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I AMPEX I CIRCLE 1 ON READER CARD I MOORE 'EXTRA FUNCTION' FORMS PUT TOTAL VALUE IN YOUR FORMS-SYSTEM PASTED POCKET ENVELOPES-flexible in construction, can be part of a continuous Speediflex, or of a Speediset, with pressure-sensitive tape or remoistenable glue to seal the envelope. FORMS can be made in continuous style to be later folded and sealed Need a form with special features? to form an envelope with remoistenable glue, One that performs multiple functions similar to gummed flap to cut machine time and handling of envelopes. costs? For example: Moore can give you a multiple-part continuous form containing a self­ sealer return envelope as an integral part of the set. Another Moore form-ideal for paychecks, utility bills, premium bills, etc. - permits front and back data to be printed two-wide in one machine writing, then machine-folded and FOR PAGE READERS Moore forms help provide sealed, ready to mail. 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For reading by scanners. paychecks, invoices, Your form will be better because statements, bills, etc. of the value we build into it-experi­ ence, design know-how, years of system background, unequaled manu­ facturing facilities. For the form with Total Value, call us. If you work with forms, we can show you how to make forms work for you. MOORE BUSINESS FORMS INC LABEL FORMS 'The right business form for f;lvery form of business'· Niagara are available to run on Falls, N.Y.• Park Ridge, III. • Denton, Texas • Emery­ high-speed printers in ville, Calif. • Over 500 offices and factories in North America a wide variety of sizes and materials. Can be applied to other documents, etc., without remoistening. CIRCLE 5 ON READER CARD Looking for an HSPTR*? Call our local representative Il1ay 1966 volume 12 number 5 Publisher GARDNER F_ LANDON Editor ROBERT B. FOREST Managing Editor & Art Director CLEVE MARIE BOUTELL Associate Editors EDWARD K. Y ASAKI WILLIAM J. ROLPH Assistant Editor HEIDE E. HESS Eastern Editor ANGELINE PANTAGES European Editor CHARLES WHITE Contributing Editors HOWARD BROMBERG ROBERT V. HEAD Washington Reporter PHIL HIRSCH Editorial Adviser ROBERT L. PATRICK Technical Consultants DANIEL D. McCRACKEN Digitronics offers the finest line of perforated LOWELL AMDAHL tape readers and handlers-and our sales reps can Production Manager MARILEE PITMAN prove it. To arrange for an enlightening meeting Circulation Mgr. ALGENE TRAINA at your earliest convenience, just contact your friendly neighborhood Digitronics representative: Massachusetts-Vermont­ Florida-Mississippi-Alabama­ New Hampshire-Maine­ Georgia-South Carolina­ Rhode Island Tennessee (Western) Eastern District Manage,. JAMES M. MORRIS Components Sales Corporation Dickerson Engineering Sales WARREN A. 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Raytheon Computer's FORTRAN IV is language compatible with FORTRAN IV (version 13) used with IBM's 7094 and is a sub-set of the FORTRAN IV designed for System/360 machines. This compatibility in an efficient one-pass processor is available only with Raytheon Computer's 520. With Raytheon's FORTRAN IV you can exchange programs between the 520 and the 7094 and you can debug many 7094/360 programs on a 520 when either of the other machines is not available. Debugging is done faster if the 520 is equipped with its optional 1 microsecond memory and at lower cost, since the 520 runs about 1/20 the cost of the 7094 on an hourly basis. Equipment requirements are minimized too, since Ray­ theon FORTRAN IV runs on a 520 with an 8K memory.