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Fig. 8.11 Hardware structure
of KWP

INTEL 8080
PROCESSOR
BOARD

BUS

I/O
MODULE
N

I/O
MODULE
1

…

TELEME-
CHANIQUE
STATION 1

TELEME-
CHANIQUE
STATION K

SPECIALISED
I/O UNIT

DUMMY
SCHEME

The resulting measurement display (KWP (from Polish komutowany wyświetlacz
pomiarów = switched measurement display)) was implemented at the aerial (lowest)
and utility levels of the power industry.

5.7 Communication Network of the Interuniversity Computer

Network (MSK from Polish Miedzyuczelniana Siec
Komputerowa)

At the start of the 1970s, Poland decided to follow the trend in Europe for the devel-
opment of heterogeneous computer networks. Leading Designer 4 was appointed as
leading designer for the communication network (Fig. 8.12 ), which was one of the
main components of MSK. In spite of the very difficult conditions for the design
and development of advanced technical systems in academia, including very limited
engineering experience and opposition from some research groups, all the main
design goals were achieved and the communication network was successfully
developed and implemented.