Micro network unburdens Lawrence Livermore's supercomputers
Andrew Cecil · Mini-micro Systems · 1983
Many program-development installations that rely on time-sharing systems are distributing some of the programming tasks to microcomputer networks. The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, for example, has installed several microcomputer local networks as front-ends to its massive Octopus network, composed of Cray-1 and Control Data Corp. 7600 mainframes. One local network, which incorporated terminals from different vendors, is used by the programming group for nuclear weapons simulation. It allows programmers to perform local text editing, which reduces the time necessary to retrieve, modify and verify code, and frees the central host for compilation and execution. It also facilitates job resubmission and user scheduling.