The high speed of super-computers has made possible the short turn-around-time required for interactive data-processing. Advances in the quality of graphic display devices and higher datatransmission speeds have meant new possibilities for data acquisition and processing QC and for workstation based interpretation systems. We will give an overview of the uses of interactive processing systems in a production environment and of their integration with existing interpretation systems. The examples will include parameter testing filter design 3D velocity analysis iterative depth migration Emphasis will be put on “interpretation driven” processing and how this could be faciliated in a workstation environment. A beneficial side effect of the use of super-computers has been a growing portability of seismic processing software so that in some cases identical software can be used on stand-alone microcomputers or on micros integrated with interpretation systems. This portability is due mainly to the absence of attached arrayprocessors.