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An English and Arabic Character Printer (open access)

An English and Arabic Character Printer

This paper is presented in satisfaction of the requirement for two problems in lieu of thesis which are required for the degree, Master of Science. The two problems are: (1) to provide an electric interface between the M6800 microprocessor and the printer; and (2) to design an Arabic character set and to provide the logic required for its implementation. As it would be artificial and impractical to document these problems separately, a single document here is provided.
Date: December 1976
Creator: Abdel-Razzack, Malek G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Report on Control of Access to Stored Information in a Computer Utility (open access)

A Report on Control of Access to Stored Information in a Computer Utility

Time-sharing computer systems permit large numbers of users to operate on common sets of data and programs. Since certain parts of these computer resources may be sensitive or proprietary, there exists the risks that information belonging to one user, may, contrary to his intent, become available to other users, and there is the additional risk that outside agencies may infiltrate the system and obtain information. The question naturally arises of protecting one user's stored program and data against unauthorized access by others.
Date: 1978
Creator: Shakiba-Jahromi, Mostafa
System: The UNT Digital Library
Design and Implementation of a PDP-8 Computer Assembler Executing on the IBM 360/50 Computer (open access)

Design and Implementation of a PDP-8 Computer Assembler Executing on the IBM 360/50 Computer

This problem is intended to be an introduction to the design of a software system which translates PDP-8 assembly language source into it's machine-readable object code. This assembler runs on the IBM 360/50. It is assumed that the reader is familiar with the basic PDP-8 assembly language. For the description and use of this assembler the reader is referred to the PAL-III SYMBOLIC ASSEMBLER PROGRAMMING MANUAL from DEC (order number DIGITAL 8-3-5, Digital Equipment Corporation: Maynard, Massachusetts, 1965.). The Second problem of the study concerns the design of a simulator for the PDP-8 computer.
Date: August 1977
Creator: Madani, Ali
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Computer Solved Scheduling Problem (open access)

A Computer Solved Scheduling Problem

The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the use of the computer in solving complex real time scheduling problems. This problem involves the airline industry and is concerned with the local scheduling of security personnel to the gate areas for outgoing flights from one terminal at Dallas-Fort Worth airport. The purpose of this type of program is to enhance personnel efficiency and management control over a large group of people while cutting the cost of lower management.
Date: April 1978
Creator: Messinger, Stanley Eugene
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes on the SWTPC MP-N Calculator Interface and the Calc-1 Program (open access)

Notes on the SWTPC MP-N Calculator Interface and the Calc-1 Program

This interface was bought to perform floating-point arithmetic and for its function capabilities such as SIN, COS, and e^x. My application required an integer truncation function that is not performed by this calculator, so i wrote a small assembly language subroutine to do it. A potentially irritating problem is that the calculator chip does not automatically convert to scientific notation if the numbers become too big to display in floating point. The control program must keep track of the display mode.
Date: May 1979
Creator: Long, Daniel Paul
System: The UNT Digital Library
VISOR (Variable Interval Schedule Of Reinforcement) System Documentation (open access)

VISOR (Variable Interval Schedule Of Reinforcement) System Documentation

This program will be used in operant behavior research to monitor and record responses and trigger and record reinforcements on a variable reinforcement (VI) schedule. The original application of this program will be the servicing of several rat cages simultaneously. The response will be the pressing of a metal bar in the cage, the reinforcement will be the triggering of a feeding mechanism which disperses a food pellet into the cage. The subsequent applications of this program are not limited, in that the actual response and reinforcement devices and the subject type are all treated indifferently by the program.
Date: December 1979
Creator: Long, Daniel Paul
System: The UNT Digital Library
FORTRAN Graphics Library (open access)

FORTRAN Graphics Library

The objective of this work is to help the faculty, staffs and students of NTSU to use the CalComp plotting facility very easily. Therefore, this work is written in such a step by step and self-explanatory way to help the reader to understand and grasp the essential technique of the computer plotting. Each subroutine illustrated in this work has been run and checked by our NTSU computer-CalComp plotting facility; the results of sample programs and illustrated graphs are believed to be very useful to understand each individual subroutine. Basically, software packages are stored in the magnetic disk of the IBM 360 computer as the standard graphic subroutines. These subroutines were written in FORTRAN IV. The user can write the driving program to call these subroutines and also inputs the desire data to the computer for computation. The results of computation will be outputed and stored in the magnetic tape.
Date: August 1979
Creator: Ling-Yann, Huang
System: The UNT Digital Library
PILOT for the Apple II Microcomputer (open access)

PILOT for the Apple II Microcomputer

PILOT (Programmed Inquiry, Learning or Teaching) is a simple, conversational language developed in 1969 by John A. Starkweather at the University of California Medical Center in San Francisco. Originally designed for computer assisted instructional needs, PILOT also has been effectively used as an introductory computer language. The PILOT system developed for the Apple II microcomputer consists of two programs, PILOT EDITOR and PILOT DRIVER, which are written in Applesoft and which use the Apple II disk operating system. The PILOT system was designed to facilitate easy authoring and execution of programs written in an extended version of the PILOT language. Due to the memory requirements of the programs and the Apple II disk operating system, the PILOT system described here should be executed on a machine with at least 32k bytes of random access memory.
Date: August 1979
Creator: Ellis, Richard George
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Method for Applying Scientific Subroutine Package in Microprocessor (open access)

