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32. Miscellaneous Special Peripherals

Mostly associated with :

- RADC Research and Advanced Development Centre, Stevenage

- LDC Letchworth Development Centre

- LETS Letchworth Engineering Training School

Item
no		DateContent
32/1 CAFS Mark 2 - Miscellaneous engineering change specifications
32/21976CAFS Mark 2 - Software specifications for Post Office Directory
Enquiries trial
32/31974CAFS Mark 2 Controller
Backplane layout and physical configuration
32/41972CAFS Mark 2 - Engineering specifications for
"Termite" - Peripheral Control Terminal PF 538
32/51976CAFS Mark 2 - Specifications for various Termite software programs
32/61972-77CAFS Mark 2 - Specifications for various hardware and interfaces
32/71973CAFS Mark 2 - Logic diagrams for module interface and direct
memory addressing
32/81976-79CAFS Mark 2 - Technical descriptions and functional specifications
for various CAFS units
32/91975-76CAFS Mark 2 - Specifications for many engineering test programs
32/101974-772815 - Engineering manuals for
Type 2815 Exchangeable Disc Store - EDS 60
32/111972-782815 - Engineering documentation for
Type 2815 Exchangeable Disc Store - EDS 60
32/12 2815 - Field engineering documentation for
Type 2815 Exchangeable Disc Store - EDS 60
32/131973F1497 EDS Controller
Machine Manual - Vol 1
32/141973F1497 EDS Controller
Machine Manual - Vol 2
32/151973F1497 EDS Controller
Machine Manual - Vol 3
32/161980FDS 640 - Control Data Fixed Module Drive
Troubleshooting manual and hardware reference manual
32/171973GPC1 - General Purpose Peripheral Controller
Maintenance manual - Vol 1
32/181973GPC1 - General Purpose Peripheral Controller
Maintenance manual - Vol 2
32/191974Keyedit - 8970/11 GI Disk
(Systematics Discstor Model 500FR Disk Memory)
32/201971Type 2505/3 Magnetic Tape System
Machine Manual, Logic Diagrams, and Maintenance Manual
32/211965-70Various machines
Test program driving instructions - Vol 1
32/221965-70Various machines
Test program driving instructions - Vol 2 - NOT YET LOCATED
32/231965-70Various machines
Test program driving instructions - Vol 3
32/241968/69Type 2504/1 Magnetic Tape System
Machine Manual - Vol 3
32/251968/69Type 2504/1 Magnetic Tape System
Machine Manual - Vol 4
32/261970-72Type 1902A and 1903A computers
PF50 Processor address book index C1161-0-133 - Vol 1
32/271970-72Type 1902A and 1903A computers
NOT YET LOCATED C1161-0-133 - Vol 2
32/281970-72Type 1902A and 1903A computers
Optional features - Technical description C1161-0-133 - Vol 3
32/291970-72Type 1902A and 1903A computers
Processor logic diagrams C1161-0-133 - Vol 4
32/301970-72Type 1902A and 1903A computers
Store extension unit logic diagrams C1161-0-133 - Vol 5
32/3119662601 and 2602 Paper Tape Station
PF 400 Design specification Vol 1
32/3219662601 and 2602 Paper Tape Station
PF 400 Design specification & address book index Vol 2
32/3319712601 and 2602 Paper Tape Reader/Punches
Maintenance Manual
32/3419672601 and 2602 Paper Tape Reader/Punches
Engineering Services Maintenance Manual
32/351967-692801 and 2802 Disc Store
Machine Manual Vol 1
32/361967-692801 and 2802 Disc Store
Machine Manual Vol 2
32/371967-692801 and 2802 Disc Store
Machine Manual Vol 3
32/381967Type 2802/2 Disc Store
Machine Manual
32/3919672801 and 2802 Disc Store
Engineering Services Machine Manual
Packing and installation instructions
32/4019672801 and 2802 Disc Store
Engineering Services Machine Manual
Logic diagrams
32/4119672801 and 2802 Disc Store
Engineering Services Machine Manual
Technical description
32/421972Type 2802 Disc Store
An engineer’s guide to fault-finding
32/431971-732508 and 2509 Magnetic Tape Unit Systems
Engineering Manual
32/441973-75GPC1 General Purpose Peripheral Controller 1
Technical description
32/451977Model 902 Data Terminal 
TP 7574 Programmer’s Reference Manual
32/461975Model 825 and 826 Cartridge Tape Recorder
Operator’s Instructions and Service Manual
32/471978DRI 6320 Matrix Printer
Miscellaneous manuals, notices and correspondence
32/481968Type 7007 Multiplexer
Engineering Services Maintenance Manual
32/491976Type 7502 Cluster Video System
Introduction - Training Handout
32/501976Type 7502 Cluster Video System
