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Richard Wagner
DEU
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José Luis Martínez Peña
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Charles Simon
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William Stirling
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Helmut Schober
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Mark Johnson
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Jérôme Estrade
FRA
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7.5 Modernisation of equipment
This had two components. First there was constant updating of instruments in service. For example the triple-axis spectrometer IN3, for which there was little demand due to the low flux, was transformed into a more conventional spectrometer. The shared CARINE computer control system was progressively replaced by individual PDP11 or Solar computers. It would be tedious to list the continuous improvements made using the normal operating budget.
The second part of the updates was the start of a modernisation programme decided by the partners, and funded outside the annual budget of the ILL. The first programme of this type initiated in 1977, and granted in 1978 had a planned budget of FF 82M, which was finally adjusted for inflation to FF 104M for the period 1979-1985. The “ Deuxième Souffle ” (Second Wind) programme
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