A Method for Applying Scientific Subroutine Package in Microprocessor

The scientific subroutine package is one of the most important parts of the software for the scientific industry. By now, most big computers have scientific packages, but applying such a software package in microprocessors requires consideration of the microprocessor's facilities, such as limited main memory, slow execution time, and only a few small registers. In any scientific package, the trigonometric functions are the ones more widely used. This paper discusses a method for implementing several trigonometric function programs in a scientific package in microprocessors. These programs will contain routines for computing sin, cos, tan, and cot of any angle within the range of (-360°,+360°).
Date: April 1978
Creator: Latifi, Akbar
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Incorporation of Silkscreen Techniques in the Decoration of Raku-Fired Ceramics (open access)

The Incorporation of Silkscreen Techniques in the Decoration of Raku-Fired Ceramics

The questions answered by this investigation are as follows: 1. Which silkscreens and stencils will work in screening flat and three-dimensional objects? 2. Which mediums and coloring agents will survive a glaze firing to produce an acceptable image? 3. How can the image be modified by screening during the different stages of a ceramic piece (wet, green, bisque, glazed)? 4. What glazes and glaze applications will be compatible? 5. Generally, what is the relationship between the image and the object?
Date: May 1978
Creator: Allen, James Franklin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigation of Zinc, Magnesium, and Aluminum as Etching Surfaces (open access)

Investigation of Zinc, Magnesium, and Aluminum as Etching Surfaces

The introduction to printmaking in most universities and college directs students to learn the basic techniques of intaglio using zinc. This continues throughout one's academic career, with little emphasis placed on experimentation with other metals. During my undergraduate and graduate studies I etched with zinc. I had wanted to use aluminium and magnesium in order to explore the similar and dissimilar qualities of the three.
Date: May 1978
Creator: Stark, John E., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Established Fabric Techniques Used to Create Motorized Forms (open access)

Established Fabric Techniques Used to Create Motorized Forms

The ancient artist's influences can still be felt in today's craftsmen. For example, the contemporary weaver Sheila Hick's prayer rugs are an assimulation of the textile techniques of ancient Peru, Persia, and India, and the macramed forms of the contemporary Spanish artist, Aurelis Munoz, are suggestive of the woven huts of many primitive cultures. Because of this influence upon the current investigation, the evolvement of weaving and its techniques, as well as the three-dimensional techniques of basketry, in different parts of the world and in different historical periods are reviewed briefly.
Date: December 1973
Creator: Laman, Jean B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Experimental Investigation Into the Predictability and Controllability of Shrinkage in Polymer-Acrylic Emulsion Artists' Paints (open access)

An Experimental Investigation Into the Predictability and Controllability of Shrinkage in Polymer-Acrylic Emulsion Artists' Paints

The problem of this investigation is to determine if the shrinkage resulting from water loss, which causes cracking in polymer-acrylic emulsion artists' paints, can be controlled to produce a predictable variety of surface textures useful in painting. Preliminary information on the behavior of polymer-emulsion paints was taken from published material such as Mayer's Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques, Woody's Polymer Painting, and various manufacturers' technical publications. Experimental investigations were conducted to observe the media under varied methods of application and conditions of drying. The information gathered in the experiments was used to develop techniques producing a variety of predictable textural alterations, which were used in a series of experimental paintings.
Date: December 1971
Creator: Davis, Mark G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Printmaking and Painting in Combination with Other Media (open access)

Printmaking and Painting in Combination with Other Media

The purpose of this study was to give information on watercolor painting in combination with printmaking and secondary media. The objectives of the creative problem were stated in two parts. The first dealt with the exploration into kinds of secondary media which affect the printed surfaces and the watercolors, and the second dealt with the investigation into the kinds of secondary media that can be effectively integrated with the collograph and the monoprint.
Date: December 1979
Creator: Gregory, Ellna Kay
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interpretive Drawing: Self-Portraits (open access)

Interpretive Drawing: Self-Portraits

The objectives of the creative problem may be stated in two parts. First, the utilization of the self-portrait theme in order to explore a variety of drawing techniques, media combinations, and surface manipulations; and second, the maintenance of a sketchbook-diary which accompanies the study as supportive data. The sketchbook entries include not only pertinent visual material but also verbal commentary. The sketchbook-diary is sequential and denotes the various stages of development as well as the progression of the study.
Date: December 1973
Creator: Taylor, Sandra L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Factors Which Motivated Me to Produce as a Working Sculptor (open access)

Factors Which Motivated Me to Produce as a Working Sculptor

The purpose of this project is to provide a record, much like the ones left to us by Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, of the personal influences which motivated the present artist to function productively as a sculptor for a period of one semester: from September 1, 1975 through December 12, 1975. The methods involved in charting such artistic transpirations consisted of two types: a written diary, daily recorded, which indicated the progress, regression, frustration, inspiration, and perceptions which were experienced by the artist during the three-month period; and a series of personal, emotional self-enquiries.
Date: December 1977
Creator: Campbell, John T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Investigation of the Sculptural Possibilities of Warp Distortion and Manipulation Through Warp Weighting (open access)

