PC´s as Graphics Stations for the New TRIUMF Vax-Based Data Acquisition and Analysis System

The requirements of fast graphics display and low impact on the data acquisition and analysis system (DAAS) VAX host prompted TRIUMF to adopt PC´s on an ethernet as graphics workstations for the new VAX-based DAAS. This multiprocessor solution provides for high speed host to workstation data transfer for image display, and independence of the host´s CPU loading for the provision of advanced graphics services such as image storage, replotting, image-data transformations, peak fitting, statistics calculations, comparison of stored images etc.