ABSTRACT |
In this paper we present the concepts and detailed functions of the MSP View User Interfaces developed for the Numerical Wind Tunnel(NWT), a distributed memory parallel computer with UNIX operating systems. Users at the NAL however were very skilled in the use of MSP operating systems for general purposes, and it was necessary therefore to ensure continued usability by users and of user assets. For this reason we made Interfaces in NWT in MSP View. Catalogued procedures(NS-CATAPRO) and command procedures(NS-COMMAND) were developed as MSP View User Interfaces. In job processings with these Interfaces a number of the differences between UNIX and MSP can be discounted, and NWT used in the same manner as MSP. As a result, users can use NWT easily and with confidence. Moreover, there is no need to change resources from MSP to UNIX. Experiments have shown that the intended effectiveness of MSP View User Interfaces have been achieved. |