DocumentCode
809432
Title
Sumary of CAMAC: Status and Outlook
Author
Mack, Dick A.
Author_Institution
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory University of California Berkeley, California
Volume
20
Issue
2
fYear
1973
fDate
4/1/1973 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
69
Lastpage
71
Abstract
Is everyone going to use CAMAC? Probably not. Does CAMAC represent all the latest thinking in data handling? Again the answer is no. However, one must remember that the time from conception to delivery of a computer makes it partially obsolete before it is ever used. This is the price of progress. A similar gestation time was inevitable for CAMAC. If we were to begin today, CAMAC would be different, but at this point in time we are glad we don´t have to start over again. CAMAC has proved its worth in many experimental research situations. Also CAMAC is dynamic; as new technology beccmes available it will obviously be incorporated into the system. Now is the time to take it to the industrial market place. The predominant use of CAMAC should be in industrial data-acquisition and control environments.
Keywords
Automatic control; CAMAC; Circuit testing; Control systems; Costs; Glass; Hardware; Laboratories; Manufacturing; Power supplies;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9499
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TNS.1973.4327019
Filename
4327019
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