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MIDWEST CHAPTER on December 8 enjoyed a talk by JAPAN CHAPTER Joseph Novak, Novacolor, Inc., featuring the basic tech­ nology, processes, and equipment used in electronic The technical SID meeting on November 20, 1980 was Information digital image processing. Methods were described for sponsored by the Institute of Television Engineers of contrast modification, color correction, retouching, sharp­ Japan. Members devoted most of their discussions to the ening blurred pictures, pseudocolor, photocomposition, problems of having an international information display and minimizing film grain. This was a joint meeting with conference in Japan in around 1983. SPSE. Display

NEW ENGLAND CHAPTER on December 11 heard an The Official Journal of the Society For Information Display JANUARY 1981 interesting paper by David Luther, product marketing manager, Computer Graphics Group, Iniac Corporation. Title of the paper was "Interactive Graphics Applications." In his talk, Luther pointed out that computer display terminals have been available for nearly fifteen years. For a long time they appeared to be a solution in search of a problem. As computers became faster, sophisticated software was written and terminals became cheaper, interactive graphics moved from being experimental to being an everyday work tool. New computer terminals have come of age. Luther discussed how the terminals have been used, what advancements have been made in design, and whether raster or stroke graphics will dominate. A number of specific application areas that draw upon the most effective man-machine interface techniques (I tor) Mikeo Ashikawa, SID Director, Hitachi ltd.; Dr. Kol-ichi Miyaji, were also covered. Chapter Committee Member, Shibaura Institute of Technology; Dr. Shunsuke Kobayashi, Chapter Committee Member, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology; Dr. lwao Ohishi, Chairman, NHK MINNEAPOLIS/ ST. PAUL CHAPTER on November 21 had Technical Research Laboratories. The occasion of this picture was the second Japan Chapter Committee meeting of FY1980, held at Saga as a featured speaker Glenn H. Keitel, technical director, University on November 20. CPT Corporation. He provided a lecture and demonstration on the Models 6000 and 8000 word processors. Accardi ng to Allen Taylor: "We had our ladies with us (most of them On December 3, the program committee of the Los are secretaries). They enjoyed the new word processors." Angeles Chapter planned a discussion and demonstration of two types of dot matrix subsystems: plasma gas discharge and liquid crystal displays. Dr. Chan S. Oh, LOS ANGELES CHAPTER on October 29 went to Little Senior Scientist of the Display Systems Division of Joe's Restaurant and then to Dodger Stadium for a talk by Beckman Instruments, was the main speaker. He com­ Makie Matsuboyashi of AMPAC American Pacific Con­ pared active and passive display systems, their operating sultants groups. The subject was the large flat-panel characteristics, multiplexing techniques, and their re­ " Diamond Vision" screen, the world's largest color video spective advantages and disadvantages. A demonstration screen with a 16 ft. x 20 ft. display consisting of about of the operation of each type of display was available for 25,000 light tubes, made by Mitsubishi. observation by SID members. The French have something big going in telecommuni­ technology group of companies. It is considered a world cations. Beginning in 1982, the French Telecommunica­ challenger. The company is into telecommunications, INFORMATION DISPLAY tion Authority (Direction Generale Telecommunication) transportation systems and equipment, space satellites, JANUARY 1981 Non-Profit Organization will issue free to its telephone customers a simple automobiles, data processing, defense equipment, optics, keyboard terminal linked to a computer that will enable watch and clock making, electronic components, and SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION DISPLAY U.S. Postage Paid media services. Among the major partners of Matra Group Permit No. 29744 them to obtain directory information without operator 654 NORTH SEPULVEDA BOULEVARD assistance. Initially 250,000 customers in the Brittany in the United States are: TRW, Harris, QWIP, Baker Los Angeles , Ca . LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90049 region of France will receive the unit. Matra estimates that International, Hydrill, Digital Telephone Systems, General three million units will be installed in each of the following Automation, and Datapoint. 10 years. To meet this demand, Matra has developed this On page 3 are additional data and pictures on the Matra prototype Videotext Electronic Directory under contract to story. For travelers from the U.S. who have suffered with the D.G.T., which encompasses the French telephone inferior telephone service in other countries, it's interest­ system. Matra and other French partners are developing ing that the French plans promise to provide that nation software for the computer assistance directory data base. with perhaps the world's most sophisticated telephone Matra Group, Versailles, France, and its affiliates are system within the next five years. This includes tele­ J OSEPH MARKIN among Europe's fastest growing and diversified high communications relaying via satellites. 2309 SHER ~A~ AV E. EVA N STO ~ , I L 6 0201 · FRONT COVER MATERIAL WELCOMED: Every month Information Display usually features one or more active members of SID and the products with which they are most closely associated. Please send a glossy print and appropriate captions so that you, too, can be on our front cover. Send your material to Ted Lucas, Editor, P.O . Box852, Cedar Glen, CA 92321, or to our National Office Manager, June Friend, for Information Display, 654 North Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90049. Next deadline for material from you is February 10. If you miss that, try for the April issue, NOTE: We also welcome feature articles on interesting projects.

20/ lnformation Display 1-81 OFFICERS DuMONT DIVISION. Division of Thomson-CSF Component Co. 750 Bloomfield Avenue, Clifton, NJ 0701 5 President ...... T. DuPuis ELECTRONIC DISPLAY SYSTEMS. INC. V ice President. . . V .J. Fowler 2321 Topaz Drive, P.O. Box 280, Hatfield, PA 19440 Secretary. FORD AEROSPACE AND COMMUNICATIONS CORP. . ..G.F. Carroll WDL Division, Palo Alto, CA 94302 Treasurer ...... I.F. Chang GENERAL ATRONICS CORP. DIRECTORS Subsidiary of Magnavox Govt. & Industrial Electronics Co. Central ...... V.A. Born 1200 E. Mermaid Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19118 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY Midwest . . .•.... J. Markin Aerospace Control Systems Department Northeast ...... P.Pieshko P.O. Box 5000, Binghampton, NY 13902 W.G. Mulley GEROME MANUFACTURING CO., INC. G.R. Spencer P.O. Box 1089, Oliver Road, Uniontown, PA 15401 Western. .H.P. Sherman GML INFORMATION SERVICES L.E. Tannas, Jr. 594 Marrett Road, Lelxington, MA 02173 R.E. Thoman GRAPHICA CO. LTD. Japan . . . .. M. Ashikawa 505 Kaitori, Tama City, Tokyo, Japan 192-02 Past President .. . .. B.J. Lechner HARTMAN SYSTEMS Division of A-T-0 Inc.. COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN 360 Wolf Hill Road, Huntington Station, NY 11746 Academic ...... H.G. Slottow HAZELTINE CORPORATION AF IPS Representative ...... •.•...... C.P. Crocetti Greenlawn, NY 11740 Archives/Historian ...... HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY . .. J.A. Clifton FAX Telecopier - This is Matra's new Facsimile Telecopier TC 103 that the French company is supplying to the French Bylaws ...... R.C. Klein 1900 Garden of the Gods Road, Colorado Springs, CO 80907 Telecommunication Authority (D.G.T.