Abstract:
The invention relates to a unique input/output channel used in a data processing system. The channel couples a plurality of external devices and their control units to a central processing unit. The configuration of the channel is such that it allows each of the control units direct control over many of the central processing unit functions during an input/output cycle. It allows each of the control units to share the system''s main storage and central processing unit during these cycles. The design further allows for local store registers located in the central processing unit to be used as address registers for the external devices.
Abstract:
A programmed data processor having addressable core storage, a central processing unit having one or more I/O devices connected with it, two sets of program control registers-one for each of two program levels, and a switching mechanism for operating the central processing unit in two different program levels.
Abstract:
An arithmetic and logic unit consisting of a plurality of interconnected logic modules, each module operating as a subtracter in a manner that one operand is base data and the other is a modifier and controlled to perform the functions of Binary Add and Subtract, Decimal Add and Subtract, Logical AND and OR, Exclusive OR, Set Bits On-Off, Test Bits On-Off, and passing either operand (Move Operand One, Move Operand Two).
Abstract:
A central processing unit which includes an arithmetic and logic unit, local store registers and general registers, allows for the use of the arithmetic and logic unit for housekeeping purposes such as address modification during portions of a machine cycle. The processing unit contains no counters or compare circuits other than the single arithmetic and logic unit with all data flow being through the arithmetic and logic unit.