LAB-8/E PT Version 1 (

This document, "Digital Software Product Description," outlines the LAB-8/E PT Version 1 (Paper Tape Software System), a versatile PDP-8/E based application system for laboratory data acquisition, manipulation, and display. It offers various routines for signal analysis, including:

• Basic and Advanced Averager: Digitizes, displays, and averages analog input signals with adjustable parameters and options for prestimulus averaging and signal editing.
• Histogram Programs: Acquires and displays histograms of time between events, with options to detect events based on signal crossing a threshold, either on the same or different input channels, or a set number of channels.
• Correlation Programs: Detects periodic signals in noise and measures waveform similarity through Auto-Correlation and Cross-Correlation.
• DAQUAN Program (LAB-8/E-15 System only): Acquires data via boxcar or multi-sweep time averaging from one instrument at a time and allows for subsequent processing techniques like smoothing and differentiation.

The document also details the applications of DAQUAN, including spectra comparison, fitting, deconvolution, integration, differentiation, multiplication, scaling, plotting, and peak detection. It introduces BASIC/RT for programmable control of LAB-8/E peripherals and describes the NMR Simulator for calculating and displaying NMR spectra. The NMR Signal Averager is highlighted for its ability to solve signal averaging problems in NMR and ESR spectroscopy, offering advantages such as eliminating the need for sync pulses and sophisticated calibration.

Minimum hardware requirements include the LAB-8/E-05 Basic System or LAB-8/E-15 Advanced System. Optional hardware support includes an LE8 Line Printer and PC8-E High-Speed Paper Tape Reader and Punch. No prerequisite or optional software is supported. The support category is C, with software support provided as listed in an addendum. No updates are planned for this product.

Ordering information specifies that the software is furnished under a single CPU license and can be copied and modified for use on that CPU. Source and/or listing options are available after purchasing a binary license. Distribution media include Paper Tape (B), DECtape (C), and Floppy Disk (Y). A standard option is the single-use license with binaries and documentation on paper tape. A source listing option on paper is also available.