ACQUIRE - A DATA-ACQUISITION SYSTEM FOR CAMAC ON SUN WORKSTATIONS

The data acquisition software package ACQUIRE has been used for many y ears by the Princeton University Cyclotron Laboratory for nuclear phys ics research applications. This code has been ported to the SUN Sparc workstation and is fully functional, including block data transfers us ing an in crate Event Handler. A SCSI interface to CAMAC is utilized, and the device handling software has been developed in such a way that little modification was needed in the ACQUIRE code for the SUN implem entation. The Higz X windows graphics package from CERN is used for da ta display. ACQUIRE will be used for test and development of CAMAC bas ed systems within the Molecular Science Research Center at Pacific Nor thwest Labortatory.