RENTAL OF ADDITIONAL CORE MEMORY FOR UNIVAC 494 SYSTEMS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B05703A000200030001-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 9, 2004
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 21, 1970
• Content Type: MF

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Uxecutive .rector- o tro
Apprmls Concerning Acquisition o'
:d ScrWiccs
oral is forr t :e rental of one additimal c v . - r
l.. This prop
- u 1e (of 65,536 .xrds) for c ch of the two 1 ?'IVAC 4-94 systems presently
used by MC. The specific rest is contained in ragr'a h 7.
2. The additional core Is necessary to provide responses to actions
by users of the Integrated Inform titan System (TT), fast en lg to avoid
any delay to the analysts that can be a-scriled to 1h av g to - ait for the
eater." Sine. the ITS and its an-lina users will function as an entity
in the i analysis I ss, delays occasioned by 'Valting for the c s-
puter" are, in fact, lost tip that cannot be effectively a ,lie ;t to other
p -tivc activi.:ties, The not effect of such delays, therefor , :old Ni
to r ewe the r ductivity of the l gory analysis o rations in relation
to Vie potential productivity with a "wait-less" system.
3. A typical max of ITS programs core-resident the ITS muter
in prim shift during first phase exploitation would consist of 15 to 17
copies of sow six different program for a total care requirnt of
110,000 to 130,008 words (see Attachment for a note detailed hreakdowr ).
System requires about 35,000 words, the total
O DA Information messing (oordinato'
C?*irt n, Informtion Processing
d range fry ar 165,000 to 185,000 girds, well in
excess of the present 131,072 curd wrrry. The consequences of t;
i alaz a will vary in a cca le x caner al a function of divers factor",
such as t le seruence in which the programs sere requested by t? users.
the particular inputs to the various program, and e? interaction
Declass Review by NGA
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Dental of Additional Core !- ' for UNIVAC 494
ytes
Px, sir. -Comet . dated
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s of initiates a verification revie fr_Q t~fiT
t ann N= or pore for accor lisi t of a
effect on the roducti cess and a possible indirect effect ar
Rental of Mditica l Core Me c for U" AC 04
i.oususer elem ts, i end result my rangy fro a ire
4. T1* need to increase the aunt of core. uory loth_
cesaor, as back up for the IIS system in addition to the pri. w functions
of oo-Une photo-- asur nt support to the a to int+ retors w W
statiio , and coa nation of MM N and COWL programs,. "here is a r,
additional and i e d t, albeit subsidlary, justification for increas-
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ti? it of cilblhi
am, avaae to ts aaachi . t ension of the
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tt t "AI
sysemoMC ste"re ;nsuratio; has almost double:
nt, leaving only 5S, O ids of core to yids for
acx i .AR= , ~i3 v 3..LL9S T.. i.
tion on the size of rvogr&n,3 that can essayed by opm-sl-top ro ar
T eTe is only one alternative that offers a real
ssibilit
po
y
of avoiding the delays in re t in the XIS u 4er pea :k loading c vii Lion
i
v
ously describe Approxintl flff th
.ney A oe Core r ?quire ezit at
o i is tak bifhe
aan upy des o t so-called V A gram, on a
for each active CRT display station. AD alte rnativs:
clh to sue these CRT units auld be the de l nt
followed, -bic was the result ofa design decision
o? t.`i> re-entrant approach If we initiate such
a
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at this ti a~ alternatio to i
ncreasing the
7
,, cmw d.
el. - it would p ob pably take five - rs of ef `t
spread ever an 18 ti period. In our jud t the C ter cannot afford
an 18 weritt, : overt situation with an on-line syste ; like tl-4: ITS.
tim. ~? tint, effort, and cowlexity of dcvelopi a
pro, - that can be used by all the C that are try-iir
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1x Rental of Utica al Core V- ;r for U VAC 494
Lticip..a.te4 i[a 'rease in o k1 w . post, to
e (for use on. the ''11S t chi "t) the fairV,
acme `) i the fist quarter of FT 1072. #s in the
fiscal ors ild ? e available fr+e NPIC ` ggt.
'Y 1171; and thi s .pie (for use on the
ti s al to negotiate a contract w .t1
for the lease of two 65,5 6-mot corgi u a fi
to be installed l ch: 1'171 and the semid to installed 1 July 1 1.971.
istely r nth per riodu1.e, i 2 inn into-
25X
25X1
K .XS A1R C. LIMMUx
Director
National rtograp4h c I temrpret
'Attachment "
1= ct.ions f. C e Require nts
of
f B E. K. Vhite
*cutive )i? ter-COmtroller
2 2 DEC 1970
6 JAN 1971
a JAN 1971
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f . ddltianal Corgi Memory for % ?JP '. 494 SSyste' ?>
istr buts .:
ri - TC./~. =I (.after ?tlrpr l)
Ex. 1- r'.-Ccm Ft,.
