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Further reading □ Preface □ Contents □ 1. Introduction □ 2. The co-ordination of routines □ 3. Store organisation □ 4. Magnetic tape supervisor routines □ 5. Peripheral equipment □ 6. The Operating System □ 7. The Scheduling System □ 8. Details of the Atlas 1 computer installations
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⟶ ACL ⟶ Literature ⟶ Atlas manuals ⟶ Supervisor :: The ATLAS 1 Supervisor, Operating System and Scheduling System
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Further reading ⇓

□ Preface
□ Contents
□ 1. Introduction
□ 2. The co-ordination of routines
□ 3. Store organisation
□ 4. Magnetic tape supervisor routines
□ 5. Peripheral equipment
□ 6. The Operating System
□ 7. The Scheduling System
□ 8. Details of the Atlas 1 computer installations

8 Details of the Atlas 1 Computer Installations

8.1 The Manchester University Atlas (MUSE)

This is an Atlas 1 with:

16,384 words of core store in two pairs of stacks
 8,192 words of fixed store
 1,024 words of subsidiary store
     4 M.D.5 drums (24,576 words each)
     8 Ampex one-inch tape mechanisms (8 channels)
     1 I.C.T. type 593 Card Reader (600 cpm)
     1 I.C.T. type 582 Card Punch (100 cpm)
     2 Anelex Line Printers series 4-1000 (1000 lpm)
     4 TR5 paper tape readers (300ch/sec)
     4 Teletype paper tape punches (110 ch/sec)
     1 TR7 paper tape reader (100ch/sec)
     1 Creed 3000 paper tape punch (300ch/sec)
     2 Creed 75 teleprinters (10ch/sec)
     1 Venner clock
     1 X-ray diffractometer
     1 Engineer's Console
     2 I.C.T. 7000 on-line datalink terminals
     1 A.T.&E datalink terminal

8.2 The London University Atlas

This is an Atlas 1 with:

32,768 words of core store in four pairs of stacks
 8,192 words of fixed store
 1,024 words of subsidiary store
     4 Bryant drums (24,576 words each)
     14 Ampex T.M.2 one-inch tape mechanisms (8 channels with one 2x8 switching unit)
     2 I.C.T. type 593 Card Reader (600 cpm)
     1 I.C.T. type 582 Card Punch (100 cpm)
     2 Anelex Line Printers series 4-1000 (1000 lpm)
     5 TR5 paper tape readers (300ch/sec)
     3 Teletype paper tape punches (100 ch/sec)
     4 Creed 75 teleprinters (10ch/sec)
     1 Venner clock
     1 X-ray diffractometer
     1 Engineer's Console
     2 I.C.T. 7000 on-line datalink terminals
     1 Ferranti high-speed datalink terminal

8.2 The London University Atlas

This is an Atlas 1 with:

32,768 words of core store in four pairs of stacks
 8,192 words of fixed store
 1,024 words of subsidiary store
     4 Bryant drums (24,576 words each)
     14 Ampex T.M.2 one-inch tape mechanisms (8 channels with one 2x8 switching unit)
     2 I.C.T. type 593 Card Reader (600 cpm)
     1 I.C.T. type 582 Card Punch (100 cpm)
     2 Anelex Line Printers series 4-1000 (1000 lpm)
     5 TR5 paper tape readers (300ch/sec)
     3 Teletype paper tape punches (100 ch/sec)
     4 Creed 75 teleprinters (10ch/sec)
     1 Venner clock
     1 Engineer's Console
     2 Potter MT-120 half-inch magnetic tape units
     2 I.C.T. 7000 on-line datalink terminals
     1 Ferranti high-speed datalink terminal

8.3 The S.R.C. (Chilton) Atlas

This is an Atlas 1 with:

49,152 words of core store in six pairs of stacks
 8,192 words of fixed store
 1,024 words of subsidiary store
     4 Magnetic drums (24,576 words each)
     16 Ampex T.M.2 one-inch tape mechanisms (8 channels with four 2x8 switching unit)
     2 I.C.T. type 593 Card Reader (600 cpm)
     1 I.C.T. type 582 Card Punch (100 cpm)
     2 Anelex Line Printers series 4-1000 (1000 lpm)
     2 I.B.M. type 729 Mark 4 half-inch magnetic tape units (one channel)
     3 TR5 paper tape readers (300ch/sec)
     1 Elliott paper tape reader (1000ch/sec)
     3 Teletype paper tape punches (110 ch/sec)
     3 Creed 75 teleprinters (10ch/sec)
     1 Venner clock
     1 I.B.M. type 731 typewriter
     1 X-ray diffractometer
     1 Engineer's Console
     1 Off-line Benson-Lehner graph plotter and 1/2" tape deck
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