Introduction - Training Workbook
32/511974Model T33 Teletype Printer
Parts lists
32/521976CAFS Mark 2
1. General Description, by V.A.J. Maller
2. Description for DQ Project, by Giffords
3. Functional Descriptions for DQ Project, by Nelson and Truman
4. CAFS Hardware for the Programmer, by Bath
5. Technical Description of 7503 Modular Terminal Processor
32/531980CAFS 800
Machine Manual
32/541981CAFS 800 General Enquiry System
RP 3024
32/551984ICLCUA - Exploiting CAFS-ISP
32/561985ICLCUA - CAFS in Action
32/571979CAFS 800
Sales Guide
32/581983CAFS-ISP
CAFS Training Course material
32/591982-86CAFS-ISP
1. CAFS Sales Training
2. Reports from Working Parties of the ICL Computer Users’ Association - cf 32/55 and 32/56
3. Data Sheets
32/60 Boxfile, containing files of correspondence, filed by J.M.M.Pinkerton,
covering discussions and decisions (and lack of decisions) at corporate
and divisional level on aspects of product strategy, product planning,
product timing, sales strategy, etc, over the early lifetime of the CAFS
project
1) 1974 to April 1975
2) May 1975 to December 1975
32/61 Boxfile, continued from 32/60
1) January 1976 to December 1976
2) January 1977 to 1978
32/62 Boxfile, continued from 32/61
1) February 1979 to January 1983
2) ICL CUA CAFS Working Party - working papers
32/63 Boxfile, containing early papers on the CAFS development project
1) A Content-Address File Store, Mitchell, February 1970
2) Some Characteristics of Real-Time Data Management Systems; Coulouris and Evans, Imperial College, April 1970
3) Appendix A : A Content Addressable File System; Coulouris and Evans, Imperial College, April 1970
4) An Approach to Content-Addressing in Databases; Coulouris, Evans and Mitchell, Imperial College and ICL RADO, November 1970
5) Towards content-addressing in data bases; Coulouris, Evans and Mitchell, in The Computer Journal Volume 15, Number 2, 1972
6) Preliminary Report on CAFS, J.B. Brenner, December 1972
7) An Outline of the CAFS Programming Interface, Evans, Imperial College, June 1970
8) A Proposal for a CAFS-based file handling system, Crockford and Maller, November 1974
9) Notes on Discussion on the Application of CAFS, Pinkerton, March 1975
10) Visit Report, Visit to INSPEC at IEE, Pinkerton, November 1974
11) Proposals on how to proceed with CAFS, Giffords, July 1975
12) An Introduction to CAFS, Montgomery, August 1975
13) CAFS document retrieval study - summary of progress, Mitchell, May 1977
14) Content Addressable Filestore (An Introduction to CAFS), ICL, 1976
15) CONTENT ADDRESSABLE FILE STORE, Mitchell, undated, with covering memo to CAFS Exploitation Review Committee from R.B. Hamilton
16) CAFS on 2900, D. Huxtable, June 1976
17) A development rationale for early CAFS products, RADC, 1976
18) Relational Data Management - A summary of discussions between RADC and A.T.F. Hutt, September 1976
19) Uses of an Associative Store, S.G., December 1962
20) The development of CAFS for the market, J.M.M.Pinkerton, October 1975
21) S.M.R. (= Statement of Marketing Requirements) on customer data management requirements on 2900, probably c 1976
22) A Marketing view of CAFS as at March 1977
23) Department of Industry CAFS Study Contract for Bibliographic Systems, 1976
24) The future of CAFS, Giffords, 1978
25) A summary of CAFS chronology, (hand-written), JWSC, c 1984
26) Mullard Award for CAFS, (hand-written), GGS to VAJM, February 1983
27) Development Timescale for ICL’s CAFS System, VAJM, November 1983
28) Strategy for marketing CAFS, Pinkerton to Comish, November 1979
29) SMR 242, 2900 Mk 3 CAFS, June 1979
30 Draft working paper, CONTENT ADDRESSABLE FILESTORE, for 2900 DME and VME/B Systems, Dawson and Sale, c 1978
31) SMR 225, CAFS mark II with 2950 DME/3 for DQ and similar applications, May 1978
32) CAFS Marketing, M.R. Hurl, December 1977
33) DAP and CAFS, Pinkerton to P.V. Ellis, October 1977
34) Extending the data base relational model to capture more meaning, E.F.Codd to VAJM, March 1979
35) 2900 Marketing Bulletin, CAFS Success at Southern Water Authority, August 1984
36) ICL CAFS vs. IBM - Demonstration - Comparison, DMW Group Europe to D. Lovegrove, February 1984, with supporting papers.
