The book provides case studies of multiprocessing computers as existed in 1980: IBM 370 Model 168, CDCCyber-170, Honeywell Series 60 Level 66, Univac 1100 Model 80, Burroughs B7700, DEC System 10 Model KL-10, C.mmp, and Cm*. The chapter on each ends with an evaluation and Annotated Bibliography. Today it is a historical resource, but in 1980 multiprocessing was still new.
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