} on a preproduction basis. Matra expects the D.G.T., which encompasses the French Symposium Advisory Committee ...... J.A. van Raalte HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY Symposium Consultant ...... L. Winner Culver City, CA 90230 telephone system , to make a decision soon that will allow full production of the TC 1 03. Matra recently reached preliminary HYCOM. INCORPORATED Definitions & Standards ...... N.W. Patrick agreement with QWIP. Exxon's office system subsidiary, which may lead to distribution of the TC 103. In addition, Matra recently 16841 Armstrong Ave., Irvine, CA 92714 contracted with the Olivetti Corporation for commercial distribution. Honors & Awards ...... I. Reingold IBM CORPORATION Membership ...... •..•.... . L.M. Seeberger Armonk, NY 10504 Nominations ...... B.J. Lechner IMARO, INC. Publications ...... • .. . ..T.V. Curran West Royalty Industrial Park, French Advances in Telecommunications Information Display Editor ..•...... T. Lucas Charlottetown, P.R.I., Canada C1 E 180 Proceedings Editor ...... S. Sherr INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONIC ENGINEERS. INC. France soon will have the most sophisticated and efficient Beginning in 1982, the D.G.T. will issue free to its 7740 Lemona Ave., Van Nuys, CA 91405 telephone system in the world, according to the executives telephone customers Videotext Directory Terminals which CHAPTER OFFICERS INFORMATION CONTROL CORPORATION Chapter Chairman 9610 Bellanca Ave .. Los Angeles, CA 90045 of the Matra Group. This organization, proud of its state­ will be linked to computers. Matra is one of the firms that INTERSTATE ELECTRONICS CORPORATION of-the-art technology, has grown from 5,000 employees is developing hardware for this system. These terminals Bay Area . . G. Carroll Display Product Operations Del. Valley. . . C. Halstead 1001 E. Ball Road, Anaheim, CA 92803 to 33,000 in the past three years. Its stock on the Paris enable users to access directory information without Japan ...... I. Ohishi ISE ELECTRONICS CORPORATION Exchange has performed even more spectacularly. operator assistance. The cost of operator-assisted direc­ Los A ngeles . T. Lim P.O. Box 46, lse, Mie, Japan In June 1980, the French Telecommunication Authority tory inquiries has been a major telephone expense Mid-Atlantic...... • . .J. Stapleton MELCO SALES. INC. Midwest . . . . . • ...... •• ...... W. Martin MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS (D.G.T.) awarded the Matra Telecommunications Branch throughout the world. Installation of the Videotext Elec­ Minn./St. Paul...... A . Jamieson 3030 E. Victoria Street. Compton, CA 90221 a contract to provide an initial order of 500,000 electronic tronic Directory will substantially reduce operating costs NAC INCORPORATED New England ...... T. Cheek 17 Kowa Bldg., No. 2-7, Nishiazabu 1-chrome T 83 phone sets. These sets are paid to employ the latest for the French telephone system. San Diego ...... J. Lipscombe Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan electronic technology. Another new item in the modernization of the French SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION DISPLAY NORDEN DIVISION United T echnologie s Corporatio n Features of the Matra T 83 phone sets include electronic telephone industry is the development of the Matra 654 No. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. 90049 Norden Place, Norwalk, CT 06856 key dialing, electronic chime, automatic dialing, amplified Videotext Teletel Terminal. This new terminal easily (213) 472-3550 OPTICAL COATING LABORATORY, INC. P.O. Box 1599, Santa Ros a, CA 95402 hearing, and an automatic last number redial. Over the connects to any existing black-and-white or color tele­ June Friend, National Office Manager ORWIN ASSOCIATES, INC. next 1 Oyears, it is planned that the T 83 will replace some vision set and integrates w ith Teletel, Videotext, and other 88 Seabro Avenue, Amityville, New York 1170 1 PHOTO RESEARCH DIVISON 30 million existing telephone sets in France. service data banks to provide a wide range of information. Kollmorgen Corporation Matra is a major part of the organization established to 3000 N. Hollywood W ay, Burbank, CA 9 1505 create the data center and its interface with the French PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY P.O. Box 432, Luckey, OH 43443 telephone network. PTK CORPORATION One additional significant development of France's Sustaining Members 11 73 Los Olivos Ave .. Los Osos. CA 93402 RANK-ELECTRONIC TUBES national telephone system is a satellite program, with the RANK PRECISION INDUSTRIES LIMITED first French telecommunications satellite named TELE­ Sidcup By-Pass. Sidcup, Kent, England COM 1. Matra is prime contractor for three satellites in the ASEA, DPET. YLDK RAYTHEON COMPANY S-721 83 Vasteras. Sw eden Industrial Components Operation program, the first of which is due to be launched in 1983. AYDIN CONTROLS 465 Centre Street, Quincy, MA 02169 TELECOM 1 w ill provide the French with a variety of new 414 Commerce Drive, Fort Washington, PA 19034 SANDERS ASSOCIATES. INC. BALL ELECTRONIC DISPLAY DIVISION D.W. Highway South. Nashua, NH 03061 communications services, including data transfer between 4501 Ball Road, N.E. . Circle Pines, MN 55014 SCHOTT OPTICAL GLASS. INC. computers, video conferences, video transmission, and BENDIX CORPORATION 400 York Ave., Duryea, PA 18642 Flight Systems Division, Teterboro, NJ 07608 SGL HOMALITE high speed telecopying. It will also be used for both BIDCO,INC. A Division of SGL Industries. 11 Brookside Drive, W ilmington, DE 19804 telephone and television links with Reunion, French CRT Display Electronics, SIEMENS AG Guiana, Martinique, and other areas of the world where 18 Milford Dr., Plainview, NY 11803 Components Group, 73 Balanstr. D8000, Munich, West Germany BURROUGHS OEM CORPORATION SINGER-LIBRASCOPE French is spoken. Plainfield Plant. Plainfield, NJ 0 7061 Aerospace & M arine Systems Group, CARDION ELECTRONICS 833 Sonora Avenue, Glendale, CA 91201 A Division of General Signal Corporation SMITH ENGINEERING Long Island Expressway. Woodbury, NY 11797 3232 Nebraska Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90404 CELCO SYNTRONIC INSTRUMENTS, INC. (Constantine Engineering Labs. Co.) 100 Industrial Road, Addison, IL 60101 ADVERTISERS' INDEX 70 Constantine Drive. Mahwah, NJ 07430 TEKRONIX, INC. CHERRY ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS CORP. Information Display Products, P.O. Box 500, Beaverton, OR 97005 3600 Sunset Ave., Waukegan, IL 60085 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED CLIFTON PRECISION/ SPECIAL DEVICES P.O. Box 225936, M S 147, Dallas, TX 75265 5100 State Road, Drexel Hill, PA 19026 THOMAS ELECTRONICS. INC. Eagle Magnetic Company, Inc ...... 15 CLINTON ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 100 Riverview Drive, Wayne, NJ 07470 (Rohr Advertising) 6701 Clinton Road, Loves Park, IL 611 11 THORN-BRIMAR LTD. PTK Corporation ...... 17 CONRAC CORPORATION Greenside Way, Chadderton Industrial Estate. 3 Landmark Square, Stamford, CT 06901 Middleton. Manchester M24 1SN. England Special Purpose Technology Corp...... 7 DALE ELECTRONICS TRANS COM Spellman High Voltage Electronics Corp...... 5 P.O. Box 609, Columbus. NE 68601 Unit of Sundstrand Corporation DIEHL RESEARCH CENTER 3100 Pullman St., Costa Mesa. CA 92626 (Rolf Johnsen, Inc.) DIEHL CORPORATION XEROX CORPORATION ·§ 5 _Cc:>ll)_rl)erce Road, Stamford, CT 06902 Palo Also Research Center, Palo Alto, CA 94304 Data Terminal - This new Matra data terminal, derived from the DISPLAY COMPONENTS, INC. ZENITH RADIO CORPORATION company's Videotext Terminal. is said to be applicable to a wide array 550 Newtown Road, MA 02460 1000 Milwaukee Ave., Glenview, IL 60025 of data processing operations. One of its main features is an ability for direct connection to the telephone system for access to a variety of data banks.

