The MACSYM 350 (see Analog Dialogue 16-3), is a powerful measurement and control computing system, which accepts sensor-based analog and digital measurement inputs and provides analog and digital outputs for control, via a variety of analog and digital input and output cards. The system is programmable in MAC-BASIC (an enhanced, multitasking version of BASIC) and uses the MP/M-86 Operating System (from Digital Research, Inc.). Read full article