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Micro film The mysteries of microprocessors, their manufacture and application are explained in a new film produced by the Centre for Educational Practice in Strathclyde University. The film, 'Chips for everyone - an introduction to microprocessors', is aimed mainly at university undergraduates and senior school pupils, but copies of the film have now been bought or hired by several noneducational organizations, including the National Science Museum in London, the National Computer Centre in Manchester, Strathclyde Regional Council's Department o.f Computer Services and MotoroJa. 'Chips for everyone' shows the clinical conditions in which microprocessors are manufactured and explains in general terms the high technology that underlies the process. Examples of microprocessors in operation are taken from industry and commerce, medicine, education and leisure. Because of the success of the film, the film-making team, lead by director Gordon Thomson and writer Dr lan Sommerville, are working on two more films on the subject.
Dicoll for PASCAL Dicoll DataSystems has been awarded the exclusive distributorship for UCSD-PASCAL for DEC LSI-I I computers in the UK. This high level language system is marketed through Softech Microsystems of San Diego, California. John Ash, director of Dicoll Datasystems, said the distributorship entitles his company to sell the present and future versions of the popular development system originated at the University of San Diego. The package comes complete with a full set of documentation with all software on the media of the customer's choice and the UK cost is £295 for the current version.
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German and U K distributors for ATLAS In the latest export deal for its range of ATLAS (avionic test language for all systems) compilers, Warren Point Ltd has signed an agreement with Creative Daten Systeme GmbH of Munich, making the German company exclusive distributors. Covering the whole West German market, where the company is strong in process control and defence systems, the new agreement includes the latest mica machine-independent compiler for ATLAS, a low cost micaPAC package and ATLAS training, as well as a full range of ATE support services. Recently, Warren Point completed a similar deal appointing ATE Associates of Northridge, California, exclusive distributors in the USA.
64k RAM off the shelf The 64k RAM is at last available to the general market. Crellon Electronics Limited hold an advance stock of the Motorola MCM6665L25. This is a high speed (250 ns access) dynamic random access memory organized as 64k x 1, using Motorola's NMOS technology. MCM6665L25 requires only eight address lines and permits packaging in a standard 16-pin ceramic package. Complete address decoding is done onchip with address latches incorporated. Operating from a single 5 V power supply the MCM6665L25 offers power dissipation of less than 300 mW. UK prices are £167 for unit Quantities and £83.73 for 100s.
Barclays chair Barclays Bank is to endow a new £250 000 'Barclays Chair in Microprocessor Applications in Industry' at Manchester University. Barclays already had working links with the University's Department of Computer Science, which would be strengthened
in future. The bank's endowment is a firm commitment over the next ten years. Mr. Brian Pearse, a Barclays general manager, said: 'There are three reasons why we are taking this action. It will provide British industry with more highly trained experts in the application of microprocessors to industrial development and so help the modernization of industry in this country. It will establish an expert advisory service for British industry at Manchester University for solving problems of microprocessor application. Growth of microprocessors will involve Barclays in decision taking on provision of finance for microprocessor development and application. Our link with the Manchester University Department of CompJ,ter Science will ensure - and this is an agreement between us -- that Barclays are regularly advised of latest practical developments in this fast expanding industry'.
System Industries for Fujitsu Winchesters System Industries (Europe), Woking-based European operation of System Industries Inc., has signed a marketing deal with Fujitsu to sell Winchester technology disc drives throughout Europe. The agreement represents the European debut for Fujitsu disc drives and marks Sl's entry into the Winchester technology market. Initially the agreement covers three products, Fujitsu's M2282, M2283 and M2284 series of nonremovable media moving arm disc storage drives, which System Industries will be marketing as the 9782, 9783 and 9784. Storage capacities are 66, 132 or 165 Mbyte of unformatted data and there is integrated logic for data protection in case of power failure or system malfunction. Completely sealed airflow systems and nonremovable media yield a typical mean time between failure in excess of 15 000 h. Typical costs for the OEM would be around $5500 for 165 Mbyte.
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Dicoll for PASCAL Dicoll DataSystems has been awarded the exclusive distributorship for UCSD-PASCAL for DEC LSI-I I computers in the UK. This high level language system is marketed through Softech Microsystems of San Diego, California. John Ash, director of Dicoll Datasystems, said the distributorship entitles his company to sell the present and future versions of the popular development system originated at the University of San Diego. The package comes complete with a full set of documentation with all software on the media of the customer's choice and the UK cost is £295 for the current version.
vol 4 no 6july/august 1980
German and U K distributors for ATLAS In the latest export deal for its range of ATLAS (avionic test language for all systems) compilers, Warren Point Ltd has signed an agreement with Creative Daten Systeme GmbH of Munich, making the German company exclusive distributors. Covering the whole West German market, where the company is strong in process control and defence systems, the new agreement includes the latest mica machine-independent compiler for ATLAS, a low cost micaPAC package and ATLAS training, as well as a full range of ATE support services. Recently, Warren Point completed a similar deal appointing ATE Associates of Northridge, California, exclusive distributors in the USA.
64k RAM off the shelf The 64k RAM is at last available to the general market. Crellon Electronics Limited hold an advance stock of the Motorola MCM6665L25. This is a high speed (250 ns access) dynamic random access memory organized as 64k x 1, using Motorola's NMOS technology. MCM6665L25 requires only eight address lines and permits packaging in a standard 16-pin ceramic package. Complete address decoding is done onchip with address latches incorporated. Operating from a single 5 V power supply the MCM6665L25 offers power dissipation of less than 300 mW. UK prices are £167 for unit Quantities and £83.73 for 100s.
Barclays chair Barclays Bank is to endow a new £250 000 'Barclays Chair in Microprocessor Applications in Industry' at Manchester University. Barclays already had working links with the University's Department of Computer Science, which would be strengthened
in future. The bank's endowment is a firm commitment over the next ten years. Mr. Brian Pearse, a Barclays general manager, said: 'There are three reasons why we are taking this action. It will provide British industry with more highly trained experts in the application of microprocessors to industrial development and so help the modernization of industry in this country. It will establish an expert advisory service for British industry at Manchester University for solving problems of microprocessor application. Growth of microprocessors will involve Barclays in decision taking on provision of finance for microprocessor development and application. Our link with the Manchester University Department of CompJ,ter Science will ensure - and this is an agreement between us -- that Barclays are regularly advised of latest practical developments in this fast expanding industry'.
System Industries for Fujitsu Winchesters System Industries (Europe), Woking-based European operation of System Industries Inc., has signed a marketing deal with Fujitsu to sell Winchester technology disc drives throughout Europe. The agreement represents the European debut for Fujitsu disc drives and marks Sl's entry into the Winchester technology market. Initially the agreement covers three products, Fujitsu's M2282, M2283 and M2284 series of nonremovable media moving arm disc storage drives, which System Industries will be marketing as the 9782, 9783 and 9784. Storage capacities are 66, 132 or 165 Mbyte of unformatted data and there is integrated logic for data protection in case of power failure or system malfunction. Completely sealed airflow systems and nonremovable media yield a typical mean time between failure in excess of 15 000 h. Typical costs for the OEM would be around $5500 for 165 Mbyte.
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