CAMAC: A Review and Status Report

CAMAC is a modular instrumentation system for transmission of digital data between instruments and between instruments and computers and computer peripherals. The system is described in a general way and the history of the CAMAC development, its expanding utilization in various fields and its current status are discussed. This is an introductory paper delivered at the 1972 Nuclear Science Symposium and is followed by papers that discuss CAMAC in greater detail.