A real-time/time-share computer in a research and development environment

Abstract

A centralized computer with high speed peripherals, mass storage and very flexible input/output ports provides eighteen remote laboratory terminals with real-time/time-share computer service. The EMR 6130 Computer with Sandia designed interfacing provides real-time response in research and development activities involving on-line data acquisition, analysis and display, and includes features which allow process control and equipment programming activities. The system supports a variety of component development activities and materials research and supplies the technical staff (scientists and component designers) with immediate response to data as it is acquired from experiment apparatus or test equipment. Such response allows experimenter interaction as the experiment progresses and provides timely acceptance or rejection with analog or statistical display of the data.