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Computers Avail­ :'II Data's 6000 Series November, 1967 CD ~uters and automation - GRAPHIC DATA PROCESSING PERIODICALS SEC 1263 47411 , SAN J SE PU8L lIBRARY .0104 -, ~ARKFT & SAN FfRNANDO *N1267 ~ SAN JOSE CA 95113 t' COttPU1'CHS idH' AU'l~O~iA'rlON f~ 0 V E. N 15 CH, l '2 {3? .65 )igigraphics display with the :essor and user programs. , which is /lOW in operation, )Iete set of FORTRAN calls ace with the user programs 3r display requirements. raphics 270 System operates II Data 3000-series compu­ >vide a complete, flexible, j graphics capability. The :; 274 System can be oper- complete system with the lomical CONTROL DATA@ CONTROL DATA ,n be used as a satellite to Jlti-console access to the Digigraphics® it powerful computers avail­ :'II Data's 6000 series. 270 and 274 etails about today's most Imputer graphics systems, Control Data sales office ctly to: OL DATA ORATION .-----MINNEAPOLIS. MINN. 55440 Our new CRT computer terminal makes all other graphics systems suddenly look like Theda Bara vamping Rudolph Valentino. Nostalgic, maybe, but very, very obsolete. D WE JUST The difference is that the Adage Graphics Terminal is a fully-integrated general-purpose system. It has its own internal computer and is delivered complete with operating software-for communicating with the remote central OBSOLETED computer and for local i mage control and console I/O. D Hybrid processing techniques exclusive with Adage (our Ambilog 200 hybrid computer is standard IV in every terminal) produce dynamic displays of 3-dimensional objects which really EVERYBODII move continuously. Pictures are bright and clear. Even complex images don't flicker. D You can start with the Model 10 Graphics Terminal at $75,000, and get 4K of lS 30-bit core memory, CRT console, and Dataphone interface to the central computer.D For around $250,000 the top-of-the-line Model 50 buys you 16K of core, extended arithmetic capability, ELSE and disk memory for local storage of image and program libraries. The console has a full complement of operator's controls for image translation, rotation, and scaling. Options include a hard copy display recorder and an analog input tablet. D Would COMPUTER you like a demonstration? In your office? Write David Sudkin, Manager of Marketing Services,'at Adage, Inc., 1079 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Mass. 02215, on your company letterhead. We will send you a 16mm demonstration film -showing GRAPHICS • the system in, action. D The movie is on us. You bring the popcorn. Designate No. 23 on Reader Service Card WHY PAY Safa Moas TO DaAW PICTuass FaDM COMPUTSaS? ..•~~.::... Why let money go down the drain ... up to $1700 per unit ~~ WHE~ ::::' O~~IGRAPHI£:,~corder ~/ offers every spec. every feature of competition? (Q)WILV ~~~(g5@(O) 0 Model 6650 OMNIGRAPHIC tm Incremental Plotter Offering Z-fold chart paper with bidirectional movement .. " requires only 3 volt signal of any shape ... and 18,000 increments/min. speed ~ EVENT MARKER IFIL illSS CID IF TIll CID N ~ ::t:? CHART INDEXING ~ INFINITE SCALE EXPANSION .. ~:: ... Perspectives Apparel Designs WRITE ~ TODAY 0 Sales Curve And Even ... OEM inquiries invited from: IBM UNIVAC CONTROL DATA C1J@MS'U;@Ull I DIVISION OF BAUSCH&LOMB@ InSfrumenl' BURROUGHS HONEYWELL RCA NCR GE If we missed you, Structure Designs Sorry - Write anyway. Designate No. 9 on Reader Service Card ~ ....~ ----- / The front cover consistsw of four miniatures (repeated) showing how an air­ © (Q) [tLfU fQ) (1;~ [~© [f~© craft carrier is seen by a computer as if it were a plane approaching for land­ ing. The programmed computer was designed and built by GE Electronics a I/1l a:] a CC!l Ir"lil afG D(C) [Iil u L!l'~ Laboratory, Syracuse, N.Y., for the Manned Spacecraft Center of NASA, Houston, Tex. For more information, please see pages 53 and 71. NOVEMBER, 1967 Vol. 16, No. 11 SpeCitll Featttre: 53 Across the Editor's Desk Graphic Data Processing Computing and Data Process­ ing Newsletter 16 SYSTEM CONSIDERATIONS FOR GRAPHIC DATA PROCESSING, by E. M. Thomas 74 Advertising Index A look at the entire system environment of graphic systems, the general on-line requirements, and some of the considerations related to both locally-attached and remote graphic consoles. 