US3245042A - Computer indexing apparatus - Google Patents

Computer indexing apparatus

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US3245042A
US3245042A US65560A US6556060A US3245042A US 3245042 A US3245042 A US 3245042A US 65560 A US65560 A US 65560A US 6556060 A US6556060 A US 6556060A US 3245042 A US3245042 A US 3245042A
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Paul S Herwitz
John H Lind
Frank J Sparacio
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    • G06FELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F9/00Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units
    • G06F9/06Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units using stored programs, i.e. using an internal store of processing equipment to receive or retain programs
    • G06F9/30Arrangements for executing machine instructions, e.g. instruction decode
    • G06F9/34Addressing or accessing the instruction operand or the result ; Formation of operand address; Addressing modes
    • G06F9/355Indexed addressing
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    • G06COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
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    • G06F15/00Digital computers in general; Data processing equipment in general
    • G06F15/76Architectures of general purpose stored program computers
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    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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  • FIGZC s LEvEL I N I i 1 5 TRIANGULAR INDEXING 1 Q24 Q22 L25 I 1 Q31 Q52 c135 I2 MATRIX TRIANGLE l M1 M2 M35; (121:0.22: 0.25% 0.51 a52, o.55:
  • I1 so SEQUENTIAL INDEXING I I 451 I 5RD 2ND.
  • I I 5 ⁇ FIELD FIELD Y HELD gm iST. RECORD LEVEL 0 I N NTDOFSUNTL START OF 2ND.
  • COMPUTER INDEXING APPARATUS 620 Sheets-Sheet 16 Filed Oct. 26, 1960 2:2: 2:5 is E aExw i5 52% s @220 :0 a 22:; m0 EEK April 5, 1966 P. s. HERWITZ ETAL 3,245,042
  • COMPUTER INDEXING APPARATUS 620 Sheets-Sheet 18 Filed Oct. 26. 1960 -32 has $25 7 i 4;: w, 55 E52 2; i @2255 2:58 a 5:20 5E1 E2 12: L I 2;; 0252 in 2004 Ha wwmmoi BE 0252i "65 a. as mommm 1.

