Shipboard Applications of Low Cost Micro-Processors

摘要

This report describes the Phase I effort of a project to place inexpensive micro-computers on board merchant vessels. A micro-computer with dual floppy disk drives was selected, and a series of six programs were written to facilitate shipboard activities involving trim/stability calculations, personnel payroll, barge rehandling, chart information, and preventive maintenance. The computer was placed on board a Lykes Bros. vessel and the computer programs used on a daily/operational basis. The system has performed well, met with enthusiastic crew acceptance and holds the promise for significantly economizing various tedious, manual computational and data recording activities.