FAIL-SAFE RAPID-TRANSIT ENGINEERING ENSURES RELIABILITY, PASSENGER SAFETY

A new fail-safe computer system - the Fail-Safe 86 - will soon be installed in 45 stations of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) District, in the San Francisco Bay area. The new system architecture - which uses standard, proven industrial components combined with a versatile real-time operating system - is fault-tolerant and combines modularity with reliability. The new Fail Safe 86 microcomputer software architecture and the Integrated Control System (ICS) are described.

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    McGraw-Hill, Incorporated

    330 West 42nd Street
    New York, NY  United States  10036
  • Authors:
    • Kravetz, G A
  • Publication Date: 1984-5

Media Info

  • Pagination: p. 152-154
  • Serial:
    • Electronics
    • Volume: 57
    • Issue Number: 10
    • Publisher: VNU BUSINESS PUBLICATIONS
    • ISSN: 0863-4989

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00389796
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Engineering Index
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Oct 30 1984 12:00AM