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200,000 Pages Keep Lockheed Productive

200,000 Pages Keep Lockheed Productive To produce and manage high quality technical publications a publishing group must have at its disposal a variety of computer capabilities and at the same time, be linked with other company 200,000 Pages operations, such as drafting, engineering and software design. Context are already well known for their powerful documen­ Keep Lockheed tation management software tools: Apollo's DOMAIN System adds the unrivalled ability to link the different technical abilities in a smooth functioning Productive network. In addition, as part of the Apollo DOMAIN network, the publishing group can take advantage of the DOMAIN System's extensive resources, such as dedicated computer power, transparent access to files, sophisticated PRIOR to Lockheed's involvement in standard templates that have been human interface, windowing capabilities, the Shuttle Processing Contract, which customised to match government publi­ includes the provision of operating and a variety of powerful peripherals. shing standards. They use diagram system and application software to standards to generate integrated text/ support pre-flight testing and launch graphic documents on their workstation Mentor Graphics UK Ltd, Mentor operations for the Space Shuttle, all rather than writing long-hand and House, Western Centre, Western documentation was completed by supp­ drawing rough sketches to be passed to Road, Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 ort personnel using antiquated word- technical support staff for processing. 1RW. processing machines. The requirements for this documentation included detailed design of user documentation generated as manual redlines by engineers for review and drawings prepared by illus­ trators. These activities were performed Remote Control Package for on some 200,000 pages of documenta­ tion. System 3000 Universal These documents underwent constant revision and were published several Programmer times annually. All tracking of redlines and published revisions to support software releases were performed manually. A new software package has been Another time-saving feature of operation To update this system, in 1985 developed by Stag Electronic Designs is that chosen parameters can be saved Lockheed began a phased implementa­ providing full remote control and data on file and recalled at any time, tion of Apollo workstations to support exchange with the powerful System speeding the set-up process. Auto recall software engineering. Context DOC 3000 Universal programming system of the last used operating parameters and PicED were purchased and licensed from an industry standard PC. also reduces set-up times. on Apollo nodes to develop a state-of- Stag Com 3 supports the System Error statistics obtained from tests on the-art, on-line documentation system 3000 for the programming of memory the System 3000 are automatically to increase software engineering produc­ and logic devices. It provides full menu- recorded by Stag Com 3, to provide up tivity. driven control of all the major functions to date quality analysis. When a device of the programmer. These include Load, Installation handler is used, yield figures can also be Program, Empty Test, Verify, Vector assessed. In the first quarter of 1987, installation Test for logic devices and a RAM data of 220 Apollo workstations on their Stag Com 3 will run on any IBM PC, editor for memory information, providing networked system was completed. At XT, AT or compatible with at least displays in hex and ASCII formats. the same time, the documentation 256k or RAM, DOS version 2.0 or later group completed development and test­ Designed to enable the user to and an RS232 serial port for communi­ ing of the conversion of word processor program his choice of device efficiently cations with the programmer. Graphics documents into DOC—an d the 100 and speedily, Stag Com 3 provides are supported in colour on CGA or context sensitive help menus and 'hot license were obtained from Context to EGA systems, or in monochrome using support the overall software development key' function selection. The use of a Hercules compatible display. process. windows and colour (on a suitable monitor) aid the clarity of all the As a result, software engineers can Stag Electronic Designs, Stag available operations. now generate, redline, and review the House, Tewin Court, Welwyn Garden Nearly 2000 devices are already converted documents on-line on the City, Herts. AL7 1AU. Tel: 0707- supported by Stag Com 3 and the same workstations where they generate 325136. their code. In addition, they can use libraries will be updated regularly. 16 AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING — June 1989 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology Emerald Publishing

200,000 Pages Keep Lockheed Productive

Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology , Volume 61 (6): 1 – Jun 1, 1989

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Emerald Publishing
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Copyright © Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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0002-2667
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10.1108/eb036797
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Abstract

To produce and manage high quality technical publications a publishing group must have at its disposal a variety of computer capabilities and at the same time, be linked with other company 200,000 Pages operations, such as drafting, engineering and software design. Context are already well known for their powerful documen­ Keep Lockheed tation management software tools: Apollo's DOMAIN System adds the unrivalled ability to link the different technical abilities in a smooth functioning Productive network. In addition, as part of the Apollo DOMAIN network, the publishing group can take advantage of the DOMAIN System's extensive resources, such as dedicated computer power, transparent access to files, sophisticated PRIOR to Lockheed's involvement in standard templates that have been human interface, windowing capabilities, the Shuttle Processing Contract, which customised to match government publi­ includes the provision of operating and a variety of powerful peripherals. shing standards. They use diagram system and application software to standards to generate integrated text/ support pre-flight testing and launch graphic documents on their workstation Mentor Graphics UK Ltd, Mentor operations for the Space Shuttle, all rather than writing long-hand and House, Western Centre, Western documentation was completed by supp­ drawing rough sketches to be passed to Road, Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 ort personnel using antiquated word- technical support staff for processing. 1RW. processing machines. The requirements for this documentation included detailed design of user documentation generated as manual redlines by engineers for review and drawings prepared by illus­ trators. These activities were performed Remote Control Package for on some 200,000 pages of documenta­ tion. System 3000 Universal These documents underwent constant revision and were published several Programmer times annually. All tracking of redlines and published revisions to support software releases were performed manually. A new software package has been Another time-saving feature of operation To update this system, in 1985 developed by Stag Electronic Designs is that chosen parameters can be saved Lockheed began a phased implementa­ providing full remote control and data on file and recalled at any time, tion of Apollo workstations to support exchange with the powerful System speeding the set-up process. Auto recall software engineering. Context DOC 3000 Universal programming system of the last used operating parameters and PicED were purchased and licensed from an industry standard PC. also reduces set-up times. on Apollo nodes to develop a state-of- Stag Com 3 supports the System Error statistics obtained from tests on the-art, on-line documentation system 3000 for the programming of memory the System 3000 are automatically to increase software engineering produc­ and logic devices. It provides full menu- recorded by Stag Com 3, to provide up tivity. driven control of all the major functions to date quality analysis. When a device of the programmer. These include Load, Installation handler is used, yield figures can also be Program, Empty Test, Verify, Vector assessed. In the first quarter of 1987, installation Test for logic devices and a RAM data of 220 Apollo workstations on their Stag Com 3 will run on any IBM PC, editor for memory information, providing networked system was completed. At XT, AT or compatible with at least displays in hex and ASCII formats. the same time, the documentation 256k or RAM, DOS version 2.0 or later group completed development and test­ Designed to enable the user to and an RS232 serial port for communi­ ing of the conversion of word processor program his choice of device efficiently cations with the programmer. Graphics documents into DOC—an d the 100 and speedily, Stag Com 3 provides are supported in colour on CGA or context sensitive help menus and 'hot license were obtained from Context to EGA systems, or in monochrome using support the overall software development key' function selection. The use of a Hercules compatible display. process. windows and colour (on a suitable monitor) aid the clarity of all the As a result, software engineers can Stag Electronic Designs, Stag available operations. now generate, redline, and review the House, Tewin Court, Welwyn Garden Nearly 2000 devices are already converted documents on-line on the City, Herts. AL7 1AU. Tel: 0707- supported by Stag Com 3 and the same workstations where they generate 325136. their code. In addition, they can use libraries will be updated regularly. 16 AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING — June 1989

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Published: Jun 1, 1989

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