37) MSD 24, System Definition for CAFS, May 1987
32/64 Boxfile, containing papers labelled "CAFS Archive Material"
1) CAFS SOFTWARE PRODUCTS - A Salesman’s Guide
2) "Database Machines - Have they a future ?", V.A.J.Maller, Computer Bulletin, June 1987
3) "The Content Addressable Filestore - A Technical Overview", V.A.J.Maller
4) "IDMS and CAFS", J.W.S.Carmichael, presented at "BCS 81", London 1981
5) File Correlation Unit, overhead slides
6) The INDEPOL Approach, overhead slides and script notes
7) "ICL’s Content Addressable File Store", J.W.S.Carmichael, the James Martin World Seminar, London, December 1981
8) "The content addressable filestore - CAFS", V.A.J.Maller, ICL Technical Journal, November 1979
9) "Associative data management system", L.E. Crockford, ICL Technical Journal, May 1982
10) "Personnel on CAFS; a case study", J.W.S.Carmichael, ICL Technical Journal, May 1981
11) "Overview of ICL Content Addressing", J.W.S.Carmichael, November 1981
12) "CAFS - an updated overview", J.W.S.Carmichael, undated - probably c 1981
13) "Content addressing and cartographic data", J.W.S.Carmichael, undated
14) "Computerised information retrieval", presented at "INFO 81", J.W.S. Carmichael, February 1981
15) Uses of indexes in CAFS applications, J.W.S.Carmichael, April 1981
16) CAFS Enquiry Language - a user summary, unsigned, undated, probably c 1982
17) CAFS Marketing Bulletin, J.R.Collins, April 1982
18) Salient features of the CAFS "Aquila" software, J.W.S.Carmichael, October 1981
19) Checklist of features in CAFS 800 enquiry software, J.W.S.Carmichael, January 1982
20) CAFS-R and the VME environment, J.W.S.Carmichael, September 1981
21) CAFS and ICL’s Information Handling Strategy, J.W.S.Carmichael, March 1981
22) A note on the principles embodied in AQUILA Data Modelling, unsigned, undated, incomplete
23) CAFS Applications, J.W.S.Carmichael, March 1981
24) Use of CAFS in batch mode, J.W.S.Carmichael, undated
25) STATUS and CAFS, J.W.S.Carmichael, February 1981
26) Joined Normal Form: a storage encoding for relational databases, E. Babb, ACM Transactions on database systems, December 1982
27) CAFS case studies - CAFS 800 in Personnel within ICL, November 1982
28) CAFS case studies - CAFS 800 in applications within ICL, Putney, November 1982
29) CAFS case studies - CAFS 800 in Personnel within ICL, Letchworth, November 1982
30) WORDSKIL to CAFS Conversion Utility, October 1981
31) CAFS and Text-Processing, J.W.S.Carmichael, July 1981
32) Retrieving Information, V.A.J.Maller, Datamation, September 1980
33) CAFS and IDMS, J.W.S.Carmichael, March 1982
34) Contents Addressable Filestore as a network resource, L) Harding, undated
35) CAFS - A user viewpoint, J.W.S.Carmichael, April 1980
36) Personnel on CAFS - a case study, INFOTECH Data Management Handbook, January 1981
32/651979#ADAM User Guide (RADC CAFS 800 Software)
32/661981#ADAM 2 (Corporate Systems CAFS 800 Software)
32/671980CAFS 800 General Enquiry Program   RP 3024
32/68 Boxfile : CAFS and the DTI Advanced Computer Technology Project
1) RADO Report TR 1102, DTI ACTP contract, CAFS Pilot System 1st stage report, part 3 - software, April 1973