70 Books and Other Publicaitons 22 ON-LINE SYSTEMS AND MAN-COMPUTER GRAPHICS, by S. H. Chasen and R. N. Seitz 72 Calendar of Coming Events A summary of programming systems, applications, and problems in combining graphic data processing with service from remote computer terminals. 72 C&A Problem Corner by Walter Penney, cOP 30 ON-LINE PROGRAM DEBUGGING - A GRAPHIC APPROACH, by Luther L. Zimmerman 68 Monthly Computer Census How rapid two-way communication available through graphic display simplified on· line de­ bugging of computer programs. 66 New Contracts 35 THE FORD COMPUTER GRAPHICS PROJECT, by Walter L. Johnson 67 New Installations A controversial approach to an on-line system for graphic data processing which succeeds in 73 New Patents operating over standard lines for voice-grade communication, and in lowering the cost of by Raymond R. Skolnick servicing the display. 49 Statement of Ownership 37 THE TALKING TYPEWRITER - AND THE LEARNING OF READING IN A DISADVANTAGED COM­ MUNITY, by Dr. Richard Kobler Editor and Publisher How a preliminary test of "talking typewriters" in a school for culturally deprived children Edmund C. Berkeley produced some startling results in reading achievement. Assistant Editors 41 EMBEZZLING PRIMER, by Sheldon J. Dansiger Moses M. Berlin, Charlene J. Hofer, Linda What can happen if computerized companies fail to modernize their auditing and control tech· niques to keep up with their computer power •.. and some suggested antidotes. Ladd Lovett, Neil D. MacDonald 7 Editorial, by Edmund C. Berkeley Contributing Editors Learning to Read Using a Responsive Environment John Bennett, Andrew D. Booth, Dick H. Brandon, John W. Carr, III, Ned Chapin, 45 Jobs and Careers, by Paul F. Chambers Alston S. Householder, Peter Kugel, Rod E. A Personalized Recruitment Program Packer One company's approach to recruiting technical school and college g~aduates. Advisory Committee 47 15 Years Ago in C&A T. E. Cheatham, Jr., James J. Cryan, Richard Communication and Control in the Computing Machinery Field, by Edmund C. Berkeley W. Hamming, Alston S. Householder, Victor Paschkis 48 World Report - Great Britain, by Ted Schoeters English Electric's System·4 is still in trouble; ICT acquires more leasing finance; exports to Iron Art Director Curtain countries continue; UK computer exhibitions highlight U.S. equipment. Ray W. Hass 50 World Report - Australia, by W. R. Cooper Fulfilment Manager Australia's first wide.ranging public symposium on automation has criticized the government for failing to deal with economic, educational, and sociological implications of automation. William J. McMillan, 815 Washington st., Newtonville, Mass. 02160, 617-332-5453 Multi-Access Forum 10 Computers and Some Moral Questions - Roundup 3 Advertising Representatives NEW YORK 10018, Bernard Lane 12 Battles By Computer 37 West 39 St., 212-279-7281 13 Computer Art: "Boxes" - Some Comments CHICAGO 60611, Cole, Mason, and Deming 737 N. Michigan Ave., 312-787-6558 13 Computer Software Developed for NASA Available at Nominal Cost LOS ANGElES 90005, Wentworth F. Green 13 September Cover Photo Reversed in Error 300 S. Kenmore Ave., 213-387-8135 14 Computer Directory and Buyers' Guide - Comments SAN FRANCISCO 94123, Richard C. 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Hewlett-Packard computers have been developed to give the working engineer a direct problem-solving interface with the electronic instruments manufactured by HP, letting him assemble his own computer-controlled instrumentation systems. They're designed to be equally effective as free-standing general-purpose problem solv­ ers. And there's a wealth of experience behind these computers-developed and manufactured by a dynamic company that's spent 25 successful years in the measure­ ment and data-handling business. As Hewlett-Packard computers open whole new avenues of measurement capability, so they open new opportu­ nities for the computer engineer whose education and experience are best rewarded by advancement in the field of computer technology.
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