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The remote computing system with IZOT-7925 terminal and ES Computer-PC's Interface
Systems, Graphics System have been developed.
The developers are: A. N. Petrov (The head of the Team), V. Koshkin, V. Dergachev, N.
Andreyev, D. Yermakov, L. Noskova, S. Ischenko, D. Filimonenkov, N.
Zhangarina.
System Software Department under V. V. Samofalov was established in 1986 as a
successor to General Software Department under L. A. Solovieva founded in 1970.
The main interest of the Department activities is concerned with System Software for large
computers. The Assemblers, Cross-Assemblers, Debuggers, Interactive Graphics
Systems and Service Software systems were developed by the Department staff.
The progress in debugging tools and debugger-compiler interface developing had
led to the creation of the batch-dialog debugger for BESM-6 computer family
(BESM-6, Elbrus 1-K2, Elbrus-B) working in terms of high-level programming
languages. Great attention has been always paid to interactive graphics studies.
Graphical information handling tools were designed: viewing, holding, hard
copying facilities etc.
Nowadays the Department activities are concentrated on constructing the integrated
Programming and Debugging Environment for Elbrus-B Computer with PC's as
intelligent terminals. The FEYA (Fairy) User Monitor has been developed. The
FEYA Monitor includes subsystems to provide interfaces with DISPAK Operating
System, File System, processes, storage and other resources management, to
supply system-user interface for editing, debugging and data visualization. The
variety of FEYA Monitor functions will increase.
The most significant results of the Department activity are the following:
SOMI, Assembler for BESM-6 Computer [1] (L. A. Solovieva, T. D. Dumsheva,
K. A. Sundukova et al.);
GRADIS, Interactive Graphical System for BESM-6 Computer and
minicomputers [2] (L. A. Solovieva, V. L. Averbukh, N. V. Guseva et al.);
SLUGA, Symbolic Interactive Debugger (Servant) [3] for BESM-6 Computer
and ELBRUS 1-K2 Computer (V. V. Samofalov, N. V. Guseva, T. D. Osmiatchenko);
FEYA, multiuser Editing System [7] for BESM-6 and ELBRUS 1-K2 Computers
(V. V. Samofalov, S. V. Scharff, S. N. Konovalov, N. V. Guseva,
T. D. Osmiatchenko, T. V. Popova, V. V. Bezdelova, G. V. Kelareva);
ELGA, Interactive Graphical System for ELBRUS 1-K2 Computer with PC's
as graphical terminals [6] (L. A. Solovieva, V. L. Averbukh, A. S. Igumnov,
V. O. Belova, L. A. Yeremejeva, O. A. Ustinova, D. V. Manakov, A. V. Scharff.);
FEYA, User Monitor, an Integrated Programming and Debugging Environment
for Elbrus-B Computer [7,8] (V. V. Samofalov, S. V. Scharff, S. N. Konovalov,
G. P. Gilev, N. V. Guseva, T. D. Osmiatchenko, G. V. Volozhanin, V. V. Bezdelova,
G. V. Kelareva, E. V. Revenko).
The research results in areas of programming technology, debugging, graphics and
command languages for multi-user computers were used to develop systems above.
Some of the results were used in two Ph.D. Theses.
In 1991 the ES Computer System Programming Team was added to Department as a
subdivision. The Team activities are oriented at the Maintenance and System
Programming.
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