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Operator stations

Barber-Colman's (Loves Park, IL) new Optima AC is an operator station for the MACO® 4000, 5000 and 6000 control systems for plastics manufacturing equipment.

Sep 30, 1997
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It uses an active matrix color LCD, which offers the brightness and large viewing angle of a CRT with increased durability and reliability, says the manufacturer. It offers 16 colors, with an "almost instantaneous" 375K baud connection to the chassis for programming changes.

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