2) RADO Report TR 1103, DTI ACTP contract, CAFS Pilot System 1st stage report, part 4 - applications, August 1973
3) Associative Data Management System - ADMS, Office Systems Research Unit Technical Note, L.E. Crockford, July 1982
4) RADO Report TR 1172, DTI ACTP contract, Relational database studies, final report, February 1976
5) RADO Report TR 1120, DTI ACTP contract, The use of CAFS with COBOL, April 1974
32/69 Boxfile, containing :
1) Report on Incident Logging, North Yorkshire Police, August 1981
2) Report on Incident Logging, Appendices, North Yorkshire Police, August 1981
3) CCA Spearhead project - CAFS for the Home Office INDECS project - Part 1, Management Summary, August 1979
4) CCA Spearhead project - CAFS for the Home Office INDECS project - Part 2, Full Report, August 1979
5) Design Study : A Desk-top CAFS, M.W. Martin, October 1985
6) Exploiting CAFS - Applications and Stored Information, Hoddinott and Martin, January 1987
7) Corporate Systems and CAFS, and other papers, J.W.S.Carmichael, April 1974
32/70 Boxfile, containing CAFS publicity material
1) Brochures
2) "ICL-at-Work" case studies
3) Posters
4) Magazine articles
32/71 Boxfile, containing :
1) CAFS published papers
  1. CAFS-ISP - a UK Content Addressable File Store; by B.J. Boorman; presented to NATO Advanced Study Institute, Les Arcs, France; July 1985
  2. Name-Tracing using the ICL Content Addressable File Store; by A.G.Ward presented at the Very Large Database Conference, Singapore; August 1984
  3. The Application of ICL’s Content Addressable Filestore to Text Storage and Retrieval; by J.W.S.Carmichael; presented at PROTEXT I, first International Conference on Text Processing Systems, Dublin; October 1984
  4. Creating an End-User CAFS Service; by Chris Corbin of Southern Water Authority; presented to ICL CUA CAFS Conference; 1985
  5. Various other presentations at ICLCUA CAFS Conference; 1985; by Martyn Kenyon, North West Gas; John Newton and Gordon Edwards, CEGB North West; Lou Burnard and Paul Salotti, Oxford University Computing Service; David Fairbairn; and Chris Cheetham
  6. CAFS and Relational Processing; by J.W.S.Carmichael, presented at Convention Informatique, SICOB, Paris; September 1985
  7. CAFS and Text - an Update; by J.W.S.Carmichael, presented at BCS 8th Research Colloquium on Information Retrieval, Strathclyde; April 1986
  8. CAFS - A New Solution to an Old Problem; by Lou Burnard, Oxford University Computing Service; in Literary and Linguistic Computing, Vol 2 No 1, 1987
  9. From Archive to Database; by Lou Burnard, Oxford University Computing Service; in Méthodes quantitatives et informatiques dans l’études des textes .... en hommage à C. Muller; Slatkine, Geneva; 1986
  10. Text for ICL-at-Work Brochures, on Reading Central Library, IRAS at Queen Mary College, Shakespeare at Oxford University; 1985
  11. CAFS in Practice; by G. McC. Haworth; c. 1986
  12. CAFS-ISP - A Brief Appraisal; by David Bell, Ultracomp; December 1986
  13. Oxford University Computing Services proudly presents A Quick Scamper Through the First Folio, by W. Shakespeare (and others)
  14. Examples of CAFS Effectiveness; by J.W.S.Carmichael; c 1986
  15. ICL’s Use of Relational Technology; by G. McC. Haworth; c. 1986

