Decus Proceedings - Fall 1967

This document contains the proceedings from the sixth Digital Equipment Computer Users' Society (DECUS) Fall Symposium, held in Anaheim, California, on November 10-11, 1967. The theme of the symposium was "Computers in the Laboratory," and it featured approximately 200 attendees.

The proceedings include the following sections:

• Preface: A summary of the event, including keynote remarks by Kenneth H. Olsen, discussions on new tutorial workshops, and module users group activities.

• Papers and Presentations: A collection of 30 papers covering various technical topics related to computer applications in laboratory settings. These include:

  • Gas chromatography data automation.
  • Mass spectrometry data acquisition and analysis.
  • Real-time and time-sharing operating systems (specifically for PDP-9T and PDP-8 systems).
  • Air pollution analysis.
  • Automobile exhaust analysis.
  • Data links between small experimental computers and larger central computing systems (such as the CDC 6600).
  • Development of software for psychophysical experiments (the LUCIFER system).
  • Nuclear physics instrumentation and data analysis.

• Administrative Appendices: These include the symposium program, an author/speaker index, and a complete attendee list.