The movement toward computer systems began in earnest about 1962.

The basic use of these systems is pulse-height analysis.

The disk is a Data Disc unit with a removable disk (128 tracks and a movable head) on the same shaft as a smaller disk and three fixed data heads.

The memory has a multibus structure which permits each bus to communicate simultaneously with a separate memory module.

Since early 1966, Yale and IBM Research have been engaged in a joint study in the application of computers to nuclear-data acquisition.

At the Rutgers-Bell (RB) nuclear physics laboratory, work has been done with two different two-CPU systems.

It can also perform most of the calculations necessary for real-time guidance of the course of the experiments.

With regard to labor costs, government laboratory people seem to be in a much better position to supply figures than are university people.

The very wide range of types of data-acquisition equipment in use necessarily contributes to the spread in DAS costs.

All life had turned to rottenness and stench in them—love was a beastliness, joy was a snare, and God was an imprecation.

Of the 46 system reports, 35 were sufficiently complete to be useful in a detailed analysis.

In Figure 14 the cost of the standard I/O equipment is shown plotted against the cost of the CPU for 36 different systems.

“It’s all I’ve got,” he pleaded, his voice breaking. “I must get some one—my wife will die. I can’t help it—I—”

Recognition of the importance of rotating memory devices in display applications is evident in the reports.

Two systems were clearly stated to be in successful on-line operation with external computing centers.

The ultimate justification for assembling and using on-line data-acquisition systems must be made in terms of research output.

Tables 12 and 13 give a summary of present and anticipated process-control applications disclosed by the survey.

The correct strategy to employ in every case should be consistent with the size of the laboratory and with the capabilities of its staff.

Appendix A. TABLES OF PROPERTIES OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED COMPUTERS

A large amount of information was available for analysis.