Real time time sharing, the desirability and economics
B.E.F. Macefield · 1968
The thoughts expressed in the following contribution have arisen largely as a result of work at the University of Oxford, Nuclear Physics Laboratory. In Oxford, we have had a demand for two real time users and one background user. The achievement of this goal is described in the first reference. It has been clear, however, that many institutions have a similar problem and it was the fact that the solution was not impossibly difficult that prompted this plea for more efficient use of large capital investments represented by on-line computers.