Control/di splay apparatus

Abstract

Abstract 1. A CONTROL AND DISPLAY CONSOLE ADAPTED TO BE USED BY AN OPERATOR FOR COMMUNICATION WITH A DIGITAL COMPUTER, SAID CONSOLE INCLUDING: A PROCESSOR SECTION, SAID PROCESSOR SECTION INCLUDING A MEMORY HAVING A PLURALITY OF WORD STORAGE LOCATIONS, FIRST AND SECOND REGISTERS, AND A CONTROL MEANS, SAID MEMORY STORING A PLURALITY OF INSTRUCTION WORDS AND A PLURALITY OF OPERAND WORDS, SAID INSTRUCTION WORDS EACH DEFINING AN OPERATION TO BE PERFORMED WITH RESPECT TO AN IDENTIFIED ONE OR MORE OF SAID WORDS, SAID OPERAND WORDS DEFINING SYMBOL AND POSITION INFORMATION, MEANS FOR SEQUENTIALLY ACCESSING SAID INSTRUCTION WORDS, SAID CONTROL MEANS BEING RESPONSIVE TO SAID ACCESSED INSTRUCTION WORDS FOR CAUSING THE OPERATIONS DEFINED THEREBY TO BE PERFORMED ON THE IDENTIFIED WORDS, SAID INSTRUCTION WORDS INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE DISPLAY INSTRUCTION WORD IDENTIFYING AN INITIAL MEMORY LOCATION IN A STRING OF MEMORY LOCATIONS, SAID CONTROL MEANS BEING RESPONSIVE TO SAID DISPLAY INSTRUCTION FOR SEQUENTIALLY ACCESSING SAID STRING OF MEMORY LOCATIONS, MEANS FOR STORING POSITION INFORMATION ACCESSED FROM SAID STRING OF MEMORY LOCATION IN SAID FIRST AND SECOND REGISTERS, A DISPLAY SECTION, SAID DISPLAY SECTION INCLUDING A CATHODE RAY TUBE HAVING HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL DEFLECTION MEANS, AND MEANS RESPECTIVELY COUPLING SAID FIRST AND SECOND REGISTERS TO SAID HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL DEFLECTION MEANS.

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