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<br />CO-OP serves to facilitate the exchange of programming information and
<br />� routines developed by the Company and its computer customera.
<br />During the year, the Company announced a"Satellite Computer Sy$-
<br />tem" which permits one or more of its desk-size 160 Computers to �com-
<br />. municate directly with the 1604's magnetic core memory and arithmetic
<br />unit, �nd all of the 1604's peripheral equipment; this concept is a"first"
<br />in the industry.
<br />�COMPUTING CENTER
<br />: A Computir�� Center has been established at b01 Park Avenue, Min-
<br />`, , neapolis, Minnesota. This Computing Center—with Contral Data's 1604
<br />Comp�uter--h�s one of the largest computing ca�acitie� available at any
<br />, t commercial computing center in the United States. It provides computing �
<br />time to the Company's en�ineering staff for their en�ineering design effart
<br />and also for pro�essing the Company'� accounting data. Computing Center
<br />time is provided to customers for perfec�ing pl�znned computer programa
<br />t:; prior to Control T3€�ta's delivery of their computers. Gomputing time �1$0
<br />. is sald on a"service bureau" b�sis to univeraities, acientific and bttsinegs
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<br />e�t �omputer in Co�trol Data's line but it is the highesti-performa�ace cam-
<br />puter i�a its campeti�ive price class. It ia us�ful as an indep�ndent computer
<br />in the fields ai engine�ri�n� �nd �eeentifie calculations, data procesaing, d�ta
<br />�canveraion, industrlal c�ntrol, commur�ication Bys�ms, and buai�ess d�ta
<br />sy$tems. Madel 180's may �ls� :,e used ag input-output da� pracessor�
<br />%r the 1�04 Carnpui�r, and in �he eatellite system cancept rr�e�atianed abave.
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