CONTROL ARRANGEMENTS FOR ON-LINE OR OFF-LINE OPERATION OF AN INCREMENTAL PLOTTER IN THE MERCURY COMPUTER SYSTEM.

Abstract

A digital incremental plotter has been incorporated into the Mercury computer system in Mathematics Department. Two plotting facilities have been provided - direct on-line operation from the computer and off-line operation from computer output recorded on magnetic tape. The Report is primarily concerned with the control arrangements provided to implement the new facilities. Outline characteristics and operation of the plotter are also given. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0652425

Entities

People

  • K. Sanderson

Organizations

  • Royal Aircraft Establishment

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computers
  • Computing Devices
  • Data Processing Equipment
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Input Output Devices
  • Magnetic Tape
  • Mathematics
  • Plotters
  • Plotting
  • Processing Equipment
  • Tapes

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.