Meeting Reports

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  • Allan Dennis
چکیده

The inaugural meeting of the Microcomputer and Microprocessor Group of the Royal Society of Chemistry was held at the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London on 10th July 1980. The morning session was preceded by the election of the Committee of the Group. The first talk, given by Mr James of the Imperial College of Science and Technology Computer Centre, presented a current survey of microcomputers and the criteria which should be applied before purchase. He described the balance of relative costs in running/buying a computer whereby hardware is becoming relatively inexpensive and software is becoming more expensive. The second talk, given by Dr Newton of AERE, Harwell, described how microcomputers could be used for laboratory control applications and data acquisition. Various forms of analogue/digital and digital/ analogue convertors were described in detail. The afternoon session started with two talks on specific applications of microcomputers in the laboratory. The first was given by Dr Goddard of the Imperial College of Science and Technology who described the use of a Research Machines 380Z microcomputer to control an automatic titrator. The second by Mr. Huddleston of AERE, Harwell described the use of a PET microcomputer for the acquisition and processing of data from a nuclear microprobe. The final talk was given by Dr Boswell of the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. The relative merits of microcomputers and mainframe computers were described and the arguments for and against the use of assembly language as opposed to high level language were considered. Although the venue for this meeting was not particularly suitable, the content was very enjoyable and should ensure the future success of this new group. Allan Dennis

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Journal of Automatic Chemistry

دوره 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1980