Abstract: There is provided a sinkage prediction device including: a variation data acquisition unit 01 analyzing time-series observation data measured by using an earth observation technology and acquiring horizontal direction variation data which is data indicating a horizontal direction variation on a ground surface; and a sinkage prediction unit 20 determining, based on the acquired horizontal direction variation data, whether at least one of the variation in the time axis and the variation in the space axis on the ground surface is in a predetermined state and predicting a location on the ground surface indicating the variation determined to be in the predetermined state as a potential sinkage location where there is a possibility of occurrence of sinkage, wherein it is possible to predict the location where the sinkage may be likely to occur by determining, based on the horizontal direction variation data obtained by analyzing the observation data measured by using the earth observation technology, whether the va

Abstract: A device access controller residing in a first computer system for transferring virtual inputs and outputs representing operations of the first system between the first system and a second system. The device access controller includes a video controller for performing video display operations, a video memory for storing video data representing operations of the first system, a network controller for transferring information between the first system and the second system, a controller processor, and a device access controller bus interconnecting the video controller, the network controller and the processor.

Abstract: A support facility for installation of interprocessor unit cabling interconnecting the processor units of a multiple processor unit system in a first network, including a second system for directing the cabling interconnections of the first system and, in each processor unit of the first system, a device access controller connected through a second network to a second system, each device access controller including a memory for storing a unique identifier, and a network controller to interconnect to a network controller of at least one other processor unit. There is a selectably settable anchor bit indicator to indicate a processor unit selected as a first processor unit of the first network, a next connection indicator connected from the device access controller, and connected from the network controller, a transmit test indicator connected from the device access controller and a receive indicator connected from the device access controller.