The current status and future of the BTRON and Human-Machine Interface Subprojects

Author

Koshizuka, N.

Author_Institution

Graduate Sch. of Humanities & Sociology, Tokyo Univ.

fYear

1996

fDate

4-7 Dec 1996

Firstpage

22

Lastpage

27

Abstract

The paper makes a brief overview of current status and the future of the BTRON subproject and the TRON Human-Machine interface Subproject, both subprojects of TRON. In particular, it reports research and development results in the three years from 1994 to 1996. BTRON is just the computer architecture of personal computers or workstations in TRON-concept computers. It provides several novel features as follows. First, it contains a hypertext file system called the Real Object/Virtual Object system. Additionally, the BTRON subproject has been emphasizing the importance of multilingual processing environments and accessibility for the physically challenged

Keywords

formal specification; human factors; hypermedia; interactive systems; language translation; linguistics; BTRON subproject; Real Object/Virtual Object system; TRON Human-Machine interface Subproject; computer architecture; hypertext file system; multilingual processing environments; personal computers; physically challenged; workstations; Central Processing Unit; Computer architecture; Electronic equipment; Hardware; Kernel; Man machine systems; Microcomputers; Operating systems; Personal digital assistants; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

TRON Project International Symposium, 1996. TEPS '96

Conference_Location

Tokyo

ISSN

1063-6749

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7658-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TRON.1996.566181

Filename

566181