# IBM 1985 Annual Report

## Operator Prompts and Battery Backup

A special keyboard for the Chinese-language version of the IBM 5550 Multistation enables customers to enter Chinese characters into the system.

## Operator Prompts and Battery Backup

A graphics model of the IBM Quietwriter printer was introduced in 1985. It offers customers high-resolution graphics that match the sharpness and clarity of the unit's text printing. A low-cost, compact version of the IBM Wheelprinter also was announced.

An economical new electronic typewriter provides customers with much of the advanced function available with earlier models of the Selectric System/2000 typewriter family. The IBM Actionwriter I typewriter features a built-in microprocessor to assist typists with many commonly used functions. The typewriter also has a correction memory that facilitates minor copy editing.

Two low-cost, desktop printers that can produce high-quality text and graphics for personal computer users were announced. The IBM Proprinter attaches to both IBM and other widely used personal computers. It features complete graphics capabilities and a special paper-feed mechanism that allows the use of single-sheet paper, multipart forms or envelopes without removing continuous forms already in the printer.

The IBM Color Jetprinter is a seven-color inkjet printer that can print on 8½-by-11-inch transparencies, some coated papers and most standard bond papers. Designed for the graphics requirements of the business professional, the Jetprinter can produce color charts, graphs, spreadsheets and text.

The IBM 3812 Pageprinter, a tabletop printer for PCs and larger IBM computers, uses electro-photographic technology to print up to 12 pages a minute. The printer can be shared by as many as eight PC users in an office or department or by users on an IBM local area network.

Using IBM's Advanced Function Printing software, the IBM 3820 laser printer can provide distributed printing of text, graphics, forms and digitized images on both sides of a sheet of standard bond paper. The unit can be connected to medium and large processors.

## Engineering and Scientific Products

Sophisticated analytical equipment and expert system program products were among the offerings announced last year for the engineering and scientific communities.

The IR/38, an advanced, benchtop spectrometer developed and marketed by IBM Instruments, Inc., is a high-performance instrument for repetitive chemical analyses. The IBM 9690 gas chromatograph is a powerful analytical tool designed for use in the chemical, pharmaceutical and food industries.

In August, IBM announced two program products that can help a variety of computer users, including engineers and scientists, create expert systems for tasks ranging from oil exploration to banking. Expert systems are a new type of computer application that makes use of large stores of information to find solutions to problems beyond the scope of conventional computer programming. Expert System Environment/VM is a development tool for constructing and using knowledge bases. VM Programming in Logic can be used for artificial intelligence research and development.

## Consumer/Financial Systems

The IBM 4700 Personal Computer workstation combines the productivity benefits of PC applications with products and programs designed specifically for the financial services industry. The 4700 PC enables bank employees at a remote office to extract information from data bases in the firm's main computer, and modify the information locally using PC applications.

The IBM 4702 processor expands the ability of remote offices to carry out many typical banking transactions while on-line with the institution's main computers.

A fault-tolerant system, the IBM System/88 is designed to ensure continuous system availability for customers with critical on-line transaction processing requirements. The System/88 uses redundant components and special programming to provide uninterrupted operation.

The IBM Proprinter, introduced in 1985, offers personal computer users the option of printing single sheets of paper and envelopes without removing computer paper already in the printer.