MOST MODULAR OPEN SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY

COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE MODULES FOR USE IN DATA ACQUISITION AND DATABASE MANAGEMENT IN THE PROCESS AUTOMATION INDUSTRIES EXCLUDING COMPUTER HARDWARE AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR THE TRANSFER OF MULTIMEDIA DATA AND COMPUTER HARDWARE AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR SYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATIONS, EITHER POINT TO POINT OR ON A LOCAL AREA NETWORK UTILIZING A RING TOPOLOGY AND USING ANY OF A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TRANSMISSION MEDIA