The use of minicomputers in a distributed information processing system; feasibility study
Stanley Miller Longwill, Jesse M. McNellis, Douglas R. Posson · Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World · 1980
Other sections of this report discuss the effects distributed processing may have on existing WRD computer activities, and include recommendations for continued development of distributed information processing in the Division.II. Executive SummaryThe Water Resources Division, Geological Survey, in planning for an upgraded data processing capability, received authorization from the Interior Department Office of ADP and Telecommunications Management to test the application of minicomputers to the Division*s field programs.Subsequently, two minicomputers were procured and installed in the district offices in Lawrence, Kansas, and Albuquerque, New Mexico, so that a feasibility study of distributed data processing could be accomplished.This report presents these experiences and results obtained in a 9-month test period.