2/ lnformation Display 1-81 j Information Display 1-81 / 3 ...... I $I intheCS 'llLMAN in thea«* SID CALENDAR l:.tiiiMRn JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1981 was lighting AI... ----.111. is still lighting 1981 January 13-14 SID 1981 International Symposium Program Committee Meeting CRTS! Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York, NY 15 Proceedings, Volume 22, No. 1, 1981, Mailed 20 Quarterly Chapter Rebates Mailed February 9 National Ballot Mailed April 1 Proceedings, Volume 22, No. 2, 1981, Mailed 6 National Ballot Return Deadline 20 Quarterly Rebates Mailed 20 Executive Committee Meeting 27 National Board Meeting, New York, NY April 27- SID 1981 International Symposium Spellman Model 7516 Built In 1947 Spellman May 1 Hyatt Hotel, New York, NY M odel RMC 16PX This vacuum tube pioneer and A design of the '80's July 1 Proceedings, Volume 22, No. 3, 1 981 . Mailed predecessors provided high voltage source for early television, radar and This state of the art multiple output CRT 20 Quarterly Chapter Rebates Mailed projection systems. power supply employs highly reliable solid state components and provides all of the September 16- 18 Eurodisplay 81 - The First European Di splay Research Confere nce, necessary outputs for CRT operation. Munich, Germany

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4 / lnformation Display 1-81 Information Display 1-8 1 / 5 GREETINGS TO NEW SID MEMBERS! Jim Fleming (left) and Paul O'Connor, researchers at Bell Labora­ Each month you'll finrd a roster of new SID Members, listed by Chapters with the Chapers in alaphabetical order. If your tories, Murray Hill, make adjustments on the apparatus they use to name - or a friend's-should have been listed and was inadvertently omitted, please let J une Friend or your Editor know fabricate preforms for t he glass fibers used in lightwave communica­ immediately. We'll make amends in the next issue. See the front cover for your choice of addresses to which to send vital tions. The new plasma technique substantially increases the fabrica­ data. tion rate for these fibers and is expected to make this promising new technology more competitive with alternative transmission media.

MID-WEST CHAPTER MID-ATLANTIC CHAPTER Jenzen, Eugene E. M-SU-MW See story on page 18. Barbarasch, Joseph M-BA Hodgson, Richard M-MA 271 E. Circle, Lombard, IL 60148 * 1832 Mayall Court, San Jose, CA 951 32 881 Ponus Ridge, New Canaan, CT06840 (314) 629-1789 (408) 251 -9237 *Director *V.P. Engineering Section Manager- System Design McCowan Associates, 70 Pine St., Syntronic Instruments Inc., 100 Industrial Rd. Kaiser Electronics, 2701 Orchard Parkway, • New York, NY 10005 (2 12) 480-8707 Addison, IL 60101 (312) 543-6444 San Jose, CA 95134 (408) 946-3000 X 452 Jaffe, Louis I. ST-MA Klingelhofer, Fredic G. M-MW Wilson, Paul M . M-BA "242 East 33rd St., New York, NY 10016 65 N. 7th Ave., Des Plaines, IL 60016 *39 Canyon Road, Berkeley, CA 94704 (21 2( 684-6820 (312) 297-6276 (41 5) 549-1756 Grad Student *Research and Development Engineer President New York Univ., Washington Sq. New York. Syntronic Instruments Inc., 100 Industrial Geogroup Corporation, 39 Canyon Road, NY Road, Addison, IL 6010 1 (312) 643-6444 Berkeley, CA 94704 (415) 549-1756 Ext. 233 Ketchum, Douglas C. M -MA *Administrative Assistant Knowles, Terrance SU-MW DELAWARE VALLEY CHAPTER Thomas Electronics Inc., 1 00 Riverview Dr. *Zenith Radio Corporation Slow-Scan TV Receiver Spallone, Richard E. M-DV P.O. Box 435, Wayne, NJ 07470 1000 Milwaukee Ave., Glenview, IL 60025 17 Ridge Ave., Spring Valley, The Model 290 slow-scan TV transceiver is the latest in a (201) 696-5200 Ext. 18 (312) 391 -7657 NY 10977 (914) 352-6982 series of teleconferencing products from Colorado Video, *Eastern Regional Mgr. Pittas, John L. M-MA Lerner, Martin SU-MW Boulder, CO. 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J oint Managing Director 681 Annland Street, Pickering, Ontario Syntronic Instruments, Inc., 100 Industrial J oan de Smith (Systems) Ltd., 41 Canada L 1W (416) 839-3757 Road, Addison, IL 601 01 (3 12) 543-6444 Other special features include multiple memories for Gloucester Place, London, England * Regional Manager simultaneous viewing of up to four pictures, or rapid recall W1 3PD 01 -487-4371 Ste. 210,345 Kingston Road, Pickering, Marcy, Henry 0 . M-SU-MW of earlier received images, and choice of picture resolution Ontario L1V 1A1 (416) 281-3215 12 Heather Lane, Oak Brook, IL 60521 of 256 x 256, 256 x 512, or 512 x 512 elements per image. Ward, George A. M-EUR (3 12) 654-1894 15 Jesse Close Yateley, Camberley, Vizy, Kalman N. M -MA *Chairman & Chief Exec. 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TELEPHONE: [213) 989-4610 Sa nta M onica, CA 90404 (2 13) 829-1 801 (2 13) 391-7657 Tyndall AFB, FL 32403 (904) 283-6229 Information Display 1-81/ 7 6/ lnformation Display 1-8 1 General Motors Aims·at Using Fiber Optics New Alphanumeric Display With Extended Temperature • • CI(IIo'IA~ -~ A typical 1981 General Motors compact car contains This new compact alphanumeric display from Hewlett­ / Packard, Palo Alto, CA, the HDSP-201 0/ TXV-201 0 is enough electrical wire to stretch up and down a football . ~~~·· ~ intended for military, space, medical and industrial control field four times with more than a hundred feet to spare. '• , • applications where high reliability is required. Its operating Current-day requirements for safety, emissions, fuel .... range of -40°C to +70°C is guaranteed by a special economy standards, and convenience features on autos dictate the need for more complex wiring and electronic selection of the on-board integrated circuit. Heat sinking techniques can extend the upper temperature range to controls. This has to be accomplished while shrinking the +85°C according to H-P engineers. Additional information exterior dimensions of the cars. is available in Application Note 966, ava ilable from Multiplexing offers a solution to these problems, Hewlett-Packard free of char9e. according to a Society of Automotive Engineers technical paper recently prepared by GM engineers. The report, The HDSP-201 0 and TXV-201 0 are based on Hew lett­ "Multiplex Systems for Automobiles," was written by Dan Packard's compact 5 by 7 dot matrix alphanumeric R. Kimberlin, Saginaw Steering Gear Division, Robert A. Coal Gasification Process Control - This Beckman MV 8000 component produced for the past four years. Integrated Meade, Packard Electric Division, and Wesley A. Rogers, advanced distributed control system will control a unique coal shift registers and constant current drivers are also sa id to GM Engineering Staff. gasification process for Rockwell International. The process, carried be unique to the HDSP-2000family and to simplify design out by the Rockwell-developed hydrogasification reactor now being effort. A joint effort within GM has resulted in a time division tested in Canoga Park, CA, converts the carbon in coal to liquid and multiplex (TDM) system using the steering column, door, gaseous products that can be used either as liquid fuels or as The new family member, the HDSP-201 0, has a and seat controls as the vehicles for design studies and petrochemical feed stocks. The Beckman system is to provide total guaranteed leak rate of 5 x 10-7 cubic centimeters per hardware implementation. control of the hydrogasification reactor, the flow of oxygen, and hydrogen, temperature and pressure levels, and the conversion data second and is temperature cycled from -55° Cto +1 00° C. TDM transmits signals during designated time intervals from the reactor. The TXV-201 0 is subjected to the standard military on a single information channel. Signals formerly routed screening program. on scores of individual wires in a car can be time-shared on a single link. The TDM system consists of an encoder connected to command switches and a decoder that receives the command and conveys it to the appropriate New R F Field Sensor System Offers unit allows isolation f rom the incident field for readout at a electrical components such as automatic seats, cruise True-Reading Isotropic Response remote location. The system is used in EMI susceptibility control, windshield washers, lights, etc. The encoder and testing to monitor the rf field, in antenna evaluation and decoder are connected by a single wire or data link. Thus While most field strength instruments are made for power field pattern measurement, in diathermy and industrial savings in wiring harnesses are achieved. density (planewave) measurements, most RFI and EMI equipment radiation measurements, and in similar other The encoder sequentially samples local input signals tend to occur in the near field. A new system offered by areas where a true reading of total incident radiation is and sends the signals in repetitive, sequential time slots Amplifier Research, Souderton, PA, uses balanced required. The package is compact. Metering instrument along the data link to the decoder where the signals are isotropic probes that respond to any incident field, re~ and repeater each measure 15 em X 15 em X 9 em. 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CPT's Arabic word processing system simplifies the task of creating printed documents in the Arabic language. The CPT 8000 system. with Arabic Keyboard, is made in Minneapolis. Information Display 1-81 / 9 8/ lnformation Display 1-81 MDS Software Package Certified For Use In Sanders Provides Video Training Hettinga Introduces Standard CRT Unit H-P Executive Announces Computer with Third Federal Reserve District Systems for Army Weapons Use To The Electronics Industry 99% Uptime Service Agreement Automated Clearing Houses

