IBM Journal of Research and Development, Volume 25, 1981

selected papers

Volume 25, Number 1, January 1981

Gian Carlo Bongiovanni, Chak-Kuen Wong: Communication: A Number Representation Convertor for Magnetic Bubble String Comparators.

Huey Ling: High Speed Binary Adder. 156-166
Ernesto F. Yhap, Evon C. Greanias: An On-Line Chinese Character Recognition System. 187-195

John A. Darringer, William H. Joyner Jr., C. Leonard Berman, Louise Trevillyan: Logic Synthesis Through Local Transformations. 272-280
Dexter Kozen: Communication: Positive First-Order Logic is NP-Complete. 327-332

System Architecture and Development

Charles J. Bashe, Werner Buchholz, George V. Hawkins, J. James Ingram, Nathaniel Rochester: The Architecture of IBM's Early Computers. 363-376
Andris Padegs: System/360 and Bayond. 377-390
David R. Jarema, Edward H. Sussenguth Jr.: IBM Data Communications: A Quarter Century of Evolution an Progress. 391-404
Philip F. Olsen, Robert J. Orrange: Real-Time Systems for Federal Applications: A Review of Significant Technological Developments. 405-416
Samuel E. James: Evolution of Real-Time Computer Systems for Mannet Spaceflight. 417-428
Roger L. Taylor: Low-End General-Purpose Systems. 429-440
Thomas J. Harrison, Bruce W. Landeck, Hal K. St. Clair: Evolution of Small Real-Time IBM Computer Systems. 441-452
M. Y. (Ben) Hsiao, William C. Carter, James W. Thomas, William R. Stringfellow: Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability of IBM Computer Systems: A Quarter Century of Progress. 453-465

Software Technology

Marc A. Auslander, David C. Larkin, Allan L. Scherr: The Evolution of the MVS Operating System. 471-482
Robert J. Creasy: The Origin of the VM/370 Time-Sharing System. 483-490
Laszlo A. Belady, Richard P. Parmelee, Casper A. Scalzi: The IBM History of Memory Management Technology. 491-504
William C. McGee: Data Base Technology. 505-519
Jean E. Sammet: History of IBM's Technical Contributions to High Level Programming Languages. 520-534
Frances E. Allen: The History of Language Processor Technology in IBM. 535-548
Peter Lucas: Formal Semantics of Programming Languages: VDL. 549-561
Yonathan Bard, Charles H. Sauer: IBM Contributions to Computer Performance Modeling. 562-570
Horace P. Flatt: Computer Modeling in Energy and the Environment. 571-580

Magnetic Recording Technology

Louis D. Stevens: The Evolution of Magnetic Storage. 663-676
John M. Harker, Dwight W. Brede, Robert E. Pattison, George R. Santana, Lewis G. Taft: A Quarter Century of Disk File Innovation. 677-690
John P. Harris, William B. Phillips, Jack F. Wells, Wayne D. Winger: Innovations in the Design of Magnetic Tape Subsystems. 691-700
James T. Engh: The IBM Diskette and Diskette Drive. 701-710
Richard B. Mulvany, Leonard H. Thompson: Innovations in Disk File Manufactoring. 711-723

Printing Technology

H. S. Beattie, Robert A. Rahenkamp: IBM Typewriter Innovation. 729-740
Fred T. May: IBM Word Processing Developments. 741-754
Ted Y. Nickel, Frank J. Kania: Printer Technology in IBM. 755-766
C. Dennis Elzinga, T. Milton Hallmark, Richard H. Mattern Jr., John M. Woodward: Laser Electrophotographic Printing Technology. 767-773

IBM Scientific Contributions

Martin Schatzoff: Design of Experiments in Computer Performance Evaluation. 848-859
Jean Voldman, Lee W. Hoevel: The Software-Cache Connection. 877-893
Charles H. Sauer: Approximate Solution of Queueing Networks with Simultaneous Resource Possession. 894-903
V. Carl Hamacher, Gerald S. Shedler: Collision-Free Local Area Bus Network Performance Analysis. 904-914
Seraphin B. Calo: Delay Analysis of a Two-Queue, Nonuniform Message Channel. 915-929