CMS services for micros: supporting the IBM PC/XT at SLAC

Conference · Wed Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1984

OSTI ID:6578246

Wells, J W

SLAC has been providing mainframe services to micros on a limited basis for over 10 years. The services were primarily intended to aid program development for the micros which were to be used in a variety of control functions at the Lab. These services had little impact on the central system and were only used by a few people. The growth in the availability, capability, and versatility of the personal computer in the last few years has dramatically changed that. SLAC now has over 120 IBM PC/XT's. Even though some of these PC's are primarily used stand alone, all are connected to the SLAC network and have the capability to use CMS services. SLAC has been integrating the PC into the CMS computing environment both through the use of existing services and the introduction of special services for the PC. This session describes the services needed by a PC, compares some of the products evaluated at SLAC, and discusses what services SLAC currently provides. A detailed discussion of file transfer experiences is given since data interchange is a prime part of the services needed.

• Research Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00515
• OSTI ID: 6578246
• Report Number(s): SLAC-PUB-3418; CONF-840886-1; ON: DE84016356
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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