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This paper describes a flexible hardware/software system developed for use with a PDP-8I computer for conducting research in behavioral neurophysiology. A real time monitor was designed to facilitate development, debugging, and modification of programs to run experiments. It relieves the programmer of the burden of dealing with hardware dependent functions such as interrupt handling and input/output. In addition, it provides the user with a large library of callable routines to perform functions commonly needed for conducting experiments. The monitor is modular in design and could be expanded or modified for use with many configurations of the PDP-8 family of computers.
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This investigation was supported in part by the Public Health Service Research Grant GM-16058-08 and in part by the AF Office of Scientific Research of the Office of Aerospace Research under Contract F44620-70-C-0017.
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Moise, S.L., Olsen, D.E. & Huston, S.W. An automated system for primate instruction for behavioral neurophysiology. Behavior Research Methods & Instrumentation 6, 557–564 (1974). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03201349
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03201349