GB1083171A - Improvements in or relating to data processing apparatus - Google Patents

Improvements in or relating to data processing apparatus

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GB1083171A
GB1083171A GB16743/65A GB1674365A GB1083171A GB 1083171 A GB1083171 A GB 1083171A GB 16743/65 A GB16743/65 A GB 16743/65A GB 1674365 A GB1674365 A GB 1674365A GB 1083171 A GB1083171 A GB 1083171A
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tape
unit
units
control
byte
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International Business Machines Corp
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International Business Machines Corp
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F9/00—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units
    • G06F9/06—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units using stored programs, i.e. using an internal store of processing equipment to receive or retain programs
    • G06F9/30—Arrangements for executing machine instructions, e.g. instruction decode
    • G06F9/30094—Condition code generation, e.g. Carry, Zero flag
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/06—Digital input from, or digital output to, record carriers, e.g. RAID, emulated record carriers or networked record carriers
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/06—Digital input from, or digital output to, record carriers, e.g. RAID, emulated record carriers or networked record carriers
    • G06F3/0601—Interfaces specially adapted for storage systems
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/06—Digital input from, or digital output to, record carriers, e.g. RAID, emulated record carriers or networked record carriers
    • G06F3/0601—Interfaces specially adapted for storage systems
    • G06F3/0668—Interfaces specially adapted for storage systems adopting a particular infrastructure
    • G06F3/0671—In-line storage system
    • G06F3/0673—Single storage device
    • G06F3/0682—Tape device

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  • Software Systems (AREA)
  • Signal Processing For Digital Recording And Reproducing (AREA)
  • Electronic Switches (AREA)

Abstract

1,083,171. Control of input/output equipment. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION. April 21, 1965 [April 27, 1964], No. 16743/65. Heading G4A. In data processing apparatus, any one of a plurality of input/output (I/O) units can be connected to any one of a plurality of I/O control units through control and data lines by electronic and relay switches respectively when said switches, which are respective to the pair of units, are actuated by the I/O control unit. Selection in this way of one I/O unit by an I/O control unit prevents subsequent selection of the same I/O unit by another I/O control unit until it is free. In the particular embodiment, a computer sends a 9-bit byte (includes parity bit) to one of four " tape control " units to cause it to select one of 16 magnetic tape I/O units. Four of the bits of the byte identify the tape I/O unit, one of these bits (" high order " bit) choosing one set of 8 tape units and the other 3 bits being decoded into a 1-out-of-8 energization to choose one tape unit within that set. By means of switches, the two subsets of 4 tape units within each set may be effectively interchanged (" swapped "). Two further switches enable the two sets of 8 to be effectively interchanged. Further switches enable selection of any particular tape I/O unit(s) by any particular tape control unit(s) to be prevented. When a " tape control " unit has selected a tape I/O unit, command, " sense " (see below) and data bytes (the latter including a parity bit) may be passed between them. After passage of one such byte, the I/O unit is normally free to be selected by another " tape control " unit but the computer may prevent this with a "chain" " signal. The " sense " information, provided by the tape I/O unit, includes model number (indicating data rate effectively), byte size, status, whether tape file is protected &c. Effective interchange of tape units (see above) requires interchange of status lines and this is done by changing the position of a printed circuit card. Longitudinal parity check bytes may be recorded on the tape. Error correction may be done in the " tape control " units after reading from the tape.
GB16743/65A 1964-04-27 1965-04-21 Improvements in or relating to data processing apparatus Expired GB1083171A (en)

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US362710A US3372378A (en) 1964-04-27 1964-04-27 Input/output unit switch

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GB1083171A true GB1083171A (en) 1967-09-13

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US (1) US3372378A (en)
CH (1) CH432067A (en)
DE (1) DE1574590B2 (en)
GB (1) GB1083171A (en)
NL (1) NL154342B (en)
SE (1) SE329515B (en)

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GB1056629A (en) * 1965-10-01 1967-01-25 Creed & Co Ltd Improvements in data processing systems and equipment
US3593302A (en) * 1967-03-31 1971-07-13 Nippon Electric Co Periphery-control-units switching device
US3731217A (en) * 1970-04-03 1973-05-01 Research Corp Quasi-optical signal processing utilizing hybrid matrices
US3668651A (en) * 1970-12-30 1972-06-06 Ibm Working device code method of i/o control
DE2202658C2 (en) * 1972-01-20 1985-05-15 Allen Organ Co., 18062 Macungie, Pa. Electronic keyboard musical instrument - has switching matrix on keyboard output controlling TDM generation and control of output tones
DE2442990B2 (en) * 1974-09-07 1978-03-23 Philips Patentverwaltung Gmbh, 2000 Hamburg Computer system with peripheral devices
US4155117A (en) * 1977-07-28 1979-05-15 International Business Machines Corporation Synchronizing channel-to-channel adapter

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US3200380A (en) * 1961-02-16 1965-08-10 Burroughs Corp Data processing system
US3226688A (en) * 1961-07-03 1965-12-28 Bunker Ramo Modular computer system

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DE1574590B2 (en) 1974-01-10
NL6505325A (en) 1965-10-28
US3372378A (en) 1968-03-05
DE1574590A1 (en) 1972-04-06
SE329515B (en) 1970-10-12
NL154342B (en) 1977-08-15
CH432067A (en) 1967-03-15

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