Data communications software developed by Mohawk A computerized tram1ng system that enables actual Hettinga, Inc., Des Moines, Iowa, a plastics research and :'The U_.S. computer industry is going to retain. leadership Data Sciences Parsippany, NJ, for automated clearing shoulder-held antitank weapons to be fired electronica lly development company, is now offering foam-molded CRT 1n the 1nternat1onal trade contest," said Paul C. Ely, Jr., house applications has been accepted for use in the Third at videotaped targets with accuracies comparable to those housings to the electronics industry. The Series 700 Hewlett-Packard's executive vice president, at a recent Federal Reserve District. produced by live ammunition firing has been developed by housings are available w ith components that may be press conference in Cupertino, CA. "We accept the The approval came from the Federal Reserve Bank of Sanders Associates, Inc., Merrimack, NH. varied to customize the units. challenge. IJI!e thmk the competitive edge during the Philadelphia which, after stringent testing, certified the Called a combat classroom, the prototype version is an The internal base of the Series 700 has a grid area that 1980s IS go1ng to be quality, reliability, and what the package for use in transmitting data to and from the Fed. interactive video training system that employs an M7 2A2 easily adjusts to many different components and layouts, computer users call 'uptime.' For the first time in the The package, called ACH COMM, was developed speci­ Anti-Tank Weapon with electronic sensors that "see" making it useful to original equipment manufacturers, industry, Hewlett-Packard offers a computer w ith a service fically for automated clearing house (ACH) applications, in specially encoded aim points nested in a videotaped scene says Dr. Diebolt Hettinga, president of the plastics agreement that guarantees 99% uptime." company. A natural interior overhang can also be bridged compliance with guidelines provided by the Third District of a tank moving through mountainous terrain. The Ely was referring to the introduction of a new HP Funds Transfer Association, which administers automated weapon's ballistics are programmed into the system's to form different configurations. Other features of the Series 700 include style-keyed business computer twice as powerful as its earlier clearing houses in the Third District. microprocessor, resulting in aim accuracies comparable counterpart, yet only five percent higher in price. "What Three banks in the district have already leased MDS to the actual weapon. components that give assemblies continuity and two size keyboards. The unit can be built to accept standard we are demonstrating here today is not only the U.S. SERIES 21 data processing equipment and are presently Sanders has recently also received a contract from the computer industry's ability, in the face of inflation, to testing the software package. The Commonwealth U.S. Army Project Manager for Training Devices to adapt alphanumeric or added numeric pads. Up to 116 keys can be accommodated. This CRT housing meets government continue to offer more and more performance for the National Bank of Harrisburg, and the American Bank and this firm's interactive video technology into a demonstra­ money, year after year. We also accept the quality standards on V-0 ratings. Trust Company of Reading, are using MDS System t ion model training device for aiming and sighting the 165 challenge. We think the best demonstration of quality that 21 / 40s with 64K random access memory, one CRT mm howitzer on the Army's combat engineering vehicle. The Series 700 housings are said to be manufactured through a unique molding method-the Hettinga process­ a computer manufacturer can make is a guarantee the display, two diskette drives, 45 character-per-second The prototype pedestal/ turret mounted trainer will feature product will keep working after it is installed. So HP is printers, nine-track magnetic tape drives, and 2000 to a representation of the gunner's compartment designed using low pressure injection resulting in products with low inherent stress and good dimensional stability. offering purchasers of the new HP 3000 Series 44 a 4800 bit-per-second communications capability. The First w ith appropriate sighting and control equipment. money-back guaranteed uptime service agreement stating Hettinga has joint venture partners in England, Canada, National Bank of South Jersey, located in Pleasantville, The combat classroom, which is expected to reduce that the critica l elements of the system w ill stay up and presently has a similar System 21 I 40 installed, but with a considerably the costs of training weapons operators, can and India, and also sells equipment to in-house molders in the United States. Hettinga, Inc. continues as the research running 99 percent of the time. That, so far as we know, is 340 line-per-minute printer and more sophisticated also be adapted to main gun fire controls, part task a first for the industry," Ely stated. 'To offer such a service communications capabilities. Two more systems will soon trainers, etc. Because aim accuracies are comparable to and development arm of the company and manufactures a proprietary line of molded products. guarantee, we have to be so sure of the product's quality be in operation. the actual weapon, it is said to eliminate the need for live that we are confident almost all our users will experience Automated clearing houses serve as batch payment ammunition and energy-consuming targets, while simul­ better than 99 percent uptime. This computer was processing systems where the user, usually a bank or taneously increasing safety during the training process. designed in a new way, with a new and higher level of company, authorizes the direct deposit of payments to David L. Jordan, director of development at Sanders reliability as the goal. That goal was met in several ways. banks dispersed over a w ide geographic area. The pay­ Defensive Systems Division, said the new system provides Built-in are tests that can be ordered remotely through ments are made to the account of an employee or benefit an economical, safe process for trainees to obtain "hands telephone lines, so that the servicing engineer can know recipient who has authorized the company to do so. on" experience with actual weapons as well as main­ what is needed before leaving the shop. Tens of thousands A lthough the physical paycheck is eliminated, the em­ tenance skills training. The system can be programmed for of hours went into reli ability measurements before the ployee receives his pay stub noting the amount that was various levels of training from basic to advanced. first production model was built. After months of working deposited directly to his account. with suppliers, we chose the most reliable components Typical applications for automated clearing houses are available." payrolls, distribution of government benefits, and payment of dividends to shareholders. For many years, the informa­ The computer described by Ely is a new top-of-the line tion processed on magnetic tape at the corporation or HP 3000. These computers are said to function alike, use government agency has been physically transported to the one another's programs, communicate with one another, local bank by armored truck. The bank merges the