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Carlo Rubbia
CERN-ARCH CERN-ARCH-DG-CR-1-01 to CERN-ARCH-DG-CR-4-257 · Sub-fonds · 01/09/1980-31/12/1993

These documents represent the filing system of Carlo Rubbia during his period as Director-General of CERN. They cover all aspects of CERN's activities, and include:

  • Correspondence
  • Meetings of Directorate, Management Board, etc,
  • Official visits
  • Personnel matters
  • Inaugurations of LEP and Microcosm
  • Seminars, Conferences, Committees of LHC, ECFA, ICFA, SPSC…
Rubbia, Carlo
Carlo Rubbia
CERN-ARCH CERN-ARCH-DG-CR-1-01 to CERN-ARCH-DG-CR-4-257 · Sub-fonds · 01/09/1980-31/12/1993

These documents represent the filing system of Carlo Rubbia during his period as Director-General of CERN. They cover all aspects of CERN's activities, and include:

  • Correspondence
  • Meetings of Directorate, Management Board, etc,
  • Official visits
  • Personnel matters
  • Inaugurations of LEP and Microcosm
  • Seminars, Conferences, Committees of LHC, ECFA, ICFA, SPSC…
Rubbia, Carlo
CAVIAR Physics Microcomputer
Heritage collection CERN-OBJ-DE-CERN-OBJ-DE-114 · File
Part of CERN Detectors

CAVIAR (CAMAC Video Autonomous Read-out), developed about 1980 at CERN in Geneva, was a multi-purpose microcomputer for the interactive development, in-line control and monitoring of experiments in high-energy physics. The CAVIAR machine was used in conjunction with a CAMAC system, consisting of a set of I/O modules assembled in a 19" crate. Some of the CAMAC-modules (for instance, analog-to-digital converters) would directly be connected to measuring devices, while another module would give access to a host (mainframe) computer through a high-speed link. The CAVIAR uses a Motorola 6800 microprocessor with 32 kB of solid-state RAM. In 29 kB EPROM the BAMBI (BASIC-like) interpreter is stored. Using the BAMBI graphics commands, graphs and histograms can be shown on the built-in miniature monitor screen. An alphanumeric terminal is connected to CAVIAR for programming and entering commands. The Super-CAVIAR (shown in the picture) is an enhanced version of CAVIAR with 64 kB RAM, 84 kB EPROM and other improvements.

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CERN Detectors
Heritage collection CERN-OBJ-DE · Series