Telecommunications using a front-end minicomputer

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Telecommunications using a front-end minicomputer

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Communications of the ACM archive
Volume 16 , Issue 3 (March 1973) table of contents

Pages: 153 - 160

Year of Publication: 1973

ISSN:0001-0782

Authors

Y. Feinroth	New York Univ., New York
E. Franceschini	New York Univ., New York
M. Goldstein	New York Univ., New York

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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Downloads (6 Weeks): 3, Downloads (12 Months): 16, Citation Count: 4

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ABSTRACT

The use of a front-end minicomputer to provide varied remote terminal access to a large scale computer is considered. The problems of embedding telecommunications I/O within an operating system are discussed, and it is shown how the decentralization of intelligence acquired by front-end processing vastly simplifies the problem. A specific implementation is discussed with emphasis on the main processor-minicomputer link, the hardware-software implementation, the effect on the main processor operating system, and an assessment of the advantages over a hardwired line controller.

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	1	Barth, J. Using minicomputers in teleprocessing systems. Data Processing 12, 11 (Nov. 1970), 43-47.
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CITED BY 4

	Evan L. Ivie, The programmer's workbench—a machine for software development, Communications of the ACM, v.20 n.10, p.746-753, Oct. 1977
	H. F. Tibbals, A structure for interprocess communication in a data communications handler, Proceedings of the annual conference, p.356-360, October 20-22, 1976, Houston, Texas, United States
	R. H. Canaday , R. D. Harrison , E. L. Ivie , J. L. Ryder , L. A. Wehr, A back-end computer for data base management, Communications of the ACM, v.17 n.10, p.575-582, Oct. 1974
	Patrick McGregor, Effective use of data communications hardware, Proceedings of the May 6-10, 1974, national computer conference and exposition, May 06-10, 1974, Chicago, Illinois

INDEX TERMS

Keywords:
front-end processor, minicomputer, remote job entry, remote terminals, telecommunications

Collaborative Colleagues:

Y. Feinroth: colleagues

E. Franceschini: colleagues

M. Goldstein: colleagues

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