in­ and to be upgradable after purchase from smaller to formation on this tape w ith other payroll information it has larger, and from older to newer versions. "Among received during the day, and sends it, again by armored general-purpose business computer models," said Ely, truck, to the automated clearing house for distribution. "the HP 3000, with more than 5000 installations, is one of the most popular." There it is separated into inter-regional and local trans­ This new Hewlett-Packard Model 3060A Option 100 system tests actions and transmitted, in the case of inter-regional complex microprocessor circuit boards. "The position that the HP 3000s have assumed in this transactions, to other Federal Reserve Districts via leased business is ba sed on their usefulness in distributed telephone lines. The local payments, in the form of computer operations, where numerous computers are magnetic tapes or printed output, are trucked to the located throughout the organization, near the people who individual banks where the payment is deposited in the are most responsible for the integrity of the information account of the recipient. their computers are processing. The ability of all the HP MDS SERIES 21 equipment and customized data 3000s to intercommunicate, to share files and use one communications software, it is said by Mohawk, will another's programs, printers, and other resources, is an eliminate the over-the-road transportation of data be­ ability that is crucial to the success of distributed systems. tween the bank and the automated clearing house and "Equally important to their success has been the thus greatly increase the efficiency of the process. MDS assurance shared by all users that their investment in software is successfully being used for automated clearing programming is being protected by HP. Billions of dollars house applications in Richmond, VA, Boston, and New have been spent on programs for HP 3000s, and it is HP's York City. strategy to see that new 3000s will run them. William Burleigh, executive director of the Third District Funds Transfer Association, predicts that automated 'Then, too, the whole series of HP 3000s that began clearing house processing of the future will be far more w ith the ex in 1974 are upgradable to higher-performance automated than at present. "We envision, very rapidly, systems, including the Series 44, supporting our promise Shown are three possible assemblies from Hettinga Series 700 per~aps within t~ e next year, to have just about every that we will continue to provide logical upgrade paths for components. A total of eight components, including one base, make HP 3000 users, to meet their needs as they grow, and to major computer mstallation transmitting either by ter­ up the Series 700. Manufacturers of CRT terminals can vary the Hewlett- Packard HO 2680 laser printing system functions under minals or computer-to-computer links," said Burleigh. shape and size of the units to create a customized design. control of HP 3000 series 44 business computer system. reaffirm the va lue of their hardware investment." Information Display 1-81/ 11 10 / lnformation Display 1-8 1 The satellites will operate in conjunction w ith these Qualex High-Density (6250 bpi) Tape System earth terminals, designed to be installed on the roofs of buildings or on adjacent ground, providing Satellite Now Available for HP 3000 End Users Business Systems' customers with direct access com­ munications w ith their own or other business firms nationwide. The SBS satellite, the first to be launched of the Hughes W ESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA - The Qua lex Group, Westlake 376 spacecraft series, has two concentric cylindrical solar Village, CA. 3000 high-density 6250 bpi tape system is panels, the outer of which extends nearly six feet dow n­ now ava ilable for HP 3000 end users. This system was ward in space. This capability of expanding in space originally designed for OEM use and has been fully tested doubles the spacecraft's solar-power generating capacity in field operations over the past year. over many previous satellite models. Improved solar cells The Oualex Group 3000 is said to be one of the also enhance the generating capacity. A ntenna systems, industry's highest performance tape systems w ith 6250 located at the upper end of the spacecraft, unfold and bpi group-coded recording (GCR) and a 125 ips transport deploy in space. speed. The satellite is 7 feet in diameter (216 em) and more Other features include NASI/ IBM compatible, radial than 9 feet (282 em) high in its " stowed" position, but interface for up to eight drives per controller, plug and when it expands in space it reaches nearly 22 feet (660 program compatible with HP 3000 Series II and Ill, auto em) or two stori es in height. thread/ load for open reel and cartridge, and switch­ selectable dual or triple density (800, 1600, 6250 BPI). These and other features allow the Qual ex Group 3000 to provide up to an 8-to-1 storage compaction, 20-to-1 t ime saving in disk backup, 3-to-1 improvement i n rewind speed, better than 4-to-1 reduction in operator overhead, and a 4-to-1 improvement in system efficiency with two­ track error correction "on the fly", the manufacturer states.

The Qua lex Group 3000 high-density 6250 BPI tape system (right) is now available for HP 3000 users.

FIRST OF A KIND - The new SBS communications satellite, scheduled f or launch Nov. 15 from Cape Canaveral. Fla .• undergoes a t est at Hughes Aircraft Company, El Segundo, Calif. The first of a series of three, the satellite was built for Satellite Business Systems, Calma Supplies High-Resolution Graphics jointly owned by IBM Corp., Com sat General Corp. and Aetna Life & For Designing Mechanical Assemblies Casualty, to provide secure voice, video, data and facsimile service to U.S. businesses. The powerful satellite (above) has two concentric New R-value meter from Barnes Engineering Co. cylindrical solar panels, and expands in space from 9 feet (282 em) to nearly 22 feet (660 em) high, to double the spacecraft's solar-power oenerating capacity over many previous satellites. Calma, Sunnyvale, CA. a leading CAD/ CAM innovator, is The First Direct-Reading, Non-Contact now displaying its 3-dimensional graphics system on A-Value Meter Introduced By Barnes high-resolution color and black-and-white monitors with New S BS Satellite Can Bring New Era extensive software for mechanica l products applications. For U.S. Business Originally introduced 14 months ago, Ca lma's 1024 x Barnes Engineer ing Company, Stamford, CT. has an­ 1280 line high-resolut ion color system is said to provide The first of a new breed of communications satellites, nounced the development of an R-value meter for use in five times the industry standard for resol ution of 512 x designed to provide secure voice, video, high-speed data energy-conservation and heat loss monitoring. The A­ 512. If offers a selection of 4,096 electronic colors. and facs imile services to U.S. business firms and in­ Va lue Meter is a non-contact, direct-reading instrument While annotations, dimensions, and other pertinent dustries, was recently launched at Cape Canaveral, FL. that will enable energy auditors, insulation contractors, information can be shown clearly with the design on the The powerful new satellite is called SBS, standing for building inspectors, and maintenance personnel to mea­ CAD screen, Calma's h uman-engineered work station the name of its owner, Satellite Business Systems, a sure heat loss in energy-management and preventive­ provides a separate screen for alphanumeric messages. private company jointly owned by IBM Corporation, maintenance programs. According to Lynette DeNike, Calma offers the fastest Com sat General Corporation and Aetna Life & Casualty. It R-va I ue, or therma I resista nee, is the standard index for system on the market with the most extensive variety of is expected to begin commercial operations early in 1981 . the insulation efficiency of a building or an insulating mechanical applications software including: 3-D design, The satellite, the first of three being built by Hughes material. drafting, two- through five-axis numerical control, finite 3-D COLOR EXPLOSION - An exploded view like this bearing­ Aircraft Company's Space and Communications Group at The new R-value meter is used w ith the Barnes element modeling, piping design, sc hematics, flat-pattern mount assembly design is said to be only one of many innovative El Segundo, CA., was launched by NASA on a Delta rocket lnstatherm®, a non-contact thermometer that measures f eatures seen in Calma's CAD/ CAM system s. This 1024 x 1280 line development, parts nesting and N/ C flame cutting, and resolution color system is one of the industry's fastest and most into a geosynchronous orbit 22,300 miles over the equator infrared energy to determine surface temperatures. die design. versatile systems for computer-aided design and manufacturing. at 106 degrees W. longitude, roughly south of El Paso, Infrared thermal detection is a quick and practical method Texas. for comparing variations in surface temperatures. It also The second SBS will be launched in April1981 and the permits measurements when physical contact is either third in November 1982. impossible, hazardous or undesirable. Now, through direct Hughes also is building 100 earth terminals for Satellite R-value reading and non-contact temperature measure­ Business Systems. Delivery of the terminals has already ments, energy auditing procedures ca n be improved and started, and is scheduled to be completed in 1982. simplified. 