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CANDIDE: Overall Plan for Possible Developments of Linkage of the CETIS Analog and Digital Computers

NASA Technical Translation TT F-8591 (January 1964) of the 1963 EURATOM/CETIS report No. 33 by A. Riotte. The paper presents an overall development plan (project CANDIDE) for linking the CETIS analog and digital computers at the Joint Nuclear Research Centre, Ispra, Italy. Two linkage types are addressed: one-directional static linkage placing the analog computer under digital control via the APACHE programming code, and dynamic two-directional linkage using A/D and D/A conversion so the digital computer acts as a real-time function generator. Planned subprojects SATANAS and ATANASE are outlined, along with ancillary studies on automatic scaling, subroutine libraries, and time estimates for each development stage.

Manufacturer: NASA / EURATOM
System: CETIS hybrid computer complex (ADIOS analog + IBM 1620 digital); APACHE programming code
Year: 1964
Type: article
Language: English
Learning track: specific applications
Pages: 19
Author: A. Riotte
Credit: Translated for NASA by John F. Holman and Co. Inc. Original: CETIS Report No. 33, Centre Commun de Recherche Nucleaire, Etablissement d'Ispra, Italy, 1963.

hybrid computinganalog-digital linkageAPACHE codedigital programming of analog computers

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