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The Computer Journal 1969 12(2):114-117; doi:10.1093/comjnl/12.2.114
© 1969 by British Computer Society
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The utilisation of graphic display units as the main form of computer input

B. J. Gladwin *

Kay & Company Limited, Worcester, UK

This paper is based on two IBM 360 Systems which have been installed in Kays, a large Mail Order Company based in Worcester and Leeds. Kays have a large problem of providing the computer with basic input data, in that 200,000 line items have to be processed daily, of which 7% contain errors of one form or another. This problem is made more severe in that Kays' product range is changed every six months, making basic file coding very difficult. The general solution and also the method of approach is then described using 2260 Graphic Display Units in the conversational mode of operation. The paper is concluded by general comments as to the current status of the project and the proposed extensions.

Received November 1968. revised January 1969.

* D.P. Manager, Kay & Company Limited, Worcester


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