12/ lnformation Display 1-81 Information Display 1-8 1/ 13 Crydom Remote Input/Output System over the mile-long party line cable is at 9600 baud using Reduces Installed System Costs RS-422 differential signaling techniques. RIOS modules are designed for mounting in standard A system that is said to link almost any mix of remote NEMA enclosures, putting system wiring in an environ­ electrical motors, process and environmental controls, ment familiar to electricians and field personnel as analog signals, alarm and security monitors, and other opposed to conventional electronic hardware with card data and control points at a fraction of the cost of a cage construction. conventional distributed data system has been announced by the Crydom Division of International Rectifier, El Segundo, CA. Aimed at the industrial and commercial user who may or may not have a control computer in place, the new product line is called RIOS™, for remote input/ output system. A single RIOS installation can have up to 127 stations along a mile of cable with more than 2000data or control points. According to Vern Gregory, Crydom's director of research and development, RIOS attacks the usual high installation cost of multiple remote stations and special hardware by employing microprocessor-based modules, low-cost cabling and simple supervisory commands. Cost of distributed data goes down. New RiosTM (remote input/ In RIOS, each microprocessor-based remote station output system) from Crydom Division, International Rectifier, El can interface to industrial equipment such as power Segundo, CA, uses microprocessor-based modules w ith standard systems, motors, sensors, actuators and heaters, and to parallel interface, low-cost cabling to slash cost of distributed data and control, the firm states. RIOS has up to 127 stations on mile of analog instrumentation and controls via multichannel A­ cable. Shown here are RIOS transistor board for computer interface, D and D-A converter modules. two typical remote stations with identical Remote Interface Adapters RIOS is designed to operate on any one of three levels: and (left) board with eight Crydom input/ output m odules for power In II leld (1) under control of individual remote stations using ROM­ systems hook-up and (right) A-D/ 0 -A board for instrument and control interface. RIOS can operate with a customer's computer or as stored programs; (2) with RIOS controller issuing all stand-alone system. supervisory commands; and (3) master control by a user­ supplied computer. Gregory explains that the microprocessor common in Gregory says that each RIOS remote station can all RIOS boards or modules makes RIOS capable of accommodate 16 input/ output lines; with the maximum standalone operation. 127 stations in a single system, more than 2,000 data or "Rather than conceiving of a RI OS system as a slave to control points could be monitored. "RIOS system archi­ a central processor," he says, " it can be thought of as a tecture is designed so that stations are easily expandable. hierarchy based on standalone controllers. Thus, a system A single system can accommodate any reasonable ca n operate with or without commands from a central number of data or control points," he declares. processor." Communication w ith remote RIOS stations is via a The Crydom research director declares that the archi­ bit-serial party line cable. Only three elements are needed tecture of a RIOS system provides for a manual interface to build a system of stations: a controller / driver, the adapter, or M IA, a feature usually not provided in remote twisted-pair cable itself, and addressable remote interface input/ output systems. adapters or RIAS. Coupled to a RIOS controller board, an MIA provides The microprocessor-based RIAs serve as station build­ manual control or backup through user-supplied manual ing modules and convert serial cable messages into switches and status lights. An MIA can also control an parallel data for interfacing with A-D and D-A converters entire system in a manual mode as a standard means of or with input/ output modules which interface with AC operating in addition to its use for maintenance and and DC power and signal systems. In addition, each RIA system test. contains a 2 Kbyte ROM to store user-defined instructions. Gregory says that major applicat ions of RIOS are Peripheral interface adapters (PIA) within each RIA w herever cost of installation is a large component of total handle all parallel interfacing and are connector and pin­ system costs. He cites as examples energy management, out compatible with Intel and other single board com­ building security and alarm systems, and extensive pro­ puters. A parallel interface assures that existing user duction processes with manufacturing areas such as equipment ca n be easily linked to RIOS stations. refineries and food processing plants. He predicts that in According to Gregory, design of RIOS system archi­ most of these applications, the cost of the RIOS hardware Magnetic Shielding by Eagle tecture and its command and communication protocol has would be more than offset by the substantial savings in been targeted on flexibility and essential i ndustrial w iring and installation costs. e SHEET • FABRICATION communication/ control factors and f unctions. Gregory also notes that in many installations, separate • CUSTOM SHIELDS • FOIL e HEAT TREATING • FINISHING These include high noise immunity, tradeoffs in noise systems such as security and intercom could be combined e STANDARD SHIELD • DESIGN ENGINEERING e TESTING • CONSULTING inhibition vs. throughput rate, watchdog timer, counters, into RIOS at small incremental cost, demonstrating the PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBE SHIELDS .. . CATHODE RAY TU BE SHIELDS. . SHIELDS FOR timing functions, and A-D and D-A conversion, as well as greater total savings when RIOS is used for all the the interface to power systems through Crydom's buffered applications wit hin a facility. MEDI CAL IN STRUMENTS . . . TRANSFORMER SHIELDS input/ output modules. Delivery of RIOS hardware will begin in January 1981. Eagle can he lp improve your product, and Choose from a wide selection of sheet and foil, Digital display of board status and advanced features The basic eva luation system includes a translator board lower costs, by designing the right sh i eld~_....,._ so you can form your own shields. For such as error counting reportable to a central processor for interfacing RIOS to a user's computer and two station for you. Take advantage of Eag le's helpful design and cost data, write or aid system diagnosis and maintenance, Gregory points modules or remote interface adapters (RIAs), a mounting vast background in sh ield design and call. Offices worldwide. out. board for eight 1/ 0 modules, and an A-D and D-A production. The RIOS system communicates by using a standard converter w ith 16 A-D and 2 D-A channels plus cables. asynchronous 11 -bit format of a start bit, 8 data bits, a Crydom officials say that customer seminars are parity bit, and a stop bit. End of message is a short space at planned in most major cities to introduce the new RIOS the end of each message or reply, increasing throughput products. These seminars are expected to start in late P.O. BOX 24283 e INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, 46224 e PHONE (317)297-1030 by eliminating reserved control symbols. Communication January.

