The BTI 8000-Homogeneous, general-purpose multiprocessing

With the price of computer hardware decreasing steadily and the scope of data processing applications ever rising, the problem of upgrading a computer system is omnipresent. The myriad of potential pitfalls includes losing an investment in purchased hardware and software, reprogramming applications, reformatting data files, retraining personnel, operating two different systems in parallel during the conversion period and reoptimizing finely tuned applications.