Multiple mode data processing system controlled by information bits or special characters

Claim 1

A CHARACTER-ORIENTED DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS ADAPTED TO OPERATE WITH AN INSTRUCTION FORMAT WHICH NORMALLY INCLUDES AN OPERATION SPECIFYING PORTION WHICH FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION BEING PROCESSED DICTATES THE NATURE OF THE CURRENT OPERATION, SAID DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS FURTHER INCLUDING MEANS CAPABLE OF EFFECTING THE TRANSLATION OF A SET OF PROGRAM INSTRUCTIONS ORIGINALLY COMPILED FOR OPERATION IN A FOREIGN DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS WHEREIN IT IS DESIRED TO MAINTAIN ONE-FOR-ONE MEMORY MAPPING BETWEEN MEMORY UNIT LOCATIONS AS SPECIFIED IN SAID FOREIGN PROGRAM WITH THOSE AVAILABLE IN AN ADDRESSABLE MEMORY UNIT OF SAID CHARACTER ORIENTED ACTERS OF INFORMATION IS COMPRISED OF A PLURALITY OF INFORMATION AND PUNCTUATION BITS, SAID INFORMATION BITS OF A MATION AND PUNCTUATION BITS, SAID INFORMATION BITS OF A PARTICULAR CHARACTER NORMALLY COMPRISING SAID OPERATION SPECIFYING PORTION OF AN INSTRUCTION COMPRISING AN ADDRESSABLE MULTI-LOCATION MEMORY UNIT, EACH LOCATION OF SAID MEMORY UNIT BEING ADAPTED TO STORE A SINGLE CHARACTER OF INFORMATION, MEANS FOR ADDRESSING PARTICULAR LOCATIONS WITHIN SAID ADDRESSABLE MEMORY UNIT, TEMPORARY STORAGE MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED WITH THE OUTPUT OF SAID MEMORY UNIT FOR RECEIVING INFORMATION THEREFROM, MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID TEMPORARY STORAGE MEANS TO SENSE THE BIT REPRESENTATION OF EACH OF SAID CHARACTERS OF INFORMAWITHIN SAID ADDRESSABLE MEMORY UNIT, TEMPORARY STORAGE ACTUATED UPON DETECTION OF A PARTICULAR PUNCTUATION BIT ASSOCIATED WITH SAID OPERATION SPECIFYING PORTIONS OF A PROGRAM INSTRUCTION TO COMPLETELY DEFINE A PARTICULAR OPERATION OF SAID DATA PRECESSING APPARATUS AND TO INITIATE THE EXECUTION THEREOF, AND MEANS INCLUDING SAID LAST-NAMED MEANS OPERATIVE UPON DETECTION OF SAID PARTICULAR PUNCTUATION BIT FOR STORING SAID INFORMATIONAL BITS ASSOCIATED WITH JSAID OPERATION SPECIFYING PORTION OF A PROGRAM INSTRUCTION SO AS TO THEREBY IDENTIFY SAID BITS AS COMPRISING A PARAMETER OF INFORMATION TO BE USED IN THE EXECUTION OF SAID PARTICULAR OPERATION.