1. Computer control in chemistry at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory
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Roger E. Anderson and J.W Frazer
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Computational Mathematics ,Numerical Analysis ,Engineering drawing ,Data acquisition ,Computer control ,Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) ,Computer science ,Applied Mathematics ,Modeling and Simulation ,Digital control ,Chemistry (relationship) ,Simulation ,Computer Science Applications - Abstract
The Chemistry Department at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory has been engaged in the use of digital control computers as an integral part of laboratory experiments. These computers not only provide control and data acquisition functions, but also result in improved accuracy and the ability to perform more advanced experiments. This paper describes two of the eight systems currently in use in the Chemistry Department. One is a PDP 8/S dedicated to one experiment at a time while the other is a time-shared PDP-7. The differences in operation and application of each will be surveyed and the advantages and disadvantages compared.
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- 1968
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