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HONEYWELL IBOO-ll
A Large -Scale Scientific Processor
George B. Bailey
C. Norman Cannin~;
William S. GrinKe r
Rolf Kates
William L. Mellentin
Norman Nisenoff
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section Pages
Introduction v thru vii
I Summary of Advantages I-I thru 1- 4
II Hardware Characteristics 11-1 thru 11-43
III Software Characteristics 111-1 thru 111- 21
IV Special Equipment IV-l thru IV -17
V Typical Equipment Configurations V-I thru V- 2
VI Competitive Comparisons VI-l thru VI- 2
VII Honeywell Scientific Users VII-l thru VII- 3
VIII Honeywell Capabilitie s VIII-l thru VIII-22
IX Miscellaneous
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INTRODUCTION
SCIENTIFIC CONSIDERATIONS
A great variety of factors determine the applicability
and'utility of a Data processing System with respect to the
requirements of the scientific community. Any computer, no
matter how fast or large, is unfinished unless its hardware
is properly complemented by a full repertoire of software
that is capable of economically assimilating and solving
the wide range of problems encountered in a Scientific
Computing Facility.
The Honeywell H-lSOO-II has made a significant break-
through in total SYSTEM'S CONCEPT by combining extremely
fast Central Processor Operations, flexible peripheral
Devices, completely proven and integrated SOFTWARE, and
parallel Processing at a modest Systems cost.
The factors that have prevented users from achieving
total utility from competitive systems have been solved by
the H-1800-II as follows:
RAW SPEED
-120,000 three address operations per second execution,
the equivalent of 300,000 single address operations per second.
-10 microsecond floating binary multiplication for a
full 48 bit word.
TURN-AROUND TIME
The availability of all peripheral units to the central
processor through the use of the Input Output Control Center
(IOCC) and hardware parallel Processing allow AUTOMATH 1800
(FORTRAN IV) to operate in a mixture of load and go and execute
later modes. This combination of hardware and software give
the user IMMEDIATE turn-around.
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FLEXIBILITY
The hardware features of Multiprogram Control and Buffer
Traffic Control combined with the ADMIRAL Master Monitor
allows complete independ~nce of up to eight programs operating
in parallel. Not