<s>
The	O
company	O
produced	O
a	O
line	O
of	O
16	O
-	O
and	O
32-bit	O
minicomputers	B-Architecture
that	O
were	O
loosely	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
IBM	B-Application
360	I-Application
instruction	O
set	O
architecture	O
but	O
at	O
a	O
cheaper	O
price	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1974	O
,	O
it	O
produced	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
32-bit	O
minicomputers	B-Architecture
,	O
the	O
Interdata	B-Device
7/32	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
real-time	O
applications	O
Interdata	B-Device
computers	O
were	O
used	O
for	O
included	O
:	O
Core	O
Protection	O
Calculator	O
,	O
used	O
in	O
some	O
later	O
Combustion	O
Engineering	O
designed	O
nuclear	O
power	O
plants	O
;	O
lottery	O
systems	O
manufactured	O
by	O
GTech	O
;	O
the	O
NexRad	O
weather	O
radar	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
companies	O
used	O
them	O
for	O
internal	O
high	O
speed	O
laboratory	O
data	O
capture	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
United	O
Technologies	O
Research	O
Center	O
in	O
East	O
Hartford	O
,	O
Connecticut	O
wind	O
tunnel	O
,	O
General	O
Electric	O
R&D	O
in	O
Schenectady	O
,	O
New	O
York	O
,	O
and	O
Perkin-Elmer	O
in	O
Connecticut	O
(	O
which	O
later	O
acquired	O
Interdata	B-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Interdata	B-Device
was	O
already	O
making	O
$19	O
million	O
in	O
annual	O
sales	O
but	O
this	O
merger	O
made	O
Perkin-Elmer	O
'	O
s	O
annual	O
sales	O
rise	O
to	O
over	O
$200	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Interdata	B-Device
then	O
became	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
Perkin-Elmer	O
'	O
s	O
Data	O
Systems	O
Group	O
.	O
</s>
