Savannah River Laboratory local area computer network
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OSTI ID:6567744
The Savannah River Laboratory (SRL) has been using minicomputers and microcomputers for nearly twenty years to support the research and development needs of the site. There are currently in use at SRL over sixty of these systems providing experimental data acquisition, runtime control, runtime and postrun analysis, data archiving, and reporting services for individual experiments. More recently, many personal computers have been acquired for desk top computing by SRL's professionals. The various laboratory and personal computers range in size from the 32-bit super minicomputers to dedicated, 8-bit single-board computers. A local area network (LAN) has been defined to support this environment. The major components of the LAN are defined to be the data acquisition and personal computers, larger computer systems for data analysis and peripheral support, and a high-speed, baseband local communications bus. A pilot scale LAN has been implemented using the ETHERNET (Xerox Corporation, Digital Equipment Corporation, Intel Corporation) baseband network. This pilot network is being used to provide data transfers between the laboratory minicomputers and microcomputers to the site central computer facility via a minicomputer serving as a Remote Job Entry (RJE) station. Devices are connected to the ETHERNET via standard parallel and serial interfaces. A major expansion to the network is scheduled for 1983 with the addition of data analysis computers. These computers will provide for a more interactive data analysis capability and will fill an intermediate position in a hierarchy of computer resources.
- Research Organization:
- Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) and Co., Aiken, SC (USA). Savannah River Lab.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC09-76SR00001
- OSTI ID:
- 6567744
- Report Number(s):
- DP-MS-82-48; CONF-821157-1; ON: DE83004918
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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