OSCAR: An Operating System for Computerized Animal
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Research

Dennis Kuch and John Platt, McMaster University, Hamilton,
Ontario, Canada

OSCAR is designed to control subject-environment interactions
and to accumulate data in behavioral experimentation, Any
number of experimental stations may be used, depending upon
the user's application, Two to five pages of PAL program-
ming are required from the user to determine particular
experimental procedures and data manipulation while OSCAR
handles all general functions of servicing the stations and
interacting with the operator.

Minimum Hardware:
4K PDP-8, ASR33, experimental
station interfaces, clock
Other Programs Needed:
Some program required from user
for specific paradigms.
Storage Requirement:
4K (14 pages for system, the
rest for storage as needed)
Miscellaneous:
RLYOUT, READ, and clock
routines must be modified for
different systems
Source Language:
PAL III

Catalog: July 1973