Data transfer and conversion system

Claim 1

IN AN INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM COMPRISING A MATRIX OF MAGNETIC STORAGE ELEMENTS ARRANGED IN COORDINATE COLUMNS AND ROWS WITH THE NUMBER OF ELEMENTS IN EACH OF THE COLUMNS BEING LESS THAN THE NUMBER OF ELEMENTS IN EACH OF SAID ROWS, EACH SAID MAGNETIC ELEMENT MADE OF MATERIAL EXHIBITING A SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR HYSTERESIS LOOP, A GROUP OF INPUT LINES EACH ASSOCIATED WITH THE MAGNETIC ELEMENTS IN A CORRESPONDING ROW OF SAID MATRIX, A PLURALITY OF OUTPUT LINES EACH ASSOCIATED WITH THE MAGNETIC ELEMENTS IN A CORRESPONDING COLUMN OF SAID MATRIX, A PLURALITY OF CONTROL LINES EACH ASSOCIATED WITH A GROUP OF ELEMENTS INCLUDING ONLY ONE ELEMENT IN ANY ONE COLUMN AND ONLY ONE ELEMENT IN ANY ONE ROW OF SAID MATRIX, MEANS EFFECTIVE DURING EACH OF A SUCCESSION OF TIME INTERVALS TO APPLY TO SAID INPUT LINES A PLURALITY OF HALF-SELECT SIGNALS EACH REPRESENTATIVE OF A DIFFERENT INFORMATION ITEM; AND MEANS FOR CAUSING EACH OF SAID INFORMATION ITEMS TO BE STORED IN ONLY ONE ELEMENT IN SAID MATRIX WITH EACH ITEM STORED IN AN ELEMENT LINKED BY A DIFFERENT ONE OF SAID OUTPUT LINES COMPRISING MEANS FOR APPLYING A HALF-SELECT SIGNAL TO ONE OF SAID CONTROL LINES DURING THE FIRST OF SAID TIME INTERVALS AND TO DIFFERENT ONES OF SAID CONTROL LINES DURING SUBSEQUENT ONES OF SAID TIMES INTERVALS, SAID HALF-SELECT INFORMATION AND CONTROL SIGNALS BEING APPLIED COINCIDENTLY DURING EACH OF SAID TIME INTERVALS.