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Manufacturing process control at IBM

Published: 17 November 1970 Publication History

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IBM manufacturing facilities in both the United States and Europe have installed computer systems of essentially identical design to aid in the control of many types of manufacturing processes. The basic structure of the system is depicted in Figure 1. One or two central computer systems (IBM System 360) are attached to several satellite computers (IBM 1130, 1800 and 360 processors) via a high speed Transmission Control Unit (multiplexor).

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AFIPS '70 (Fall): Proceedings of the November 17-19, 1970, fall joint computer conference
November 1970
683 pages
ISBN:9781450379045
DOI:10.1145/1478462
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Published: 17 November 1970

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