An Investigation of the Sculptural Possibilities of Warp Distortion and Manipulation Through Warp Weighting

The purpose of this project is to investigate the sculptural possibilities of warp distortion and manipulation through the utilization of the weighted-warp process. A secondary purpose is to explore the technique of warp weighting beyond a single fabric layer. It is projected that a weighted layer can be combined with one which is tensioned evenly and tied onto the floor loom (loom tensioned). In this manner, the loom-tensioned layer remains stable. The weighted layer is free to move through the heddles while maintaining tension on the warps.
Date: December 1978
Creator: Shields, Janis
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Combination of Sewing Techniques, Manufactured Fabric, Paper, Paint, as a Creative Process (open access)

The Combination of Sewing Techniques, Manufactured Fabric, Paper, Paint, as a Creative Process

My problem was to investigate some of the possibilities which have arisen through my previous work by producing twelve fabric pieces and eight paper pieces. Specifically, the following questions were to be examined: 1. Are there traditional designs or techniques in quilts of the past that can be utilized in my own work? 2. Are the primary colors (red, yellow, blue) in manufactured unaltered fabric more effective than painted or altered fabric? 3. Is there a correlation between the color and imagery in the paper pieces and those of the fabric pieces? 4. Of the project pieces, is there a size that generally appears to be more successful than others?
Date: May 1978
Creator: Outlaw, Marilyn Jeanne
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Investigation of Group and One-Person Exhibitions (open access)

An Investigation of Group and One-Person Exhibitions

The primary purpose of this investigation was to acquire information about the fundamentals of participating in group and one-person shows. The assumption was made that upon acquiring this basic information an understanding of the intricacies of the larger exhibition procedure could be attained. I proposed to investigate aspects important to the production, selection, and installation of my work in a formal gallery setting.
Date: August 1977
Creator: Hurt, Cynthia Richardson
System: The UNT Digital Library
Indian Patriots: A Study Through Portraiture (open access)

Indian Patriots: A Study Through Portraiture

In the fall of 1972 I was required to read Dee Brown's "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee" as an "atmosphere setter" for a seminar on artists of the westward expansion in the United States. When I first started making drawings of some of the Indian leaders, I had no idea of doing a series. I also had no idea that Indians and more especially those of the West, would be consuming so much of my time and thoughts for such a long period. In the beginning the drawings were prompted by a fascination with the bone structure of the Indian faces. The high cheekbones, the prominent noses and unusual eyes caused marvelous patterns of light and dark, making the faces very conducive to caricature. As I began to know these faces as individuals and personalities, however, I knew that caricature was not the direction which i wanted to pursue.
Date: May 1976
Creator: Cundall, Edwinia Tillinghast
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Investigation of Large Scale in Painting (open access)

An Investigation of Large Scale in Painting

As a painter, I have been working the past few years to develop a mature pictoral image and the concepts of space that were flexible enough for me to produce what I believed was a valid art statement. I have investigated several avenues for improving my work, i.e., acquiring certain technical painting skills, reading more to broaden my concepts and imagination, and visiting various art galleries and museums. During an earlier critique it was realized that the majority of my paintings were all very similar in scale. I decided to approach my work on a much larger scale than previously attempted in the hopes of discovering a better, or at least different painting concept.
Date: August 1976
Creator: Coffee, Baxter L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Use of Blacksmithing Techniques in the Construction of Outdoor Sculpture (open access)

The Use of Blacksmithing Techniques in the Construction of Outdoor Sculpture

The purpose of this problem was to investigate the advantages and limitations in the use of blacksmithing techniques combined with the construction techniques of arc welding and the use of power tools to construct large outdoor sculpture. Specific questions will be asked to determine the suitability of this method of working. The questions are: 1. Can blacksmithing techniques be used in the construction of large outdoor sculpture? a. what specific techniques are appropriate? b. Will some techniques be used more than others? 2. Will these techniques be used more than others? 2. Will these techniques take an inordinate amount of time and make them impractical for the artist to use?
Date: May 1979
Creator: Zinck, Henry G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Investigation of Visual Oppositions in Drawing and Printmaking (open access)

An Investigation of Visual Oppositions in Drawing and Printmaking

I resolved to consciously examine the role of precise and spontaneous aspects of my drawings as my creative project. I felt that an investigation into the use of precise and spontaneous elements and their relationship to each other would strengthen my understanding of my own work.
Date: May 1976
Creator: Fagan, Danielle
System: The UNT Digital Library
Altering the Muzak Situation (open access)

Altering the Muzak Situation

The project involved producing a group (16) of audio-visual installations that successfully displayed and exposed various Muzak situations. The following questions, relating to individual pieces, were of concern: 1. What is the basic intent of each installation or piece? 2. Does the piece communicate the intent of the artist? 3. Which installations or pieces will adapt to any space? 4. What visual documentation is necessary to preserve the idea?
Date: December 1979
Creator: Finch, Carl Wayne
System: The UNT Digital Library