Decus Proceedings

This document contains the papers and presentations from the Fall 1966 Symposium of the Digital Equipment Computer Users' Society (DECUS), held at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory in Berkeley, California, on November 4-5, 1966.

The proceedings include the welcome address and various technical presentations covering topics such as:

• ESI (Engineering and Scientific Interpreter): A JOSS-like conversational-mode computing system for small computers like the PDP-8/S.
• Time-Sharing Systems: Discussions on the BBN on-line programming system, the JOSS system, the PDP-6 system at LRL Livermore, and real-time time-sharing on a PDP-7.
• Hardware and System Design: Details on the new PDP-10 system, a common memory system for a time-shared PDP-6, and various applications of PDP-5 computers for data collection in scientific environments (e.g., nuclear counting, bacterial colony analysis).

The document also provides the symposium schedule, an author/speaker index, and an attendance list.