I - CIPD
I I) I/IPC
/s - NPIC/?;;IZP
I - PItIPPBS
I fl
NPICIPSGIAT,
(NPIC/PSG/AID jm/16 Dec 1970)
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.ttac nt to '!C/''-379/70
? [?i3I? :NTS
m.
a~s~ a I
core requir -nts of the function Progra su"S stee (a
r 1970) and their descriptions are listed elan. Foil vin
typical core for allocation peak and norm. ITS ce utar
data into an `on-line" reports file This proms requires of rox
his renresrtative to enter the target-oriented I.iate reports
a. The )ata Entry Program (t .N) allows the photo
of mmnory and is a remote btc tyi , i.e., the
remote device but its Input/output Is handled
system as *`hztch' messages. The prograr is not
be core-resident for long or sit periods of
ins-l n upm the actual functie (s) perfor AL.
M e Verify, Edit and prowl Program (M) 41,10 -3 the m1 ssior?
s/coordinators to use a CRT to review and c`ban information
e terod via 1 N" ate; verifying, editing approving it for )-
se:quent puhlIcati n and data base uq)dste. This program requires
approxixrately 7 words of ry and is a remote cor ,ationai
t - he program resIdes in. .' ry for each C"_
,'
"
ty peg ,e, , 'EEQ :+
~
$
,~,,
,, writ he conmta'.r?
c. lito xeten File control pro am (FT) worms a
;es to the sensitive drr based II.S files, preserving tf file
well as simplifying file lnput/output for other ITS
cation progrms. This routine roquires api roxi tely 5,OOt
wry and is a non-resident re-entrant type of r .1t +e 4
core-resident in one co y %l en needed, yet sure by all ITS
ras ,. It can 'he considered a subritine co on to all pre r
in the 13P. This program requires a pro x imately jjL1
data (after 1Ik process) a uses it to update a
yet using only that core required for one program.
d:. The Autanted Update p O VD) accepts
and is scheduled automatically by ",ETC"' wb ii tih*re 1 data
:e action to perform.
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WS i ff 0 WOHEM
R ITS i A PJ1xF i 5
The IM-Line Prog (MD) allcr s the data =s. cc:
the file on to a CRT, alter the data, end return
(via A ) . This program requires ap -f ox1nat.oly
s of rA and is a r to conversatioral t -;W.
f. The Batch awry Language Program ( L) allows 11 S file users
the files in. a mminer that requires passing large portions
hug re .ring processing tims prohibitive, to Vv
ine" lan wag. ris pro wires of ro i t l' L",S!
zrm
i Is a rete batch or operator-vitiated bate, regxh:
Typically, this progrs (as -,*U as RPG below) wd.1l b;* lia=Jt to
one or two dies in ry during prix:; ti c to s
residency ti, mu l
vol of in r t/output activity.
.k' . e f 4 Program ;) provides tf
Generation,
cap 3ility for ;-hard co - formatting of UUS outputs. his pro ar#
r nixes aporroxi teiy I 300 words of sa ory and is a rite bates',
ty e. TiAs pro , t`,#p iIy, l eUed auto atical1y sy 'it to
for .t the data c red from a selection process. %f-sots of
ogr exist within V* 1). ,ta and PIRL fir .
uer? t files using concise stater ants resting in
The PlC trieval Langaagt; Pro"an (PIRL) allows XIS file
its of highly useful data + ssisting of cifi.c pieces
itod display area. This program requires appr xi t: ly
nftion-n. These data are usually displayed on deice
18' S words of awry and is eitior ro to conversational or re tc
1# s progrm re iirees approxtely 00 words of rwrory
The Presentatio Language Program (P1.2) prov:s es to i pa-
to define or altered report forgets for use ! toe IM"'.
and Is a mate batch. type.
j. The Periodic Update Progm (ND) manages the rass storage
for the ITS files. T program x istrihutes the data stored in file
overflow/add stress into a co t and efficient arrange nt. 'h
also - nir ;ss outdated information from vie files. "a' R s pro-
32, Pg ids of =wry and is a.
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OF, OR US PffO G`P: h' LE E,
Since the ious par-as are loadir k and es a n
rice with - IC's %or oad and r Ire nts, it is errs oms to s l *
add the inditl CCTC r qui e nts to arrive at t: a total ITS
system core r #re tt. Typical "was" stlog with t he r sul.ti s core
r r? iui nts are 51 cm It N.
a, Pmk ITS Activity (during first-phase a loita
r?ately t iratirn. in. conjunction with receily : of fU. ,
4. s
ot.ter)
O /. ,) (ne or the
Est ter?
r, Si' ltant illy
f'=ore-Res int
(18.5y each)
1
e ad-t)
Total ITS eq Ir
rte. US Activity (typical kthg day wit% limited riss.en
e 1oitat` c :taut i 3 ant data base t.htennr~ , interrozati
and report ; encTatic ni) .
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; CORE P' .F .
US (W.A- 1 5LF.
"{) -} esid
3 (7K each
3. OL 1
f
7.
1S.StI-
I 16.3
4. OR'.
3 (3.M each) 10. Sy
(18.5I: c_) 37.$
Total ITS Requirement 113.3K
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