Control system for coordinating operation of a plurality of asynchronously operated peripheral data transmitting and receiving devices
Abstract
Abstract A PLURALITY OF DATA RECEIVING AND/OR TRANSMITTING DEVICES SUCH AS, FOR EXAMPLE, AN ELECTRONIC CENTRAL PROCESSOR, A MAGNETIC TYPE HANDLER, A PAPER TAPE READER/PUNCH, A MAGNETIC DISC, AD THE LIKE, COMMONLY TERMED PERIPHERALS OR SATELLITES, EACH OF WHICH MAY HAVE DATA RECEIVING OR TRANSMITTING SPEEDS DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHERS, ARE COUPLED TOGETHER THROUGH A CENTRAL OR COMMON CONTROL MEANS FOR INTEGRATING OR CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION OF THE PERIPHERALS WITH EACH OTHER. EACH SATELLITE HAS ASSOCIATED THEREWITH A LINE UNIT OR CONTROL MEANS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING CONTROL AND DATA SIGNALS BETWEEN THE SATELLITE AND THE COMMON CONTROL UNIT, EACH LINE NOT BEING IDENTICAL TO THE OTHER LINE UNIT.
Inventors
- 👤 Francois J J M Stollman
- 👤 Jan Krammer
- 👤 Theunis Brinkman
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