Geac 8000 (1977) The 8000 had 300 MB disks, and initially supported 8–12 terminals (subsequently increased to permit 20–40). These terminals were custom-designed Informer units.

1998年5月20日 · Geac first booth (20' by 10') at Canadian Computer Show November 8 Geac 8000 officially introduced (300 MB disks, originally 8-12 terminals - later supported 20-40 custom-designed Informer terminals)

The Geac 8000 Library System from Canada, installed at two sites of the Polytechnic, is based on a minicomputer offering 64K Bytes of memory for each site and 96K shared memory.

GEAC 8000 is the space-age name of the new computerized cataloguing system which will be automating Queen’s libraries over the next four years. GEAC also represents the

Forty‐six library system terminals are online to the Geac 8000 computer. The system operates from a single database and is thus highly integrated: a description of the acquisition and cataloguing process illustrates this.

A specialized supplier of library equipment, GEAC, was chosen for the first contract and their offering, a GEAC 8000, was installed. By the later half of the 1980s the machine was overloaded and a new machine was required.

When Hull University became the first UK library to install the Geac 8000 system in 1980, the Brynmor Jones Library was fortunate in having programming staff from the University Computer Centre seconded to the Library on a semi‐permanent basis.

Article: Botten D. Geac 8000 system at the Polytechnic of the South Bank.

Hardware for the system consisted of a Geac 8000 computer, a Kennedy 9-track tape drive, 2 300MB disk drives, and 20 terminals. Source code for the software was provided. The system uses several programming languages created by Geac: ZOPEL for batch programs, HUGO for online systems, and GLUG for library-written programs.

The entire public services staff was involved this year in the migration from the Geac 8000 to the Geac Advance system. In addition, some of the staff has begun the co-development work which will move us to the next generation of library automation technology.