CAMAC Specifications

The experience with CAMAC installations resulting from its widespread use has inevitably led to suggestions for changes in the specifications. The NIM and ESONE Dataway Working Groups spent nearly a year discussing these suggestions during the recently completed process of rewriting and revising the CAMAC specifications. Some of the suggestions were included in the revised specification after careful evaluation of any compatibility problems that might arise. Others were felt to lie outside the intended scope of the specification. In the following, the scope and intent of the CAMAC specification is briefly discussed. Then the significant additions and changes to the Dataway specification are listed, along with some background information. Reference is also made to the information contained in the document "Supplementary Information on CAMAC System."