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

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