A microprocessor implementation of a dedicated store-and-forward data communications system
Peter Russo, M. D. Lippman · 1974
The stored-program approach to data communications system design is not new. The past several years have witnessed a large and ever-increasing number of minicomputers and larger processors dedicated to the implementation of a variety of data communications functions. To date, however, the use of computers has been relegated primarily to medium-sized and larger systems where highly complex data communications requirements justify reasonably large investments in hardware and software. In many low-end applications, however, the high cost of minicomputers and their associated peripherals cannot be justified. This is especially true in a dedicated system where two terminals (or groups of terminals) communicate over a dedicated communications channel.