1. GENERAL SYSTEMS DESCRIPTION
The DATANET-30 is a real-time computer--designed primarily to automatically receive and
process information originated at locations remote from the central computer (remote terminals)--
and to automatically transmit information to the remote terminals over normal common carrier
communication facilities.
The DATANET-30 is:
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High speed
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Solid state
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Single address
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Special purpose
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Communications oriented
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Digital computer
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A binary mode of operation
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A 7 microsecond word time
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A stored program
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A magnetic core memory
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Over 78 basic instructions
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18-bit word in memory
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Up to 128 input/ output channels
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Memory interrupt
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Indirect addressing and multiple indexing
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An elapsed time counter
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Patch plug adaptability to character and word length
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Patch plug adaptability to transmission and receiving speeds
performs:
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As central control for a DATANET-30 communication system
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As a communications controller for a GE-200, 400 or 600 Series General Purpose
Computer
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Arithmetic and data manipulation operations
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On a real time basis
capable of:
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Controlled transmission of data over common carrier facilities
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Serving as a communications control between remote terminals and a computer
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Unattended operation
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Using a variety of remote terminal devices including Teletype keyboard printers, a
computeral DATANET-760 Terminal
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Simultaneous transmission to remote terminals
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