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. 1981 Jan;34(1):49-53.
doi: 10.1136/jcp.34.1.49.

Microfiche as a medium for the long-term storage of laboratory computer records

J D McVittie, C Whitehouse, R H Wilkinson

Microfiche as a medium for the long-term storage of laboratory computer records

J D McVittie et al. J Clin Pathol. 1981 Jan.

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.

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