• DocumentCode
    789804
  • Title

    A Multiprogrammed Operating System for Nuclear Physics Data Acquisition

  • Author

    Sachs, M.W. ; Bromley, D.A. ; Mikelsons, M. ; Summers, P.D. ; Birnbaum, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Wright Nuclear Structure Laboratory, Yale University New Haven, Connecticut
  • Volume
    16
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1969
  • Firstpage
    147
  • Lastpage
    152
  • Abstract
    A multiprogrammed operating system for nuclear physics data acquisition has been developed as part of a Yale/IBM Joint Study. The system supports multiple users in a fully protected environment. Features of the system include dynamic storage allocation, a fully reentrant supervisor, language and device independence, dynamic priorities, virtual device utilities, and extensive inter-task communication facilities. An application example is presented.
  • Keywords
    Application software; Data acquisition; Dynamic scheduling; Hardware; Laboratories; Nuclear physics; Operating systems; Performance analysis; Physics computing; Protection;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.1969.4325097
  • Filename
    4325097