Accession Number:

ADA106290

Title:

Command and Information System Programming and Operation Manual,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

AERONAUTICAL RESEARCH LABS MELBOURNE (AUSTRALIA)

Personal Author(s):

• Warne,D. K.
• Kinsella,T.
• Thelander,H. A.

Report Date:

1980-09-01

Pagination or Media Count:

33.0

Abstract:

Command and Information System Mark 1 CIS 1 provides for the real time control and display functions needed in the Aeronautical Research Laboratories Hybrid Computing System HCS3. CIS 1 consists of a large cursive C.R.T. display interfaced via an A.R.L.-developed controller and a PDP-1120 minicomputer to the A.R.L. DEC-system-10 central timesharing computer. CIS 1 also provides capability for general purpose interactive and static graphics applications. This note contains the reference manual for CISPAC, a DECsystem-10 FORTRAN-callable subroutine package for driving CIS-1. Two utility programs for on-line display of DECsystem-10 text and plot files are described. DECsystem-10 and PDP-1120 programming for CIS 1 is covered, the hardware is described, and the process of generation of alphanumeric and symbolic character fonts for use with it is explained. Author

Descriptors:

• *DATA PROCESSING
• *AERONAUTICAL LABORATORIES
• INFORMATION SYSTEMS
• REAL TIME
• DISPLAY SYSTEMS
• FORTRAN
• COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS
• COMPUTER GRAPHICS
• USER NEEDS
• INTERACTIVE GRAPHICS
• SUBROUTINES
• AUSTRALIA
• TIME SHARING
• INSTRUCTION MANUALS
• CATHODE RAY TUBES
• MINICOMPUTERS
• HYBRID COMPUTERS
• ALPHANUMERIC DATA

Subject Categories:

• Computer Programming and Software
• Computer Hardware
• Computer Systems
• Test Facilities, Equipment and Methods

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE