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|Davy C, Eldridge B, Michals R
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United States Patent [191 [111 3,731,278
Eldridge et al. 1 May 1, 1973 154] FORMAT CONVERSION SYSTEM Inventors: Brice Eldridge, Ramsey, N..l.; Christopher G. Davy, Vienna, Va.; Richard A. Michals, Skokie, Ill.
U.S. Cl Int. Cl. ..G06l 3/02, B41j 3/26 Field of Search ..340/l72.$; 197/9 Appl. No.: 9,516
References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS Cox et al. 340/1725 X Gabor Pel1egrini..... Alferieff ..197/9 UX INFO INPUT ERROR DETECT AND CORRECT DESER/ALIZATION PLAY BA CK Primary Examiner-Harvey E. Springbom Attorney-Pendleton, Neuman, Williams and Anderson [57] ABSTRACT A computer interfacing device for converting serial input data representing phonetic constructions of words or word parts of the link produced by a shorthand machine into parallel output data is described. The device includes means for accumulating input data which arrives in serial bit by bit form and generating output data in a computer compatible format comprising successive bytes of parallel data bits. Means are included for detecting and correcting errors in the alignment of the output data as it is recorded on magnetic tape, for separating the output data into records and recording a prescribed interrecord gap between records, and for detecting the end of recorded input data and recording a prescribed file gap at the end of the last record.
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IR 64 CONTROL CONTROL GATE GATE roasrs'r coNv sasrou SYSTEM FIELD OF THE INVENTION BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Shorthand machines have long been used to quickly and accurately record court proceedings, conferences. and meetings and in business and general communica' tions. One particular kind of shorthand machine has 23 keys. (Throughout this disclosure the term "key" is used in the broad sense to designate any elements of a keyboard used in recording; thus in the particular machine being described, it includes both the 22 character keys and the numeral shift bar on the key board of the shorthand machine.) Each character key represents a character which is a letter of the alphabet or a numeral used to construct in phonetic form words or groups of words in constructing phonetic words or word combinations. Ten of the 22 keys contain both a primary and a secondary phonetic character in a design similar to some of the keys on a typewriter. The primary character is the pattern recorded when a key is depressed; the secondary character is recorded when a key carrying both primary and secondary characters and the numeral shift bar are depressed during the same stroke.
A shorthand record is produced of stroking the keyboard of the machine; a stroke consists i one or more keys of the shorthand machine depressed and subsequently released approximately simultaneously to record the phonetic construction of a word, numeral. a part of a word or other information. The typical machine records each stroke on a paper tape. Such machines have an advantage over the use of shorthand taken by hand in that they allow the machine operator to take dictation at a very high rate for a long period of time without fatigue and with a minimum number oferrors.
Because of the great volume of dictation which the operator may take without interruption, a considerable delay may ensue before the official transcription is prepared. Often the transcription is needed immediately, as in continuing court proceedings, and speed in its preparation is always valuable and often vitally imporant. For this reason, a computer can be used to consrable advantage in the transcribing process.
.omputer transcription requires some form of elecr'l'cal representation of the shorthand information. A shorthand system which produces and records such an electrical representation is disclosed together with a transcription system in the application of Robert T. Wright et al., Ser. No. 689,079 entitled Stenographic Transcription System (now 0.8. Pat. No. 3,557,927 issucd Jan. 26, l97l).
The most efficient systems for generating and recording electrical shorthand information, including the system of the Wright et al. application, now U.S.
Pat. No. 3,557,927 issued Jan. 26, W". mentioned above, generally do not generate or record such information in a form which is desirable for subsequent computer transcription. While the machine's electrical output or record may be read into the computer and redefined into a computer compatible format by a suitable subroutine, this process is relatively ll'iClTlCiCnL The cost in computer time is considerable with the result that transcription costs are relatively high.
With the present invention, the electrical shorthand signal is converted to a form which is compatible with the computer being used for transcription.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The invention may be briefly described as a computer interfacing device which converts data in a form similar to that used in phonetic word construction of the kind generated by a shorthand machine into a computer compatible format. A shorthand machine which is particularly useful with the present invention is described in the Wright et al. application, now US. Pat. No. 3,557,927 issued Ian. 26, I97], described above. (In using the term phonetic word construction" in this application, applicant includes words, parts of words, numerals and other information which are made in the general shorthand form.)
One of the most efficient electrical generating and recording processes for shorthand information utilizes the spatial arrangement of the shorthand keys in the shorthand machine, and carries that arrangement into the corresponding electrical signal. The typical shorthand machine has 23 keys; any one or more of the keys may be depressed in a single stroke" of the machine.
In generating electrical binary signals indicative of the keys depressed during the stroke, each stroke can be assigned to a particular time interval in the signal and each key can be assigned to a particular sub-interval in the time interval. This technique is similarly applicable to recording such information where spatial intervals and sub-intervals along the recording medium may be used for strokes and keys respectively. The above mentioned Wright et al. application, now US. Pat. No. 3,557,927 issued Jan. 26, l97l, employs the concept in signal generation and recording.
The format of the output data generated by an interfacing device constructed according to the present inventor is deterrnlned by the computer which is to process the data. A typical computer with which a preferred embodiment of this invention is used is the IBM 360 which accepts input data in groups of 32 data bits 4 bytes l computer word. Thus the data transfer system of this invention consists of computer words, each computer word including four data bytes or 32 data bits. As discussed in the Wright et al. application, now US. Pat. No. 3,557,927 issued .Ian. 26, 1971, the depression and subsequent release of a plurality of the keys of the shorthand machines keyboard generates an electrical output signal containing twenty-three data bits. A 24th dummy bit, is added to the machine output signal to make up the 24 bit data interval which is applied to the interfacing device of this invention. The interfacing device converts the data interval into three 8-bit bytes and adds thereto a fourth 8-bit byte, thereby forming a computer word from each the output 0'.
input data interval. The fourth byte. also termed a dummy byte, contains no data from the input data interval; it is therefore available to carry arbitrarily assigned information such as a special code assignment so that more than one data transfer system may be multiplexed on the same output device.
One computer specifically an IBM 360-65. with which the preferred embodiment of the invention used requires that the input data be divided into records of a specified length; therefore.'for the purpose of describing a particular embodiment of the invention. the length of a data record is chosen to be 3.072 bytes. In order to divide the output data into records. the interfacing device of this invention counts the number of data bytes sent to the output device. The output data is applied directly to the computer input for processing. In the exemplary embodiment described herein. the output device disclosed is an incremental tape recorder such as the Peripheral Equipment Corporation. Model I805-9. which records the data on standard magnetic tape of the type normally used with computer input devices. When the count maintained by the interfacing device reaches the number specified (herein 3072) an Inter-Record Gap of specified length is inserted in the data output record being put on the magnetic output tape by the interfacing device. Intervals of input data continue to arrive at the interfacing device during the period the gap is recorded; therefore, storage means are provided for accumulating the resulting output data until the gap terminates and the accumulated data is forwarded to the output tape.
Error checking and correcting means are provided to check the alignment of the data in each recorded computer word. Each interval of input data supplied to the data transfer system disclosed herein includes twentyfour data bits. Correct alignment ofa computer word of output data exists only if the first three bytes of the computer word contain all the data included in an interval of input data; the fourth byte must be the dummy byte. If one or more data bits are lost resulting in incorrect alignment of the output data. this error is detected by the error checking means. A data bit is available for error marking purposes due to the fact that a dummy data bit is added to each 23-bit machine output signal to form the required 24-bit input data interval. The state of this data bit may be defined as either zero or one; the state is changed by the Error Checking means to mark the error in the previous computer word. Upon an error being detected. no further data is forwarded to the output device until correctly aligned data is again gene rated by the data transfer system.
Means are also provided for detecting the end of serial data input. and for suspending the operation of the 'nterfacing device, thereby dividing the output data J files. Each file consists of all the input data sent, .vithout interruption. from the data source to the inter facing device. A single file may contain all the data generated by a shorthand machine in recording a single proceeding. An end of data signal is also sent to the output device upon reaching the end of recorded input data.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. I is a block diagram illustrating the general operating functions of the complete interfacing device ofthis invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram more detailed than FIG. I depicting basic input/output controls and the manual reset switches of the interfacing device.
FIG. 3 iaa timing chart illustrating the relationship of the timing and data input pulses, and the system clock pulses.
FIG. 4 is a block diagram more detailed than FIG. I illustrating means for deserializing the input data and generating write command pulses. including means for data storage and data transfer to the output device.
FIG. 5 is a block diagram more detailed than FIG. 1 illustrating means for detecting and correcting alignment errors within the interfacing device. and means for detecting the end of information supplied by the data input device.
FIG. 6 is a timing chart depicting the sequence of operations comprising alignment error detection and correction in the interfacing device of this invention.
FIG. 7 is a timing chart depicting the sequence of operations for detecting the end of input data on the playback tape (also see FIG. 6).
FIG. 8 is a block diagram more detailed than FIG. I illustrating means for recording an Inter-Record Gap. and for storing the input data deserialized during the recording of this gap.
FIG. 9 is a timing chart depicting the sequence of events which comprise recording an Inter-Record Gap. storing information during the generation of this gap. and readout of the stored information after the termination of the gap.
FIGS. 10A [0D taken together comprise a detailed logic diagram of the interfacing device of this invention.
FIG. [I depicts an AND-gate of the type used in this invention.
FIG. 12 illustrates in detail the connections between a shift register and its associated storage register and transfer gate. depicted in FIG. 10A.
FIG. I3 depicts a differentiating circuit used in this invention.
FIG. 14 depicts a delay circuit used in this invention and shown in FIG. [00.
FIGS. 15 and I6 depict the level change circuits used in this invention in conjunction with the integrating one shot multivibrator shown in FIG. 100.
GENERAL SYSTEM DESCRIPTION Referring to FIG. 1 the basic components of a data transfer system used in a preferred embodiment of this invention are shown in block diagram form.
By way of example. the playback device 1 is a source of binary data in serial form. The binary data is a se ries of intervals of data pulses. each interval being divided into subintervals by a series of spaced timing pulses. The data pulses to be transferred are associated with the timing pulses. The data pulses are in binary form. and a single data pulse is associated with the subinterval defined by each timing pulse.
In the specific embodiment disclosed herein the playback device I is a multi-traek tape machine used in combination with a shorthand machine as disclosed by R. Wright et al. in application. Ser. No. 689.079. now U.S. Pat. No. 3.557.927 issued Jan. 26. I97]. and assigned to the asslgnee of the present Invention. The shorthand machine. designated as "Info Input 2 in FIG. I. has a keyboard comprising 23 keys. In using the machine, an operator strokes one or more keys of the machine simultaneously to record a word, a numeral, or part of a word.
A switch is associated with each key of the machine to enable the machine to produce an electrical binary output signal in addition to the conventional paper tape printing. The binary output signal generated by each stroke comprises a plurality of binary bits indicating which keys have or have not been depressed. Thus, the binary signal referred to herein as a data interval, associated with each stroke, contains a fixed number of binary bits, or subintervals, one for each key of the machine.
The shorthand machine output is recorded on a magnetic recording tape which is read back by the playback device I. The magnetic tape keeps an electrical record of the keys which make up each stroke. Each stroke is assigned a spatial interval along the recording tape and each key is assigned a subinterval within the spatial interval. A binary one data bit is inserted in each subinterval assigned to a key depressed in making the stroke; a binary zero data bit is inserted in the subinterval assigned to each key that is not depressed. Each subinterval also includes a timing pulse which aids subsequent processing of the information. Thus each interval of timing pulses and associated data bits is a record of a single stroke on the shorthand machine. In the embodiment described, these intervals are read back serially by the playback device 1.
The data transfer system functions as a computer interfacing device i.e., it converts the input data from the playback l to output data having a special format designed for computer operation.
The device disclosed herein converts each interval of input data to a word of output data in a computer compatible format; each word of output data contains the information from a single input data interval. In the exemplary embodiment of this invention, a data interval includes 24 timing pulses and data bits; with suitable modification any data interval including a multiple of eight data bits is converted to a computer compatible format by this device. Each of 23 timing pulses defines a subinterval associated with a specific key on the keyboard of the shorthand machine. The 24th timing pulse has no associated key, and the binary data bit of this subinterval is arbitrarily defined as being zero for use in the Alignment Error Checking Section 3 described below.
Each interval of timing and data pulses is applied to the input of the deserialization and write pulse generation means 4. Each 24-bit data interval is deserialized into a set of three bytes each including eight data bits by deserialization means 4. A dummy byte consisting of eight zeroes is also added to each set of 3 data bytes by the deserialization means 4. Thus 4 bytes of output data are transferred to the computer for each three received. This is to provide 32-bit words instead of 24- bit words to the computer. (In FIG. 1, the elements 4, 7 and 8 are modules obtainable from Raytheon Computer, Santa Ana, California; they are respectively models MSR-l, MFF-40, and MGD-l described respectively in Raythenon Computer Bulletin SP230-4 of Dec. 1967, SP230-l2 of Sept. 1967 and SP230-58 ofOct. I967.)
A typical computer with which the interfacing device of this invention is used is the IBM 360 computer. The memory of the computer is logically composed of 32- bit words, and thus recording the parallel output data in 32-bit word form simplifies data handling within the computer itself.
An incremental tape transport 5 is used to record the output data on standard magnetic computer tape. As each 32-bit word is accumulated by the deserialization means 4, write pulses are generated and sent to the transport 5 by Write Pulse means 4, ordering the recording of the word on the tape. A typical recorder which may be used is the Peripheral Equipment Corporation Model l805-9. Data applied to the input of the tape recorder S is recorded on the tape only upon receipt by the recorder 5 ofa write command pulse.
The processing of a single complete tape of input data as supplied by a tape from a recorder such as that described in the application of Robert T. Wright, et al. in application, Ser. No. 689,079, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,557,927 issued Jan. 26, 197 l produces approximately 30 "records" of output data on the output tape. A record is defined in this particular embodiment of the invention as consisting of 3,072 bytes. The computer format for which this specific data transfer device is designed requires an Inter-Record Gap (also referred to hereafter as IRG) of a specified duration between each of the records produced on the output tape. The transport 5 has the necessary internal circuitry to record the gap; it is recorded upon receipt by the transport of an IRG command signal from the data transfer device. The signal to the transport 5 to generate and record the Inter-Record Gap is provided by lRG control 7, FIG. I.
No data is recorded during the recording of the inter- Record Gap. Since input data is continuous, and continues to arrive at deserialization means 4 while this Inter-Record Gap is being recorded, Data Storage means are a part of the [R0 feature. The IRS control 7 also has a playback unit motor speed control device which controls the speed of tape playback l, and acts to slow the speed of the playback unit during the recording of the Inter-Record Gap; this slows the rate of data input and lessens the amount of data which must be stored by the Data Storage means.
A file gap," as defined herein, is a magnetic mark on the output tape which indicates to the data processing computer the end of all data information transferred from a single tape of the playback device 1. The data input from the tape of the playback device 1 is processed continuously until a predetermined length of blank tape having no timing pulses is detected. Once this blank space is detected, the Input/Output Control means 8 transmits a file gap command to Transport 5 causing a recorded file gap, resets all the internal logic of the data transfer device, and locks out any further data input until initial conditions are restored through use of Manual Control means 9.
The illustrated embodiment of the invention further has Alignment Error Detection and Correction means 3 which cooperate with the Input/Output Control 8 to detect errors in the incoming data from the playback device I. if an error occurs during deserialization, Alignment Error Detection means 3 inhibits Output means 8 so that no erroneous data is thereafter recorded on the tape. The Output means 8 remains inhibited until the Alignment Error Correction means 3 detects properly deserialized data in the Deserialization means 4. Any erroneous data which may have been recorded on the output tape prior to detection of the error is marked for detection by the computer. The shorthand machine which serves as the Information Input device 2 in combination with this invention has only 23 keys and the first subinterval of each 24 pulse data interval carries no information; thus an error marking data bit may be inserted in this subinterval to mark an erroneous word of output data. The Alignment Error Detection and Correction Operation is described more fully below.
Manual controls 9 are provided for overall control of the data transfer device. The controls also allow manually generated data to be inserted, and provide for isolated operation of the various components of the device for testing purposes.
The major components of the data transfer device of this invention are broadly described above in conjunction with the block diagram of FIG. 1. The interrelationship of the major components is described with reference to the block diagrams and timing charts appearing in FIG. 2 through FIG. 9', a detailed logic diagram of an operative system constructed in accordance with this invention is shown in FIG. 10A through 10D.
DESERIALIZATION AND WRITE PULSE GENERATION FIG. 4 shows, in block diagram form, the means for deserialization of the input data into the desired output format, and for generation of the write pulse commands to be sent to the transport to order the output data recorded. FIG. 3 is a timing diagram illustrating the relation in time of the clock and data pulses as they flow through the deserialization means to the Shift Registers 28, 30. The logic circuitry of this section is shown in detail in FIG. A.
A preferred recording system operates as follows: the input data to the deserialization and write pulse generation means exists as intervals of 24 timing pulses, each interval having a period of about l0 milliseconds (hereafter abbreviated msec.), followed by a blank space of about 4 msec. duration. The actual time period of the data interval varies with the speed of the playback device 1. The times shown in the timing diagram of FIG. 3 are for high speed operation of the tape of the playback device I, which is about 7 inches per second. The input timing and data pulses themselves, shown at lines 201, 202, of FIG. 3, are 100 microseconds (hereafter abbreviated usecs.) in duration, with about 300 secs. between each pulse. Direct data input from Information Input device 2 without the intervening steps of recording and playback is also possible without substantial modification of the information input device 2 disclosed herein.
The rate of data input can be varied considerably, depending on the data input source used, without disruption of the internal analysis of the data because each interval of input data arrives in conjunction with its own timing pulses. The data transfer device is designed to derive all its timing from the arrival of timing pulses of a given frequency. With respect to the relative timing of the input timing pulses shown at line 201 of FIG. 3, and the input information or data pulses shown at line 202, the binary data pulse comes first, if one exists, followed on the other channel by the as sociated timing pulse which defines each subinterval of the data interval. In the illustrative example shown in FIG. 3, the first data bit of the input data interval is a zero and thus it does not appear on line 202. The remainder of line 202, by way of example, shows four consecutive data pulses.
The leading edge of each timing pulse of the interval of input data passes via input control gating 22 to the trigger input of clock one shot 24. The output pulses of this conventional one shot multivibrator have a period of 30 microseconds and are the master clock pulses which control the timing of the interrelated circuits of this interfacing device; hereafter in this disclosure the clock pulses referred to are these 30 Asec. pulses. The input and output of the master clock pulse generator 24 are shown at lines 201, 203, 204 of the timing chart of FIG. 3. As shown, the one shot 24 generates two outputs, one positive, the other negative.
Each input data pulse from the playback unit I is applied to the input of information flip-flop 26. Flip-flop 26 applies the input data pulse to either of two shift re gisters 28, 30, FIG. 4. Each shift register has a capacity of eight data bits. Two shift registers are required so that one is available to record and store input data during the time period that the other is sending deserializcd output data to transport 5. The clock pulse output of one shot 24 is used to shift the binary data bits through the shift registers 28, 30. The trailing edge of the clock pulse is also used to reset the information flipflop 26, preparing it to receive the next data pulse. The bit count device 34 controls the shift registers 28, 30 and determines which register stores the input data pulses. The control is accomplished by directing the clock pulses to one of the shift registers 28, 30, through the logic gating 29.
Because the transport 5 (FIG. 1) records 8 data bits or one data byte at a time, and the shift registers 28, 30 have an 8 bit capacity, output data is transferred to the transport 5 by alternate shift registers. Each eight bit shift register 28, 30 has a separate associated transfer gate 32, 33. During the time period that one shift register is accepting information, the other is transferring data through its associated transfer gate to transport 5.
Bit Count 34 controls which shift register is to accept information and which is to transfer it through its associated transfer gate to the transport. For example, in recording a typical stroke of 24 input data bits, after shift register 28 receives and stores the first eight data bits which make up a stroke, the bit count 34 disables register 28 from receiving input data, enables the transfer gate 32 associated with register 28 to transfer the deserialized data in register 28 to the transport 5, and enables shift register 30 to receive and store the succeeding data input bits from information flip-flop 26.
The Bit Count 34 also controls Write Pulse one shot 38. The output of this one shot multivibrator 38 is a command pulse to transport 5 to accept and record the output data sent by the transfer gates 32, 33. In this example, having enabled transfer gate 32 to transfer out put data to the transport, the bit count triggers a command pulse from write one shot 38, thereby recording the transferred data.
Continuing the example, when the second byte of 8 data input bits has been received and stored by register 30, shift register 28 is again enabled to accept input data information, and transfer gate 33 is commanded to transfer the data now stored in register 30 to transport 5. A second write step pulse is also triggered from one shot 38, recording the second data byte. The same sequence as that for transferring the first 8 bits recorded from register 28 via transfer gate 32 is repeated for the last 8 bits of the stroke, and a third write pulse is issued by one shot 38 to the transport, recording the third byte.
As is explained above, computer memory storage is in groups of 32 bits 4 bytes l word; therefore it is both necessary and highly useful in later application to add a dummy byte consisting of eight dummy data bits to each incoming data interval of 24 associated timing pulses and data bits.
When three data bytes have been accumulated from an interval of input data, the bit count 34 has a count of 24. An output signal from the bit count 34 indicating this count sets the dummy byte flip-flop 36, and is combined with the third write pulse from one shot 38 to trigger the delay one shot multivibrator 40. The delay one shot 40 is used to trigger the write pulse one shot 38 after a proper delay to allow for recording of the third byte of output data information bits by the trans port. Because the transport records data at 500 bytes per second, or at 2 msec. intervals, delay one shot 40 triggers write one shot 38 only after a delay of greater than 2 msec. In this exemplary embodiment, the delay is established as 2.2 msec. The dummy byte flip-flop 36 is used to inhibit both sets of transfer gates 32, 33 at this time so that at the time that the fourth write pulse is sent to the transport by multivibrator 38 no output data is sent with it, and a byte of 8 dummy data bits is recorded by the transport. In the exemplary embodiment disclosed herein, each of the 8 dummy data bits has a value of zero; that is to say, that the dummy data bits are recorded on the tape as binary zeros with the same magnetic flux patterns as all other binary zeros recorded on the tape. With suitable modification special coded information may be assigned to these data bits, e.g., an identification code for multiplexing purposes.
Referring to FIG. [0A, the gates shown without an inverter, that is, without a circle at the output, are a combination of two NAND-gates connected as shown in FIG. I]. The gates shown with an inverter are conventional NAND-gates.
The inputs to all gates have current sink logic; that is, if they are at a high or logical one status, then connecting the input of a gate to an output normally at logical zero sinks that input to logical zero. Considering any group of connected gate inputs and outputs, if one output goes to logical zero, or low, then all connected inputs and outputs go to logical zero also (regardless of what they may be otherwise driven to).
In describing this logic diagram, the terms "one" and "high" are equivalent and are used interchangeably; the terms low" and "zero" are also used interchangeably. Arrows are used to represent connections between the four sections of FIG. 10. The arrow indicates the direction of signal travel.
Referring to the logic diagram of FIG. [0A and more specifically to those parts thereof directed to deserialization and write pulse generation, it may be seen that the timing pulses which define the subintervals of each interval of input data are applied as trigger pulses to the trigger (T) input of clock one shot 24, a conventional monostable multivibrator. A multivibrator found suitable is type MOSl made by Raytheon. This type of multivibrator has both normal (Q) and inverted (6) outputs. The trailing edge of the input pulse triggers the normal output of one shot 24 to a logical one for a time interval or time" of 30 microseconds. At the end of this time the multivibrator triggers back to a quiescent, logic zero state. All of the one shot multivibrators of this embodiment are of this design; Only the time of the output pulse differs. The input clock pulses are applied via playback connecting line 402 and applied through gate 308. (FIG. 10C.)
The input data pulses from tape playback II are applied via playback connecting line 404, FIG. 10A, to the clock (C) input of information flip-flop 26, a flipflop element consisting of two flip-flops wired as a master-slave combination. The flip-flop is a Raytheon model MFF-3 which can be obtained from Raytheon Computer, Santa Ana, California (see, e.g., Aug. 1968 catalog). The flip-flop has five inputs: preset (P), clocked set, clocked reset, reset (R), and clock (C); the flip-flop has set (Q) and reset (0) outputs. The master flip-flop accepts input data when a pulse is applied to the clock input; the data is transferred to the slave flip-flop when the clock pulse ends. A low signal at the reset (R) input forces the set output of the flipflop to a low state, regardless of the state of the clocked inputs. Internally, the set (Q) output is connected to the clocked reset input. The reset output (6) is connected to the clocked set input. Such a configuration causes the flip-flop to toggle" on the trailing edge of any clock pulse. By toggle" it is meant that the states of the outputs interchange from their state before toggling. In the schematic of FIGS. 10A through l0D, only the preset, set, and clock inputs are shown; the clocked set and clocked reset inputs are omitted, as the only connections thereto are as described above.
The set output of infonnation flip-flop 26 is connected to an input of AND-gate 406; the clock pulses are applied to the other input, and the output of gate 406 is applied to the set input of shift registers 28, 30. The reset output of flip-flop 26 is combined with the clock pulse output of one shot 24 by AND-gate 408 and applied to the reset gates of the same two shift registers. The binary data input pulses are applied in this manner to the set and reset gates respectively of the shift registers 28, 30; only one shift register is enabled to accept each data pulse, in a manner explained below. Each data pulse is shifted through the register which accepts it by a clock pulse output from one shot 24 triggered by its associated timing pulse from the playback unit 1, FIG. I. The clock pulses are applied to the clock input of the shift registers via AND-gate 410, 412, respectively, and function as shift pulses for inserting the input data bits into the shift registers 28, 30. At any time only one of AND-gate 410, 412 is open to pass clock pulses to the shift registers clock input; the state of the AND-gates thus determines which shift register shall accept the input data bits.
The data flip-flop 26 is reset to accept the next data bit by the trailing edge of the same clock pulse which is used as a shift pulse, applied through inverter 413, differentiator 414 and inverter 416 to the reset input of flip-flop 26. The differentiator is of conventional design as shown in FIG. l3, and includes diode 417 so that only positive going pulses reach the inverter 416, which will invert the pulse that resets the flip-flop 26.
The resetting of flip-flop 26 does not affect the transfer of data to the shift registers, which accept the close out data on the trailing edge of the same clock pulse, due to the propagation delay from the clock multivibrator 24 to the various gates involved: 70 nanoseconds from clock to shift register, as opposed to 145 nanoseconds from clock to flip-flop 26 reset.
The decision as to which shift register is accepting data at any given time is governed by the bit counter of flip-flops 418, 420, 422, 424 and 426. (The hit counter is 34 in FIG. 4) The bit count counts the number of input data bits received in each interval of input data by counting the timing pulses which define the subintervals. Each timing pulse is applied to the input of clock pulse one shot 24 to trigger a clock pulse output; therefore the clock pulse output of one shot multivibrator 24 is used as the input to the bit count 34. The bit count must be capable of a count of 24, which is the number of timing pulses and data bits in each interval of input data.
The state of flip-flop 424 of the bit count determines which shift register shall accept the input data. The reset output of flip-flop 424, which is connected to AND-gate 410, remains high until the bit count reaches eight, holding gate 410 open. During this time shift pulses are applied to the clock input of register 28 via gate 410 and the input data bits are stored therein. At the same time the set output of flip-flop 424 is low; this output is connected to AND-gate 412 and holds this gate closed, preventing any shift pulses from reaching the clock input of shift register 30, and thus preventing any data from being stored therein.
When 8 data bits have been stored in shift register 28, the state of flip-flop 424 changes, closing gate 410 and opening gate 412. The next eight data input pulses are stored in shift register 30. At the time that the input data pulses are being stored in register 30, the high output from the set side of flip-flop 424 generates a high signal from normally open AND-gate 428, the control gate for transfer gate 32.
As shown in detail in FIG. 12, the transfer gate 32 is a series of AND-gates, each AND-gate having one input tied to an output of the associated shift register 28 and the other input tied to a control gate 428. The center pin of each AND-gate of transfer gate 32 is tied to the center pin of the appropriate gate of output transfer gate 69. The individual data lines, 435 through 442, to the transport, are tied to the outputs of appropriate gates of transfer gate 69. Thus if any of the AND-gates whose center pins are connected is turned on, the appropriate output line will be driven high, presenting a logical one to the transport to be recorded by the next write pulse generated.
Also shown in FIG. 12, are the AND-gates of transfer gate 33 similarly connected to transfer gate 69. Moreover, the outputs of two storage registers 58 and 59, both of which are employed in the Inter-Record Gap operation as explained below, are also connected to the transfer gate 69. The connection of register 58 to transfer gate 69 is made through gate 68.
Following the storage of the next eight data bits in shift register 30, controlling flip-flop 424 again changes state, closing gate 412 and opening gate 410, thereby applying the input data to shift register 28. At the same time flip-flop 424 applies a high signal to the control gate of transfer gate 33 via normally open gate 430, transferring the data in shift register 30 to transport connecting cable 432 via transfer gates 33 and 69.
The third data byte is stored in shift register 28 and transferred to transport 5 in the same manner as the first data byte.
The write pulses are generated by write pulse one shot 38, a one shot multivibrator which is triggered by the trailing edge (high-low transition) of a signal ap plied to its trigger input. The set output of Bit Count flip-flop 422 (which counts 4) is coupled to the trigger input of one shot 38 via driver gate 450. The flip-flop 422 is reset when the bit count reaches a count of eight, triggering a 50 psec. pulse from one shot 38 which is applied as a write command pulse to the transport by AND-gate 452, which is normally held open by the out put of gate 454.
Thus at the same time that transfer gate 32 transfers the data in shift register 28 to the transport, (i.e., following the storage of 8 data bits in the shift register) a write command pulse is also sent to the transport to order the recording of the output data.
In a similar manner, when the next eight data bits are stored in shift register 30, flip-flop 422 again changes from a set to a reset state, applying a second high-low transition pulse to the input of one shot 38, triggering a second write pulse. This pulse writes the second data byte, transferred from shift register 30, on the tape of transport 5. The third write command pulse is generated in the same manner as the first two, and writes the third data byte on the output tape.
[n this exemplary embodiment, an interval of input data includes 24 data bits. Thus the means described above function to store and record 3 bytes of output data at the transport for each stroke of input data. The means for generating the fourth write pulse command to write a dummy byte on the output tape of the transport to form a complete 4-byte 32-bit word, will now be explained in detail. The twenty-fourth clock pulse, as generated by each interval of input timing pulses, is detected by AND-gate 453 whose inputs are from the set side of flip-flop 424 (which changes on count to 8), and flip-flop 426 (which changes on count to 16). The high output signal from gate 453 is applied to AND-gate 456 together with the output of write pulse one shot 38. The third write pulse from one shot 38 combines with the 24th bit indicating signal from gate 453 to generate a high output signal from gate 456 of S0 microsecond duration (the duration of the output from one shot 38). The trailing edge of this signal triggers delay one shot 40, a one shot multivibrator having an output pulse with a 2.2 millisecond time interval. Delay one shot 40 is triggered, rather than triggering write command one shot 38 directly, to provide a time lag between the arrival at the transport of the third and fourth write pulses, as well as to allow one shot 38 time to recover from the previous pulse cycle. The trailing edge of the output delay pulse, applied to the input of write one shot 38 via normally open NAND-gate 458 and the center pin of AND-gate 450 (inverting the signal), triggers the fourth write pulse from one shot 38.
The high output signal of AND-gate 456 is applied to the clock input of dummy word flip-flop 36 via normally open AND-gates 462 and 463. The reset output of flip-flop 36 is forced low by the trailing edge of this pulse. The low signal from this output is applied via AND-gate 460 to gates 428, 430, thereby inhibiting any transfer of data to the transport via transfer gates 32, 33, and insuring that the byte recorded by the fourth, dummy, write pulse consists of eight zeroes. The same low signal from the reset side of flip-flop 36 resets bit count flip-flops 424, 426, so that they are prepared to count the incoming data and timing pulses of the next stroke.
Flip-flops 418, 420, 422 are reset by the trigger pulse to delay one shot 40. The pulse is applied to the reset inputs of these flip-flops by normally open AND-gate 462 and inverter 464.
RECORDING INTER-RECORD GAP The computer associated with the interfacing device of this embodiment, an IBM 360, requires that the input data be blocked in records. A gap of approximately I inches, requiring 60 milliseconds of recording time, must appear between each record. In order to fulfill this requirement without introducing unnecessary complications into the logic system, the length of each record produced by the interfacing device of this invention is defined as 3,072 bytes. The output tape transport 5 is of a design having the necessary internal circuitry to put a standard IBM Inter-Record Gap on the computer tape; the data transfer device must generate the necessary command signal to the transport to activate this circuitry. To generate the signal at the proper time, means must be provided in the data transfer device of this invention for counting the number of bytes written on the computer tape. During the time the Inter-Record Gap (or IRG as it is hereafter abbreviated) is being processed by the transport 5, no new output data may be sent to the transport. Therefore, means must also be provided in the data transfer system for storing the input data which arrives while the Inter-Record Gap is being processed by the transport, then transferring the stored and deserialized output data to the transport, and then returning the data transfer device to normal operation. The means for recording the Inter-Record Gap are described with reference to the block diagram of FIG. 8 and the timing diagram of FIG. 9. In analyzing the timing diagram, note that pulses 3, 4 of line 2]], the write command pulses, occur during the normal operational sequence; pulses I, 2 occur during the IRG sequence. An exemplary specific embodiment will also be fully explained with reference to the detailed logic diagram of FIG. 108.
The timing for the process of recording the Inter- Record Gap is provided by IRG count 50. As is pointed out above, each record of output data on the computer tape of transport 5 consists of 3,072 bytes. However, the actual count by the flip-flops of the IRG count 50 is 768, since the pulses being counted are word indicating pulses (one word 4 bytes) which are generated by the combined output of write pulse one shot 38 and dummy byte flip-flop 36, whose functions are disclosed above.
To simplify the data storage process, and reduce the amount of storage space required during recording of the Inter-Record Gap, the rate of data input to the data transfer device is reduced by sending a command signal to the playback unit 1 via motor speed control latch 52. Speed control latch 52 is set when the IRG count 50 equals 2,816 bytes or 704 words. The count of 2,816 is reached approximately two seconds before a command signal to start the Inter-Record Gap sequence is issued. The resulting command signal to playback unit 1 causes the speed of the playback unit to drop from the normal seven inches per second to one inch per secondv Motor speed control latch 52 remains set throughout the IRG sequence; upon completion of the sequence, the latch is reset and normal speed of playback unit 1 is resumed.
When the IRG count 50 reaches a count of 768, which is equal to a byte count of 3,072, then IRG latch 54 is set. The high signal from the set output of flip-flop S4 is combined, in the inhibit logic 55, with the write pulse output of one shot 38 to trigger the IRG write one shot 56. The output of this one shot multivibrator 56, a 150 microsecond pulse, is the IRG command pulse to the transport 5 to enter an Inter-Record Gap on the computer tape. Since no data may be recorded during the time the Inter-Record Gap is processed, a low signal from the reset side of IRG latch 54 activates the write pulse inhibit logic S5 to prevent any pulse command output of write pulse one shot 38 from reaching the transport.
Each pulse generated by write pulse one shot 38 during IRG processing becomes a storage control pulse which controls storage logic gating 57. These pulses appear at lines 214, 215 of the timing chart of FIG. 9. The storage logic gating prevents the input data applied to shift registers 28, 30 during IRG processing from being transferred to transport 5. As each shift register accumulates a byte of 8 data hits, the data is shifted in response to the generation of a write pulse by write one shot 38 to associated storage registers 58, 59 under control of the storage gating 57. Write and Store Count flip-flops 60 maintain a count of the number of write pulses used as storage pulses during the period of the Inter-Record Gap; this counting process appears at lines 218, 219 of FIG. 9. Due to the slow speed of the playback mechanism only two write step pulses are generated by write one shot 38 and used as storage pulses during the Inter-Record Gap period. This appears at lines 21 l, 2 and 215 ofFlG. 9.
The Inter-Record Gap having been recorded on the computer tape, the Data Read Logic Gating 62, responsive to the state of Write and Store Count 60 writes the data stored in storage registers 58, 59 during the Inter-Record Gap onto the output tape. IRG write one shot 56, provides the write pulses which are necessary to command the transport to write the output data onto the computer tape.
As shown at lines 217, 218 of FIG. 9, delay one shot 40 triggers IRG/write one shot 56, which, in turn, controls transfer gates 68, 69 which are associated with storage registers 58, 59, respectively. Control Gating 70 prevents the pulse outputs of IRG/write one shot 56 from retriggering the Inter-Record Gap cycle. The first IRG/write pulse from one shot 56 transfers the information out of storage register 58 through its associated
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If there's a word that best describes Canadian soccer right now, it's "repatriation."
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"I'm happy to be a part of Ottawa Fury FC. This has always been a dream to play for a professional team in my city and I'm excited to get started," said Dixon. "Hopefully this move will also give me more exposure for the national team. At this point in my career, I think it's a positive move and a great step to be playing back home, especially in the NASL which is growing so quickly."
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Definición de crossbow en inglés:
A medieval bow of a kind that is fixed across a wooden support and has a groove for the bolt and a mechanism for drawing and releasing the string.
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- It houses thousands of weapons, including guns and ammunition, knives, knuckledusters, coshes, crossbows and swords.
crossbowman sustantivo (plural crossbowmen)
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40 billion in shareholder loses ... and countingas it is a zero-sum game, 40 billion in profits to the usual suspects
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That 1% is providing more opportunity than the government ever will. You first have to accept that being rich is not evil. Capitalism is the best system in the world, if the government keeps their nose out. How about working for a living there Smoky...fresh idea for you I know.
apparently Arts used too many big words for Smokberry to understand. His comments are fact based for the most part. Crooked Hillary may not go down in court but her slimy ways are published broadly every day, even by the liberal press.
GD, Northrup, and Lockheed interested in a Ciber acquisition? Funny. I do think they will be acquired but it won't be a major player. Likely an Indian staffing firm with a few hundred in rev.
Ignore...another lunatic on this board
Leadership arrogance does not cut the price of shares. If it did, Oracle would be in single digits..
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In Vietnam, Stress over 'Stress'
Commentator Andrew Lam says that when he talks to friends and relatives in Vietnam, there's a new word that keeps coming up: stress.
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sometimes it's just tricky to find the fabrics you have in your head when it comes to decorating. i often wish i could design my own patterns from my imagination, or bring back to life some of the gorgeous vintage prints they used to make. it's kind of a lost art i often imagine recreating — i miss those cool floral prints of the 50's and 60's,...
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who doesn't love these blankets? i saw this post on the old faithful shop blog and memories came flooding in — hudson bay blankets evoke all kinds of happy childhood memories for me. my parents had one of these traditionally primary-colored striped hudson bay blankets — i think they may have even brought it with them all the way from canada when they moved...
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SLOVYANSK, Ukraine (AP) - Ukraine's interior minister says one security officer has been killed and five others have been wounded in a gunfight with pro-Russian militia.
Arsen Avakov says in a Facebook post Sunday the Security Service officer was killed in Slovyansk where a police station was seized by camouflaged armed men.
An Associated Press reporter on the ground didn't see any unrest there when he arrived.
The unrest in Slovyansk and the nearby major industrial city Donetsk are the latest signs of spiraling anger in eastern Ukraine, which has a large Russian-speaking population that fears it will be suppressed.
Meanwhile, Secretary of State John Kerry has expressed strong concern that attacks by armed militants in eastern Ukraine have been orchestrated and synchronized, and are similar to previous attacks in eastern Ukraine and Crimea.
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Get an overview of this hotelFamily-friendly hotel with 4 restaurants and marina
Located near the airport, this family-friendly hotel is within 6 mi (10 km) of Nanchan Temple Antique Market, Wuxi Parkson, and Wuxi Grand Orient Department Store. Center 66 and Xihui Park are also within 9 mi (15 km).
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In addition to a full-service spa, Millennium Hotel Wuxi features a marina and an indoor pool. Dining is available at one of the hotel's 4 restaurants. The property also offers a snack bar/deli. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of hotel's 3 bars/lounges. A complimentary manager's reception is offered on select days. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access.
Business amenities at this 4.5-star property consist of a 24-hour business center, limo/town car service, and meeting rooms. Event facilities measuring 7825 square feet (727 square meters) include conference space. This luxury hotel also offers a health club, a nightclub, and a spa tub.
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- Marina on site
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- Number of floors - 23
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The hotel offers a complimentary manager's reception on select days.
Amber Western Restaurant - Overlooking the garden, this buffet restaurant serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. Guests can order drinks at the bar and enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). Open 24 hours.
Chinese Restaurant - Overlooking the garden, this fine-dining restaurant serves lunch and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
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Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault
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Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault is an "Everyone 10+"-rated action game built on comic violence. As with other Ratchet & Clank games, these games involve silly weapons (alien in nature) and zany enemies that are usually robotic or creature-like. There is also humor and mildly crude references in the game, too, and a gun that gives off a loud belch.
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This game is fun and engaging for players, especially as you can team up with a sibling or friend and play together.
Players learn by playing through the game, tackling missions -- which include combat, light puzzle solving, collecting and upgrading items -- plus gamers can team up and play together in this virtual world.
The game has a mandatory tutorial to familiarize players with the controls, objectives and combat strategies. Gamers can also pause the action to review the controller layout. A small manual covers some of these, too.
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RATCHET & CLANK: FULL FRONTAL ASSAULT is a third-person action game starring many familiar characters from previous Ratchet & Clank games -- including the pointy-eared alien Ratchet, the robotic Clank (in various forms, including Giant Clank), and Captain Qwark. The game dispenses with any meaningful story and dives right into the action, where players must defend their base from waves of aggressive E.T. intruders on three different planets. Players have access to a huge assortment of weapons, co-op and competitive play (both online and on the same console), various modes to choose from (player vs. player, base defense) and support for cross-platform play between the PlayStation 3 (PS3) and PlayStation Vita (PS Vita). Therefore, one gamer can be on one system and another player can be on another; saved games can also be accessed on either the PS3 or PS Vita. Those who buy this value-priced PS3 game also get the PS Vita version for free as a digital download.
Is it any good?
Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault is good but not great. On one hand, as a $20 title -- and you get the handheld version, too -- there's a lot of value here. Plus, the action can be fun, frenetic, and as silly as previous games in the franchise. The environments in which you fight in are varied and the addition of a "tower defense" mechanism while protecting your base is a good idea. You have your choice of characters, weapons, and planets to fight in. But on the flipside, the action feels like deja vu compared to other Ratchet & Clank titles and the game lacks a lengthy single-player campaign, big story, and memorable scenes. As the price point reflects, this is more like a mini-game that, while fun, isn't going to be remembered as one of the better titles of 2012. It's a decent purchase, especially if you want to play against others online -- even on another platform.
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Families can talk about whether Sony's cross-platform play -- in games like this and PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale -- is a trend we should see more in the future. Do PlayStation 3 (PS3) gamers want to play with PlayStation Vita (PS Vita) players and the other way around? Is it cool you get the PS Vita code for free if you buy the PS3 game?
Families can also talk about beloved video game characters such as Ratchet and Clank. Do you enjoy a game more when you are familiar with the characters?
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