A multiuser computation facility for education and research

ABSTRACT

Present-day computing facilities are limited in their value for scientific research by inability to interact strongly with users. The full power of a research computing instrument should be available at many terminals that give each user the ability to generate, correct and operate any procedure he wishes, either simple or complex. Implementation is described for a small-scale multiuser computer system that permits several users to work independently with the machine, and to obtain satisfactory response using typewriter communication.

REFERENCES

• 1: BOILEN, S., FREDKIN, E., LICKLIDER, J. C. R., AND McCARTHY, J. A time-sharing debugging system for a small computer. Proc. 1963 Spring Joint Comput. Conf., Vol. 23, Spartan Books, Baltimore, 1963, 51-57.
• 2: Report of the Long Range Computation Study Group. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., April 1961.
• 3: YATES, J. E. A time sharing system for the PDP-1 computer. Rep. AFCRL-62-519, Electronic Systems Lab. M.I.T., Cambridge, Mass., June 1962.
• 4: F. J. Corbató, The Compatible Time-Sharing System: A Programmer's Guide, The MIT Press, 1963

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  J. Computer Applications
  J.1 ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING
      Subjects: Education

General Terms:
Design, Human Factors, Management, Performance, Theory