The Cambridge Multiple-Access System in Retrospect
This paper reports on some of the lessons that have been learned during 5 years' operation of the Cambridge Multiple-Access System. It begins by summarizing the design goals and goes on to describe the way in which on-line and off-line facilities have been integrated. There is a section on security of access and one on the maintenance and up-dating of the system. Scheduling of jobs is largely automatic and the operators receive their instructions from the system. Experience obtained in the operation of the system is discussed both from a software and a managerial point of view. © 1973 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.