Boner-II an On-Line Multi-Laboratory Data Acquisition System
Hugh V. Jones · IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science · 1970
BONER-II, a revision of BONER, a programmed on-line multi-laboratory data acquisition system implemented on Bonner Nuclear Laboratories' IBM 1800 Computer, supported by IBM's Time-Sharing Executive (TSX), and interfaced with Bonner Laboratories' Experiment Control Unit (ECU), incorporates the following features: i) independent concurrent acquisition and analysis of data from a maximum of eight laboratories; ii) dynamic real-time storage allocation of data input/output buffer blocks, processed or unprocessed data analysis buffer blocks, and program blocks; iii) garbage collection and relocation of core blocks to optimize usage of core; iv) dynamic allocation and release of peripheral equipment to accommodate the varying needs of the various laboratories; v) selective program-controlled display of data analysis buffers; vi) queueing of non-process function programs to operate on displayed data analysis buffers; vii) partial or total real-time data analyses (the percentage of which can be varied by the experimenter); viii) non-process time-sharing of program compilation and debugging, or data analyses as coordinated by TSX when BONER-II is not in control. This paper will discuss the software implementation of BONER-II to a multi-laboratory environment for the purpose of maximizing usage of computer resources while minimizing the experimenter's need to interact with the computer data acquisition system.