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Microfiche as a medium for the long-term storage of laboratory computer records.
  1. J D McVittie,
  2. C Whitehouse,
  3. R H Wilkinson

    Abstract

    The chemical pathology requests on 180 000 patients a year are stored on microfiche, occupying 72 mm of shelf space. They are produced by a sequence of three computer programs which remove data from disc on to magnetic tape using the laboratory's Digital Equipment Corporation PDP 11/34 minicomputer. Processing on to microfiche is performed by a bureau. The magnetic tape is available for retrospective research and management studies in one-month periods.

    https://doi.org/10.1136/jcp.34.1.49

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