A data structure model of the B6700 computer system

  • Authors:
  • E. I. Organick;J. G. Cleary

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Houston;The Burroughs Corporation, La Jolla, California

  • Venue:
  • ACM SIGPLAN Notices
  • Year:
  • 1971

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Abstract

The coupling of the B6700 hardware and the data structures characteristic of the computations on which it (the B6700) must operate is described from two points of view. The body of the paper gives a conceptual (Contour) model view and introduces hardware concepts of the B6700 with a minimum of detail; the supporting appendix, on the other hand, offers a thorough exposure to the hardware details, which are brought into focus via a global view of the B6700 operating system. A somewhat different terminology is employed in the appendix.Procedure calls, interrupts and tasking are often considered unrelated topics. B6700 data structures, however, provide for regular treatment of such mechanisms, suggesting how these mechanisms are closely related to one another.