are presented to suggest the scale of our operation.
not involved in document preparation
tend to use the system for
program development, especially language work.
``applications'' programs.
14 maximum simultaneous users
66300 512-byte secondary storage blocks used
There is a ``background'' process that
runs at the lowest possible priority; it is used
to soak up any idle \*sCPU\*n time.
It has been used to produce a million-digit
approximation to the constant \fIe\fR\(mi2,
and is now solving all rook-and-pawn vs. rook chess
Not counting this background work, we average daily
We are grateful to R.H. Canaday, L.L. Cherry,
for their contributions to
We are particularly appreciative
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