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Circuit details are given for building protective interfaces between laboratory instruments and a computer's analog and digital inputs. The protective interfaces will not only protect the computer and its input interfaces from a misconnection, but they will themselves withstand misconnection with no damage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A system of FORTRAN-callable subroutines designed to facilitate running laboratories with the RSX operating system on a PDP-11 computer is presented. The subroutines include ones to give the FORTRAN programmer timing capability, better control of CRT input and output, control of a parallel-bit input and output interface, control of an analog-to-digital interface, and control of a digital-to-analog interface. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The pseudorandom number generator in the FORTRAN library (function RAN) of the DECsystem-10 was tested for the statistical properties of an independent uniform random number generator. Five statistical tests were employed: the frequency test, serial test, lagged product test, test of runs up and down, and test of runs above and below the mean. The generator passed all tests. It was concluded that it could be used in applications that require a sequence of uniformly distributed random numbers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents a comparison of the two theses on null hypothesis propounded by R. Frick in 1995. Details of the two thesis; Author's preference for one of the thesis; Frick's arguments in favor of his theses.