Abstract
FACOM-R is a low-priced mini-computer with high performance and can be applied to various kinds of data processing. It can be widely used for acquisition and analysis of biomedical data or automation of clinical test procedure and so on owing to the characteristics such as; high processor speed, flexible input-output interface, compactness and reasonable price.
This paper introduces the features and specification of FACOM-R including the description of system organization, word formats, addressing, instruction set, input-output and basic software. The specifications of FACOM-R are summerized as; 1.5 μs cycle tyme with magnetic core memory capacity of 4 K words (expandable to 32 K. words), 16 bit.s for each, and 28 basic instruction sets. Standard peripheral devices include; typewriter, paper tape devices, card devices, magnetic tape drive, line printer, disc storage, Analog to Digital/Digital to Analog converters and high speed communication lines. Assembler, FORTRAN compiler, system subroutines, utility programs are included in the basic software of FACOM-R.
As an application example of FACOM-R to automations of clinical test procedures, “Full Automated Analyzing System” is also introduced. In this system, FACOM-R is connected to as many as 8 Auto Analyzers via an A/D converter and multiplexor and is used to; collect data, analyze them, and generate reports.
