Wong, P. (1979). Some Conversations with CR and UP About Terminal Computers (Report No. Project 6364-4). SRI International. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75606
Wong, Peter. Some Conversations with CR and UP About Terminal Computers. Report no. Project 6364-4. SRI International, 1979. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75606.
Wong, Peter Some Conversations with CR and UP About Terminal Computers. SRI International, 1979, Report no. Project 6364-4, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75606.
The operating philosophy of a railroad dictates the organization of its data system. ConRail (CR) claimed for example, that yard personnel mainly want a track list, whereas those outside the terminal mainly want to trace cars. At the Union Pacific (UP), data systems are subservient to the needs for running the railroad. For this reason, UP has gone the expensive route of having all yard MIS computers backed up by a fully capable “hot-spare.”
Wong, P. (1979). Some Conversations with CR and UP About Terminal Computers (Report No. Project 6364-4). SRI International. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75606
Wong, Peter. Some Conversations with CR and UP About Terminal Computers. Report no. Project 6364-4. SRI International, 1979. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75606.
Wong, Peter Some Conversations with CR and UP About Terminal Computers. SRI International, 1979, Report no. Project 6364-4, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75606.
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