A Second Generation Personal Computer Network for Automated Hydro-Mechanical Testing

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Sherwin, Kenneth A., author.

Conference Name:

1984 SAE International Off-Highway and Powerplant Congress and Exposition (1984-09-10 : Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1984

Summary:

This paper is a description of a distributed processor network using a single shared hard disk with multiple brand personal computers in a hydraulics engineering department and laboratory.Four major topics are presented. First, the laboratory's test articles and facilities are discussed. The second section gives a detailed description of the network. Overall network criteria are developed and the network's configuration specified. System performance is discussed next. A description of its hardware and software status leads to a detailed example of the cost/benefit analysis for a particular application

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Publisher Number:

841136

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license