2/15/74



IN PHARMCO, LABORATORY AUTOMATION MEANS MECHANIZING DATA COLLECTION

AND DATA PROCESSING ON ALL LEVELS AND BY EVERY APPLICABLE TECHNIQUE.

IT REQUIRES CREATIVE PERSONNEL WITH DIVERSE COMPLEMENTARY SKILLS

AND ACCESS TO POWERFUL INSTRUMENTS AND MACHINES. THUS NEW TECHNIQUES

AND NEW HARDWARE ARE KEY ELEMENTS FOR OUR FORCAST.


THE MAIN THRUST FOR THE FUTURE INVOLVES ELECTRONIC CONTROL AND 

MANIPULATION OF INFORMATION ELEMENTS. IT WILL REQUIRE THE LARGEST

PORTION OF FUNDS AND HUMAN RESOURCES AND IS EXPECTED  TO PRODUCE

A NUMBER OF MAJOR BENEFITS. THESE WILL INCLUDE AN INCREASING OUTPUT 

FROM EACH R & D DOLLAR AND ENLARGING THE SCOPE OF CAPABILITES 

FOR PRODUCTIVE RESEARCH.



WE HAVE CONSIDERABLE FREEDOM OF CHOICE ON FUTURE SYSTEMS BECAUSE OF OUR PAST

PRACTICE OF KEEPING OUR COMMITMENTS TO A MINIMUM THROUGH USE OF

MINICOMPUTERS AND TURNKEY SYSTEMS. THUS WE ARE IN A POSITION TO

UTILIZE TO OUR ADVANTAGE THE FRUITS OF TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES

AND INTENSE COMPETITION IN THE MARKETPLACE. EVERY MAJOR MINICOMPUTER

MANUFACTURER NOW OFFERS SOPHISTICATED OPERATING SYSTEMS THAT 

SUPPORT COMMON PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES IN A MULTIPROCESSING

ENVIRONMENT ON MACHINES ACCESSING VERY LARGE AMOUNTS OF CHEAP MEMORY.

ONLY TWO YEARS AGO WE HAD ONLY TWO SOURCES FOR A COMPUTER FOR

A & P CHEMISTRY. NO OTHERS WERE AVAILABLE. THE NEW SOFTWARE SYSTEMS

ARE APPEARING AS A RESULT OFTHE DRAMATIC DECREASE IN PRICES OF

THE REQUIRED MEMORY AND DATA STORAGE ELEMENTS. THESE LARGE SYSTEMS

ARE ONE THIRD THE COST OF OLDER OFFERINGS SUCH AS THE IBM 1800 AND

HAVE GREATER GROWTH CAPABILITY.



THE SAME TECHNOLOGY THAT IS MAKING POSSIBLE THE NEW LARGE SYSTEMS 

HAS PRODUCED A CLASS OF DIGITAL MACHINES COMPOSED OF MODULES

CALLED MICROPROCESSOR UNITS. THESE ARE GENERALIZED COMPUTING FUNCTIONS 

WHICH CAN BE SEQUENCED TO EMULATE ANY REQUIRED MIX OF COMPUTER 



INSTRUCTIONS. WE VISUALIZE A FUTURE LABORATORY CONTROLLER WHICH IS

SMALL, MODERATE IN COST, AND READILY CONVERTED TO NEW APPLICATIONS. 

IT WILL READILY COMMUNICATE WITH LARGER MACHINES AND PROVIDE 

ON LINE CAPABILITY NOW PRICED BEYOND OUR REACH.    2/15/74



IN PHARMCO, LABORATORY AUTOMATION MEANS MECHANIZING DATA COLLECTION

AND DATA PROCESSING ON ALL LEVELS AND BY EVERY APPLICABLE TECHNIQUE.

IT REQUIRES CREATIVE PERSONNEL WITH DIVERSE COMPLEMENTARY SKILLS

AND ACCESS TO POWERFUL INSTRUMENTS AND MACHINES. THUS NEW TECHNIQUES

AND NEW HARDWARE ARE KEY ELEMENTS FOR OUR FORCAST.


