An advanced computer system for medical research

Abstract

The Stanford University School of Medicine is located on the main campus of Stanford University, in Palo Alto, California. It was moved from San Francisco to the Palo Alto campus in 1959, with the purpose of more closely integrating medical research and education with the other activities of the University. It shares, with other departments of the University, the-computing facilities of the Stanford Computation Center. These facilities include an IBM 7090, a Burroughs B-5500, and a recently delivered IBM/360--67. In addition, there are currently four PDP-8, four LINC, and one LINC-8 computers in use within the medical school. Although this collection of computers represents a great deal of computing power, its distribution was such that the research needs of the medical school were not being fully met.