14/ lnformation Display 1-81 Information Display 1-8 1/ 15 New Features added to GTD-120A Digital PABX

General Telephone and Electronics, Northlake, II, is announcing three new features now available on the GTD-120A digital PABX. Quicker and easier changes can be made in the PTK RTs system's data base through two ofthe features- English language recent change (ELRC) and on-line diagnostics. With ELRC, users wanting to change the data base may simply key in an access code on a CRT and a "menu" of HIGH VOLTAGE FOR CRT APPLICATIONS possible changes appears on the screen. After the user =C=O~M~M~E~R~C~I~A~L______• has made a selection from the "menu", ELRC prompts the SMC 25 Series person through the change procedures with simple, 2 to 30kV, 3 to 30 watts, ------+ high voltage power supplies. English-language questions. This eliminates the need for Custom flyback transformers. MAJOR FEATURES: users to have specialized computer knowledge in order to "'M'-'-1=.L:...:I T..:..A ~R.:..:Y:..______e change the data base. The data base can be changed Mil grade units for ground, The SCM 25 provides All Voltages ("xcept heater) for High Resolution either locally or remotely. ship and aircraft. Shadow Mask Color CRT's • Anode is 20 - 25KV@ 1.2ma • Focus The on-line diagnostics feature is a maintenance aid =L.:...:·Vc..:. ·..:..I..:..H:..:..V~ ·:....:C::..:O~M=Bo~·s,__ ___ e is 4.75- 6.25KV@ ± 15J.LA • G2 is 75- 750V@ ±5J.LA • G1 is -200V which can also be performed on site or from a remote High voltage power supplies location. By use of a teletypewriter or CRT, a service center combined with a multiple @ 500J.LA • Provision for Capacitively Coupled Dynamic Focus may remotely diagnose system problems. output low voltage switcher. Voltages 300Hz to 250KHz (-3DB) up to This on-line diagnostics feature saves money, GTE's ~SP~E~C~I~A~L~S------e 1 KV Peak to Peak • TTL Compatible Miniature and sub-miniature Len Boscarine says, because it allows service personnel to high voltage power supplies On/Off Control • Input Voltage arrive at the customer site knowing what the problem is to 20kV. Ultra stable or ultra is 38V ± 2V • Operating and what parts they must have with them in order to fix low ripple designs. hardware malfunctions. Should the problem involve the LCM H.V. CONNECTOR Temperature is 0- 700C system's software, it can be corrected by personnel at the & LEAD ASSEMBLIES Case • Input , Output service center. With software problems, there's no need to Compatible with • and Mechanical Options Amp LGH types. send service personnel and equipment to the customer Available • site. For technical assistance or pricing call Wa11ne Hamari The third new GTD-120A PABX feature all ows the toll free (outside California) 3 YEAR WARRANTY telephone system to be connected to a message detail 1·800-235·4148 recorder (MDR). The use of an MDR permits management The attendant console for the GTD-120A digital PABX is designed to studies and contro1 of telephone usage on a group or complement any decor, GTE officials say, while it provides micro­ PTK Corporation 1173 Los Ol1vos Avenue, Los Osos. CA 93402 (8051 528 5858 line-by-line basis. This serves as a deterrent to un­ processor-assisted efficiency in handling telephone calls. authorized or excessive toll charges. German Savings Bank Installing teller can retrieve account information and enter new Large Bunker Ramo Terminal System transaction data. The terminal also controls the passbook/ The GTD-120A digital PABX is the latest version of one division switching, the GTD-120A PABX is said to be document printer which is equipped with a dual line of the best-selling small telephone systems on the market, increasing telephone system efficiency in office and matrix printhead that enables OCR-A character printing. with over 6,000 organizations relying on the GTD-120A factory complexes, government offices, hotels, school Bunker Ramo Corporation's on-line bank terminal system, Bank Control System 90R, has recently been installed by The bidirectional 140 character per second printer is said PABX for their telephone service. With totally-electronic systems, medical facilities, hospitals and department to be much faster than the "daisywheel" printers usually operation and state-of-the-art techniques such as time stores. Germany's second largest savings bank, Landesgirokasse Stuttgart, Germany. All 257 offices throughout the employed for such high quality printing tasks. The printer German state of Wurttemberg are equipped according to also is equipped with a magnetic stripe read-write feature Walter Clark of Bunker Ramo, Trumbell, CT. in the document insert slot. This feature provides for the Some 600 teller work stations have been equipped count number to be read from, and the recorded balance to with keyboard/ display terminals, passbook/ document be updated on, the magnetic stripe affixed to the printers and bank card readers operating on-line to the customer's passbook, during transaction processing. bank's mainframe computer in Stuttgart. Each branch is Magnetic stripe and coding is per DIN 32744. A lso online equipped with a control unit for local processing and to the system at each teller station is a bank card reader, interfacing with the central computer, handling al l initially used for teller identification and planned by the standard teller transactions and other banking functions. bank for customer use. Customer cards are to be identical Installation and service is handled by Bunker Ramo to the Eurocheque cards specified for German cash Electronic Data Systems GmbH of Munich, a subsidiary of dispenser pools and other interbank transactions. The Bunker Ramo. card's magnetic stripe is coded on Track 3 in accordance with ISO and German DIN standards. There are two types of control units in the systems. About Landesgirokasse Stuttgart Eighty of these units are called PCUs (programmable Landesgirokasse has been a user of on-line electronic control units), each with 136KB direct access memory data processing systems for more than 1 Oyears and plans plus 500 KB of auxiliary storage in two floppy disk drives, to use the advanced Bunker Ramo bank terminal systems and a direct on-line connection to the bank's host com­ throughout the eighties. The bank had a 1979 year-end puter center in Stuttgart. The remaining control units have balance of more than $7.2 billion. minimal capacity for storage, but communicate with the system through shared PCUs. All terminals in the system can operate off-line from the host connection if necessary. Details of Equipment and Operations They handle savings, demand deposit, credit, and currency The teller communicates with the system through exchange transactions. In addition, the system is designed terminal consisting of an alphnumeric keyboard and a to handle decentralized text processing and electronic 5-inch diagonal CRT display screen. With this unit, the payment transfers.

Nuclear. Inspection System - Babcock &_Wilcox, Lynchburg, VA, data acquisition equipment records profilometry probe measurements on magnet1c tape and stnp charts. Data analys1s equipment reduces the information to numeric estimates of strain and then plots tube profiles. This is part of B&W's nuclear inspection system to avert unnecessary tube plugging in nuclear power plants.

