General Systems Description - GE DATANET-30 System Manual

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