<s>
The	O
DATAmatic	B-Device
1000	I-Device
is	O
an	O
obsolete	O
computer	O
system	O
from	O
Honeywell	O
introduced	O
in	O
1957	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
word	O
can	O
hold	O
12	O
decimal	B-Application
digits	O
(	O
11	O
digits	O
plus	O
sign	O
)	O
or	O
8	O
six-bit	O
alphanumeric	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
also	O
includes	O
two	O
input	O
and	O
two	O
output	O
tape	O
buffer	B-General_Concept
storage	O
units	O
of	O
62	O
words	O
(	O
744	O
digits	O
)	O
each	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	O
is	O
recorded	O
as	O
blocks	B-General_Concept
of	O
62	O
words	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
full	O
reel	O
of	O
tape	O
can	O
contain	O
50,000	O
blocks	B-General_Concept
(	O
37,200,000	O
words	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
DATAmatic	B-Device
1000	I-Device
system	O
can	O
attach	O
up	O
to	O
100	O
tape	O
units	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
tape	O
is	O
initially	O
written	O
data	O
is	O
recorded	O
only	O
in	O
alternate	O
blocks	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
reel	O
is	O
reached	O
the	O
tape	O
is	O
recorded	O
in	O
reverse	O
in	O
previously	O
unused	O
blocks	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
format	O
allows	O
individual	O
blocks	B-General_Concept
to	O
be	O
rewritten	O
in	O
place	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Typical	O
staffing	O
for	O
a	O
DATAmatic	B-Device
1000	I-Device
installation	O
(	O
per	O
shift	O
)	O
might	O
be	O
:	O
</s>
