Use of a Sigma-7 in a Nuclear Physics Laboratory

Advanced features of the Scientific Data Systems Sigma-7 computer are being used at the Michigan State University Cyclotron Laboratory to produce a system which meets all of the needs of the laboratory. The computer is capable of large off-line tasks such as distorted wave Born approximation calculations and large on-line jobs such as 16K channel pulse height analysis and particle identification. Several off-line jobs can be time-shared with safe real-time operation using a supervisor program called JANUS.