16/ lnformation Display 1-81 Information Display 1-81 / 17 RCA Issues New Photomultiplier Handbook Touch-Sensitive Terminals Ordered From Interaction Systems, Inc. LANCASTER, Pa.- 180-page handbook, the PMT-62, For Library Catalog Application prepared to help designers and operators of photoelec­ tronic eq uipment gain a better understa nding of photo­ Photom • multiplier t ubes, has been released by RCA Electro-Optics Handb u 1flp/ier Interaction Systems, Inc. (lSI), Newtonville, MA. has and Devices, Lancaster, PA...... Ook announced the receipt of an order for 1,000 of their Model The handbook includes information on the design, 0.0,... ~...... TT-1 OO•mtouch-sensitive display terminals from C L construction, and theory of operation of photomultipliers. Systems. Inc. (CLS I). CLSI is the leading supplier of Characteristics covered include those related to the automated systems for libraries. The touch-sensitive photocathode, gain, dark current and noise, time effects, ter minals w ill be marketed in CLSI's automated library pulse and scintillation counting, and environmental catalog applications. conditions. Specific applications discussed include scintil­ The agreement between lSI and CLS I, provides for lation counting, Cerenkov radiation detection, time spec­ delivery of the terminals over the next 26 months. The new Model 560 Paper Tiger™ from Integral Data Systems is said troscopy, oil-well logging, gamrna-raycameras, computer­ to be the first full-width 132-column printer for data and text In the automated library catalog application, the touch­ ized tomographic X-ray scanners, position ca meras, processing applications to offer high-speed. correspondence-quality sensitive display terminals are situated in the public areas photometry, spectrometry, Raman spectroscopy, fluoro­ overlapping dot-matrix printing. of the library and are used by patrons to obtain access to metry, laser range finding, and image scanning. descriptive information about t he library's collection as The appendixes include a glossary of terms, several Integral Data Introduces First Low-Cost, well as the current location and availability of all books. sections dealing with light and radiant energy measure­ The automated library catalog marketed by CLSI under the ment, spectral response designation systems, photometric 132-Column Printer With High-Speed, trade name of LIBS 100 Public Access Catalog replaces and radiometric units, spectral matching, radiant energy Correspondence-Quality Pr~nting the use of conventional card, book, or microfilm catalogs. sources, and a selection guide. The lSI Model TI-1 OO •m touch-sensitive display terminal A printer said to be the first low-cost, full-width 132- is a CRT display terminal equipped with touch-sensitive column unit which can produce correspondence-quality capability. This capability allows data to be input or accessed in a data processing system by simply touching, Bell Labs Research Advance Speeds Lightguide Fabrication overlapping dot-matrix characters at high print speed was introduced recently by Integral Data Systems, Inc., Milford, w ith the fingertip, the area where the appropriat e NH. information is displayed on the CRT screen. The touch­ Researchers at Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, N.J. have The experimental plasma results show glass deposition The new Model 560 is intended for data and text sensitive capability allows people who are not familiar devised a method to increase substantially the rate at rates of 2.5 grams per minute, speeding up the MCVD processing applications, prints bidirectionally at speeds up with the use of computerized equipment to conduct an which glass fibers used in lightwave communications can process as usually practised. Transmission losses are only to 150 characters per second, sells for $1 ,695 in unit interactive dialog at the terminal and obtain information be fabricated. The new technique is expected to make this 3.4dB/ km at 0.85 microns, and 1.5dB/ km at 1.2 microns, quantit ies, and is about half the size and weight of most from the online files with no prior training. lSI is a leading promising new technology more economically competitive comparable to losses with present techniques. competitive 132-column machines, the manufacturer manufacturer of public access display termina ls such as the Model TI-1 OO•m. with alternative transmission media. The plasma process also uses the reagent chemical claims. The researchers, Jim Fleming, John MacChesney and vapors economically. For example, it uses over 70% of the In addition to standard features including proportional Paul O'Connor, have done this by using a plasma - a germanium, the most expensive ingredient in the light­ character spacing. automatic text justification, variable highly energetic mixture containing ionized atomic frag­ guide-forming process (compared w ith less than 5% with character sizes and advanced forms control functions, the ments-to speed up " preform" production, an early step current techniques), and nearly 100% of-the silicon. new top-of-the-line Model 560 addition to the IDS Paper in the fabrication process. Achieving both fast glass deposition and good trans­ Tiger™ family is one of few printers in its price range to " The plasma technique speeds up the making of mission characteristics results from the way the plasma is offer a raster graphics printing option, Integral Data's preforms for glass fibers while maintaining the fiber's used. The plasma fireball in one arrangement provides president, Dr. James E. Vander May states. transmission properties," says Fleming. " Based on pre­ energy to the reactants, which form a cloud of glassy "The demand for low-cost, high-performance pri nters liminary results, the preforms can be fabricated five times particles in a ring around the plasma. But the plasma in w ith improved print quality w ill be a dynamic market faster with this technique." this arrangement is not directly involved in the sintering through 1985, growing at a compound rate in excess of The new technique is a variation on the generally process, which incorporates these particles into a clear 30% annually," says Peter R. Eisenhauer, vice president of practiced methods of the modified chemical vapor de­ layer on the inside surface of the tube. Sintering is delayed marketing. "The 560 w ill play an important role in t hat position (MCVD) process. MCVD was developed at Bell until the particles are near the gas torch. marketplace. It w ill be pa rticularly attractive to computer Labs in 1973 and a patent for the process was awarded on Fleming and O'Connor are able to control the chemical system OEMS as an alternative to in-house manufactur­ August 12, 1980. reaction, transport, deposition and sintering processes by ing, and to large, multi-division end-user companies. In the MCVD technique as commercially practised, the techniques that include centering the plasma fireball "The Paper Tiger 560 is perfect for high-volume data glass "preforms" that are eventually collapsed and drawn within the tube and monitoring the temperature distri­ and text processing applications where better print quality to form lightguides are made by passing chemical vapors bution in the region of the plasma. Studies at BTL on and high speeds are required. These applications," into a glass tube, where they are heated by a torch and thermophoresis -the mechanism that largely determines Eisenhauer points out, " includes small business systems, form glass particles that are deposited on the tube walls. how particles behave in a temperature gradient- helped distributed data processing network nodes and electronic With the plasma-assisted process, instead of the vapors to improve control of the deposition and sintering. mail, as well as a variety of business graphics including being heated only by an external torch, they are heated To form fiber with the same core-substrate geometry as financial modeling and forecasting." within a zone that includes a plasma formed and main­ is produced by the MCVD process without the plasma The Model 560 prints a full 132 characters per line at tained inside the tube by electromagnetic energy generally assist, only about one-fifth the time is needed for the 10 pitch, with other pitches giving line lengths up to 220 produced by an induction coil. deposition phase of preform preparation. The plasma­ columns on standard 15-inch-wide paper. "The plasma fireball supplies the energy that helps assisted process has been used to make both single-mode The printer employes a dot-matrix character formation propel the glassy particles toward the walls of the tube," and multimode fibers. technique, pioneered with t he IDS Model460 Paper Tiger, explains Fleming. Future research is aimed at combining the plasma in which the placement of " dots" overlap both hori zontally Since preform production is a significant part of fiber approach with other recent advances in MCVD practice. and vertically to achieve correspondence quality printing. fabrication, increasing this rate should substantially Among these are substit ution of phosphorus for boron, A nine-wire " ballistic" wire head uses two staggered reduce the cost of fabrication of fiber optics lightguides. and use of a chemical purification system. These im­ rows of print " needles" to create vertically overlapping provements have already led to decreased transmission dots in a single pass of the print head- a function not Additional Technical Information losses for MCVD-produced fibers, particularly at the possible using standard matrix printers. The 560 print The Bell Labs work is the first report of a rapid longer wavelengths likely to be used in future lightwave head is driven bidirectionally under microprocessor A library catalog is accessed by m embers of the public at throughput, plasma-assisted glass-fiber manufacturing communications systems. control by a stepper motor drive mechanism with true large by using tne touch-sensttive display terminals. process that results in acceptable transmission losses. (See photograph on page 7.) " logic seeking" look-ahead capability and high-speed slew from the end of one line to t he beginning of the next.

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