Information storage and display system
Abstract
Abstract EIGHT VIDEO MONITORS ARE SUPPLIED WITH DISPLAY INFORMATION FROM A COMMON MEMORY. THE DISPLAYS CAN BUT NEED NOT DIFFER FROM EACH OTHER IN INFORMATION CONTENT. INFORMATION RECIRCULATING IN SERIES-BIT, SERIES-CHARACTER FORM IS CONVERTED TO PARALLEL-BIT, SERIES-CHARACTER FORMAT. THROUGH USE OF SWITCHING APPARATUS, RECIRCULATION BUFFERS AND A DOT MATRIX ENCODER, THE PARALLEL-BIT, SERIES-CHARACTER INFORMATION IS ENCODED INTO THE FORM OF A DOT MATRIX. DURING ODD NUMBERED MEMORY CYCLES, A FIRST GROUP OF FOUR MONITORS IS ACTUATED, THE MONITORS IN THIS GROUP BEING SUCCESSIVELY ENABLED. DURING EVEN NUMBERED MEMORY CYCLES, A SECOND GROUP OF THE OTHER FOUR MONITORS IS ACTUATED, THE MONITORS IN THIS GROUP ALSO BEING SUCCESSIVELY ENABLED.
Inventors
- 👤 Frank W Sieracki
- 👤 Thomas Coombe
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