adminis-

trative

tasks.

The

machine's

ability

to

summarize

the

data

in

a

visual

form

speeds

decision

making,

saving

time

and

money.

Tool

Path

Drawings-Magnetic

tapes

programmed

in

APT

language

to

guide

machine

tools

can

first

be

played

on

the

SoC

4020

which

makes

a

drawing

of

the

part.

The

drawing

can

be

checked

for

errors

prior

to

making

a

part,

and

can

also

be

used

for

final

inspec-

tion.

In

addition

to

tool

path

drawings,

the

4020

can

be

used

for

such

computer

drafting

applications

as

logic

and

flow

diagrams,

ship

and

missile

design.

Schedule

Networks-PERT

and

other

critical

path

charts

can

be

produced

and

updated

on

the

SoC

4020

in

seconds.

For

longer

networks,

the

frame

butting

technique

can

be

used.

Mapping-

The

4020 is

producing

maps

for

such

uses

as

weather

patterns,

satellite

tracking

and

population

studies.

The

map

itself

may

be

superimposed

by

the

slide

projector.

The

CHARACTRON

tube

then

dis-

plays

the

variable

information,

or

the

entire

map

may

be

drawn

by

the

tube,

allowing

area

expansion

by

computer

command.

Sequential

Events

-

One

of

the

exotic

uses

of

the

equipment

is

the

drawing

of

a

series

of

slightly

chang-

ing

graphs

for

calculation

of

core

reactor

character-

istics,

simulation

of

shock

waves

and

explosions,

or

for

training

aids.

The

series

is

then

projected

and

viewed

as a

movie

giving a

time

scale

sequence.

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SPECIFICATIONS

DIMENSIONS:

Ba

sic

unit

Length

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...

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Width

...

..

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....

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..............

..

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66

in.

37

in

.

Height

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...

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.....

...

....

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.......

. . 74

in.

Ba

sic

unit

options

have

the

following

lengths

:

Tape

Adapter

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

in

.

Photorecording

Paper

Printer

. .

..

. .

..

. 201

/2

in

.

POWER

REQUIREMENTS:

208V, A-C

±5%,

&p,

Power

Consumption

3500

watts

1.

TAPE TRANSPORT

Six

channel

digital

tape

s

are

read

at

200, 556

or

800

bit

s

per

inch.

Compatible

tape

unit

s

include

the

IBM

729

II,

IV,

V,

VI

and

7330

plus

UNIVAC

IIIC,

Col-

lin

s,

and

others

.

2. TAPE ADAPTER

Accepts

data

from

tape

up

to

90,000

characters

per

s

econd.

Assemble

s s

ix-bit

information

from

tape

and

arrange

s it

into

36-bit

words.

3. CHARACl

RON

SHAPED BEAM

TUBE

Di

s

plays

the

alphanumerics,

curves,

axes

and

vector

s

for

recording

purposes

.

4. FORMS PROJECTOR

By

tape

control,

fixed

format

from

the

forms

projec-

tor

can

be

superimpo

s

ed

on

microfilm

and

photo-

recording

paper

.

INPUT AND OUTPUT SIGNALS:

Inputs

.. ..

...

.

.........

"1"

or

"Up"

+ 5

to

+50V

"0"

or

"Down"

0 to

-50V

Write

line

rise

time:

less

than

1

microsecond

Input

Impedance

s . .

10,0000

in

parallel

with

500

pf

Outputs

......

..

.

Ready

Line:

"Up"

+ 10

to

±05V

"Down"

0 to

±05V

Resume

Pulse

....

.

..

..........

Same

as

ready

line

Polarity:

Positive

or

negative,

as

desired

Rise

and

Fall

Times

(10,0000,

in

parallel

with

500

pf

load):

le

ss

than

1

microsecond

5. MICROFILM CAMERA

Records

combined

information

from

tube

face

and

form

s

projector

onto

16mm

or

35mm

film

for

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