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Ray tracing on a mini-computer

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It would appear that most people engaged in solving problems in ray- tracing, use programs written for large computers . These machines commonly have large memory sizes, fast cycle times and large word length 0 This paper describes how SACLANTCEN has provided a ray-tracing capability on a mini-computer. Let us firstly define what we mean by a mini-computer. It is typically a machine with a memory size of between lK and 32K words, each word being of between 12 and 18 bits in length. Cycle times of between 1 and 2 ~s are the norm for this type of computer. Standard peripherals are a system Teletype, photo-reader and paper tape punch . Extra peripherals can be added easily by using plug-in card interfaces , memory expansion is often available so that a user can build up a system to his own requirements.

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12489/337

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CP-5/1

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In: SACLANTCEN Conference Proceedings No. 5 part 1, pp. 37-46

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Date
1971/12

Author(s)
Thompson, Martin
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Wijmans, Willem

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