THE MAIN THRUST FOR THE FUTURE INVOLVES ELECTRONIC CONTROL AND 

MANIPULATION OF INFORMATION ELEMENTS. IT WILL REQUIRE THE LARGEST

PORTION OF FUNDS AND HUMAN RESOURCES AND IS EXPECTED  TO PRODUCE

A NUMBER OF MAJOR BENEFITS. THESE WILL INCLUDE AN INCREASING OUTPUT 

FROM EACH R & D DOLLAR AND ENLARGING THE SCOPE OF CAPABILITES 

FOR PRODUCTIVE RESEARCH.



WE HAVE CONSIDERABLE FREEDOM OF CHOICE ON FUTURE SYSTEMS BECAUSE OF OUR PAST

PRACTICE OF KEEPING OUR COMMITMENTS TO A MINIMUM THROUGH USE OF

MINICOMPUTERS AND TURNKEY SYSTEMS. THUS WE ARE IN A POSITION TO

UTILIZE TO OUR ADVANTAGE THE FRUITS OF TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES

AND INTENSE COMPETITION IN THE MARKETPLACE. EVERY MAJOR MINICOMPUTER

MANUFACTURER NOW OFFERS SOPHISTICATED OPERATING SYSTEMS THAT 

SUPPORT COMMON PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES IN A MULTIPROCESSING

ENVIRONMENT ON MACHINES ACCESSING VERY LARGE AMOUNTS OF CHEAP MEMORY.

ONLY TWO YEARS AGO WE HAD ONLY TWO SOURCES FOR A COMPUTER FOR

A & P CHEMISTRY. NO OTHERS WERE AVAILABLE. THE NEW SOFTWARE SYSTEMS

ARE APPEARING AS A RESULT OFTHE DRAMATIC DECREASE IN PRICES OF

THE REQUIRED MEMORY AND DATA STORAGE ELEMENTS. THESE LARGE SYSTEMS

ARE ONE THIRD THE COST OF OLDER OFFERINGS SUCH AS THE IBM 1800 AND

HAVE GREATER GROWTH CAPABILITY.



THE SAME TECHNOLOGY THAT IS MAKING POSSIBLE THE NEW LARGE SYSTEMS 

HAS PRODUCED A CLASS OF DIGITAL MACHINES COMPOSED OF MODULES

CALLED MICROPROCESSOR UNITS. THESE ARE GENERALIZED COMPUTING FUNCTIONS 

WHICH CAN BE SEQUENCED TO EMULATE ANY REQUIRED MIX OF COMPUTER 



INSTRUCTIONS. WE VISUALIZE A FUTURE LABORATORY CONTROLLER WHICH IS

SMALL, MODERATE IN COST, AND READILY CONVERTED TO NEW APPLICATIONS. 

IT WILL READILY COMMUNICATE WITH LARGER MACHINES AND PROVIDE 

ON LINE CAPABILITY NOW PRICED BEYOND OUR REACH.    2/15/74

LABORATORY AUTOMATION IN PHARMCO MEANS MECHANIZING DATA COLLECTION
AND DATA PROCESSING ON ALL LEVELS AND BY EVERY APPLICABLE TECHNIQUE.

IT REQUIRES CREATIVE PERSONNEL WITH DIVERSE COMPLEMENTARY SKILLS
AND ACCESS TO POWERFUL INSTRUMENTS AND MACHINES. THUS NEW TECHNIQUES
AND NEW HARDWARE ARE KEY ELEMENTS FOR OUR FORCAST.

THE MAIN THRUST FOR THE FUTURE INVOLVES ELECTRONIC CONTROL AND 
MANIPULATION OF INFORMATION ELEMENTS. IT WILL REQUIRE THE LARGEST
PORTION OF FUNDS AND HUMAN RESOURCES AND IS EXPECTED  TO PRODUCE
A NUMBER OF MAJOR BENEFITS. THESE WILL INCLUDE AN INCREASING OUTPUT 
FROM EACH R & D DOLLAR AND ENLARGING THE SCOPE OF CAPABILITES 
FOR PRODUCTIVE RESEARCH.

D PROVIDE 

ON LINE CAPABILITY NOW PRICED BEYOND OUR REACH.    2/15/74

LABORATORY AUTOMATION IN PHARMCO MEANS MECHANIZING DATA COLLECTION
AND DATA PROCESSING ON ALL LEVELS AND BY EVERY APPLICABLE TECHNIQUE.

IT REQUIRES CREATIVE PERSONNEL WITH DIVERSE COMPLEMENTARY S