2) Product Descriptions for INDEPOL Version 2.0, Version 260, Version
300 and associated products
3) Non-VME CAFS - U.S. Visit Report; March 1988
4) A Business Plan for FIND-IT LTD / PLC; May 1988
5) Papers by Gordon Scarrott
  1. Thirty Years of Information Engines, G.G. Scarrott, March 1980, in Quaestiones Informaticae.
  2. Physical Uncertainty, Life, and Practical Affairs, G.G. Scarrott, undated
  3. Some Consequences of Recursion in Human Affairs, G.G.Scarrott, March 1981
32/72  Boxfile, containing reports on CAFS in government service
1) A Report on Query Languages, CCTA, 1987
2) Helping with Enquiries - Tackling Crime Effectively, AUDIT Commission, 1993
3) Project LACE, report of the trial of the ICL CAFS system in the MCE RE MRLG map library, Mapping & Charting Establishment, 1979
4) CIRCIT, case study of the contract between the TRICO Royal Commission and ICL Australia
5) TRICO Royal Commission, study working papers
32/73  Boxfile, containing miscellaneous CAFS papers :
1) Exploiting CAFS - Integration of CAFS with UNIX, by S.M. Macpherson
and M.W.Martin, 1986
2) File Correlation Unit - Technical Description, 1987
3) The CAFS File Correlation Unit - An Overview, 1983
4) Some notes on the Criminal Associates problem
5) The Management of Innovation - a Case Study, J.J. Cheese, 1988
6) High Speed Data Searching with a Processor Array, R.M.R.Page and S.F.Reddaway, 1988
7) INDEPOL Marketing Bulletin, 1987
8) Text Database Design Utilising CAFS-ISP, 1983
9) Draft Marketing Plan for INDEPOL in U.K. Police, 1984
10) The Future Development of INDEPOL, 1989
11) Computers in the Investigation of Fraud, J.W.S.Carmichael, c 1988
12) INDEPOL - The System That’s Wanted for Questioning,
13) INDEPOL Tips
32/74 1)   INDEPOL Requirements Register, October 1984
2) INDEPOL Functional Requirements, September 1983
3) INDEPOL Functional Specification, July 1984
4) INDEPOL Functional Specification, Appendix I, August 1985
32/75  INDEPOL Version 310 - System Building - TP 21909/001
32/76  INDEPOL Version 310 - Applications and Data - TP 20054/001
32/77  INDEPOL Version 310 - Using an INDEPOL-based system -
TP 20927/001
32/78  Investigation and Intelligence Analysis.
Training Course Manual, ICL Australia, 1990
32/79  The Investigator’s Toolkit (based on experience with the TRICO Royal Commission), ICL Australia, 1991
32/80 1)   Triad Societies and Chinese Organised Crime, B.L. Merritt, 1992
2) Intelligence Analyst’s Workbench - Slide copies, 1992
32/81  Miscellaneous Papers on Police and Intelligence Systems - Vol 1
32/82  Miscellaneous Papers on Police and Intelligence Systems - Vol 2
32/83  First report of The Royal Commission into the
TRICONTINENTAL GROUP OF COMPANIES
Government of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia. 30 July 1991
32/84  Database Machines - General Papers
32/85  Database Machines - Britton Lee Volume I
32/86  Database Machines - Britton Lee Volume II
32/87  Database Machines - Teradata
32/88  Database Machines - Gould Hypersearch
32/89  Database Machines - Minor machines - GESCAN, Proximity,
Contexture, Sybase, Amperif, TRW, Copernique
32/90  Database Machines - Competitive Software
32/91  Database Machines - DELPHI Project Final Report
DUCLOS MEILLEUR ROY, Ottawa, 1985
32/92 1972 Special Systems Division - Tactical Catalogue
32/931994INDEPOL Auxiliary software - IDUC, HSDM, Documenter
32/941994Presentation masters - INDEPOL, Documenter, HSDM, IDUC
32/951993INDEPOL Version 10 - Support Guide
- Installation Note
- International Prices