Magnetic information storage arrangements

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A MAGNETIC INFORMATION STORAGE ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING: (A) A CYCLICALLY OPERABLE MAGNETIC STORAGE DEVICE HAVING AT LEAST ONE CONTINUOUS STORAGE TRACK AND AT LEAST ONE CONTINUOUS TRANSFER TRACK ALONG EACH OF WHICH INFORMATION CAN BE STORED BY SELECTIVE MAGNETIZATION OF UNIT SURFACE AREAS THEREOF; (B) A UTILIZATION CIRCUIT HAVING INPUT AND OUTPUT CONNECTIONS; (C) A COMBINED READ/WRITE HEAD INDIVIDUAL TO EACH TRACK AND OPERABLE BOTH FOR READING INFORMATION FROM AND FOR WRITING INFORMATION INTO ITS ASSOCIATED TRACK; (D) MEANS TO DRIVE SAID MAGNETIC STORAGE DEVICE TO MOVE SAID CONTINUOUS STORAGE AND TRANSFER TRACKS PAST SAID RESPECTIVE READ/WRITE HEADS IN RECURRENT CYCLES OF MOVEMENT; (E) PULSE MEANS SYNCHRONOUS WITH SAID MOVEMENT OF SAID TRACKS FOR PROVIDING RECURRENT PULSES EACH OF A DURATION HAVING A PREDETERMINED RELATIONSHIP TO SAID CYCLES OF MOVEMENT AND CORRESPONDING TO THE PASSAGE OF A PREDETERMINED PLURALITY OF SAID UNIT SURFACE AREAS PAST A READ/WRITE HEAD; (F) A "READ" SWITCHING GATE INDIVIDUAL TO EACH TRACK AND CONNECTED BETWEEN THE TRACK''S READ/WRITE HEAD AND THE INPUT CONNECTION TO SAID UTILIZATION CIRCUIT; (G) A "WRITE" SWITCHING GATE INDIVIDUAL TO EACH TRACK AND CONNECTED BETWEEN THE TRACK''S READ/WRITE HEAD AND THE OUTPUT CONNECTION OF SAID UTILIZATION CIRCUIT; (H) MEANS CONNECTING NON-SUCCESSIVE ONES OF SAID RECURRENT PULSES AS OPENING PULSES TO THE "WRITE" SWITCHING GATE OF SAID TRANSFER TRACK AND THE "READ" SWITCHING GATE OF SAID STORAGE TRACK; AND (I) MEANS CONNECTING INTERVENING ONES OF SAID RECURRENT PULSES AS OPENING PULSES TO THE "READ" SWITCHING GATE OF SAID STORAGE TRACK; WHEREBY, DURING EACH PULSE PERIOD DEFINED BY SAID NONSUCCESSIVE PULSES, TO PERMIT TRANSFER OF INFORMATION FROM SAID STORAGE TRACK TO SAID TRANSFER TRACK THROUGH THE UTILIZATION CIRCUIT, AND, DURING EACH PULSE PERIOD DEFINED BY SAID INTERVENING PULSES, TO PERMIT TRANSFER OF SAID INFORMATION FROM SAID TRANSFER TRACK TO SAID STORAGE TRACK THROUGH THE UTILIZATION CIRCUIT TO SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME POSITION AS THAT FROM WHICH IT WAS ORIGINALLY READ.