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This special system was built specifically for NYSE to report trading data.
Hardware:
Two /360 Model 50s, RPQ’d to function like Model 65s.
RPQ’d to use Channel-to-Channel to signal each other
RPQ’d to fetch from LCS
LCS non-volatile memory, configured:
2megs duplexed
or 4megs simplex
or two separate 2-meg units.
RPQ’d to feed the LCS’s 4-byte memory fetch to accomodate the /360-50’s 2-byte memory fetch. Continue reading