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April 5, 1966 P. S. HERWITZ ETAL COMPUTER INDEXING APPARATUS Filed Oct. 26, 1950 FIG.20
BASIC 620 Sheets-Sheet 4 INDEXING PATTERNS NORMAL WITH RESET OFFSET WITH RESET NORMAL SUPPRESS RESET I sows? OFFSET, SUPPRESS RESET NESTED INDEXING SUCCESSIVE ADDRESS A ril 5, 1966 P. s. HERWITZ ETAL 3,245,042
COMPUTER INDEXING APPARATUS Filed Oct. 26, 1960 620 Sheets-Sheet 5 FIGZC s LEvEL I N I i 1 5 TRIANGULAR INDEXING 1 Q24 Q22 L25 I 1 Q31 Q52 c135 I2 MATRIX TRIANGLE l M1 M2 M35; (121:0.22: 0.25% 0.51 a52, o.55:
I1 so SEQUENTIAL INDEXING I I 451 I 5RD 2ND. I I 5 \FIELD FIELD Y HELD gm iST. RECORD LEVEL 0 I N NTDOFSUNTL START OF 2ND.
L o 14 2 SEQUENTIAL RECORD 2 60 I2[=I1)4 SEQUENTIAL 5 50 JQHHS SEQUENTIAL 00 NESTED April 5, 1966 P. s. HERWITZ ETAL 3,245,042
COMPUTER INDEXING APPARATUS Filed Oct. 26, 1960 620 Sheets-Sheet '7 SEQUENCING PERIODS FLOW CHART FlG.4a T
START PRE TTERATE DATA WORD FETCH ITERATE PARAMETER END OF LEVEL FETCH 8 STORE STOP FlG.4b
FLOW OF BYTE READOUT (L) LEFT DATA WORD (1. +1] RIGHT DATA WORD s START F|G.4c
FLOW 0F BYTE READOUT (L) LEFT DATA WORD (i.+1) RIGHT DATA WORD April 5, 1966 P. s. HERWITZ ETAL 3,245,042
COMPUTER INDEXING APPARATUS 620 Sheets-Sheet 8 Filed Oct. 26, 1960 o o o o I N 2: N O I o 623; 31:2 2 8: me: 2: 02 as: E: c: 8: E3 82 20B 202 so: a? 3:2: as; w M 2:2: E; a 3 a a e 2 mm a 3 z s 0 April 1966 P. s. HERWITZ ETAL 3,245,042
COMPUTER INDEXING APPARATUS GIVE $1 @3355 8 Shea a: QQ :23 QEXMEE ($15 Q E 5T: OImm x H @2285 A ZQZEEQ 521 Filed Oct.
m QE April 5, 1966 p. s. HERWITZ ETAL 3,245,042
COMPUTER INDEXING APPARATUS 620 Sheets-Sheet 10 Filed Oct. 26, 1960 cm 81 8 mo: Q5
0 2 251 REE $031 AmIv OJKmXH April 1966 P. s. HERWITZ ETAL 3,245,042
COMPUTER INDEXING APPARATUS 620 Sheets-Sheet 11 Filed Oct. 25, 1960 m QE April 1966 P. s. HERWITZ ETAL 3,245,042
COMPUTER INDEXING APPARATUS 620 Sheets-Sheet 12 Filed Oct. 26, 1960 3% :9: S: To
to QE April 1966 P. s. HERWlTZ ETAL 3,245,042
COMPUTER INDEXING APPARATUS 620 Sheets-Sheet 15 Filed Oct. 26, 1960 ow mbE MT; 8 E33 3 in Ex 2 we: .Tc
n wE A ril 5, 1966 P. s. HERWITZ ETAL 3,245,042
COMPUTER INDEXING APPARATUS 620 Sheets-Sheet 14 Filed Oct. 26, 1960 QcEz: 02:32: m E 35:32:: 6528 252.; E
5E 22: SE28 52:30 22:
um QE 1+0 9 Ewto A ril 5, 1966 P. s. HERWITZ ETAL 3,245,042
COMPUTER INDEXING APPARATUS 620 Sheets-Sheet 15 Filed Oct. 26, 1960 z F+ z E 2:
220 cm 3 :0 +0 mo: l
wbwz :2: mo: 1+ 0 cm 2 mq April 5, 1966 P. s. HERWlTZ ETAL 3,245,042
COMPUTER INDEXING APPARATUS 620 Sheets-Sheet 16 Filed Oct. 26, 1960 2:2: 2:5 is E aExw i5 52% s @220 :0 a 22:; m0 EEK April 5, 1966 P. s. HERWITZ ETAL 3,245,042
COMPUTER INDEXING APPARATUS 620 Sheets-Sheet 1? Filed Oct. 26, 1960 XXX 553 law 55 QZSGWIQ a 292523 CE;
XXX X,
April 1966 P. s. HERWITZ ETAL 3,245,042
COMPUTER INDEXING APPARATUS 620 Sheets-Sheet 18 Filed Oct. 26. 1960 -32 has $25 7 i 4;: w, 55 E52 2; i @2255 2:58 a 5:20 5E1 E2 12: L I 2;; 0252 in 2004 Ha wwmmoi BE 0252i "65 a. as mommm 1. Q5 53 02:22 m @152 2 5E 55% 2 2 20%| P 5E 22:: 22: a; 2 a 3 3 a: X a; wa e as 522 E 1:: 422528 5 a M H 55:8 2 25s M A ril 5, 1966 P. s. HERWITZ ETAL 3,245,042
COMPUTER INDEXING APPARATUS 620 Sheets-Sheet 19 Filed Oct. 26, 1960 in 0E 32 12w 5% a e: X 2, E 05 a 5: a 05 a? 5 1 E Z: 2 r x mogmfizoo 13 Mac 5150 508m 51 2; 2 3: so: 2: Evi 1 E :2: .1 k 2% e S 1 F 4 f I x Q n w w 5230 5 52:53

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1. IN APPARATUS FOR MODIFYING BY LEVELS, INPUT SIGNALS REPRESENTATIVE OF ADDRESSES BY INPUT SIGNALS REPRESENTATIVE OF ALTERATION QUANTITIES AS SPECIFIED BY CONTROL REPRESENTATIVE INPUT SIGNALS: REGISTER MEANS INCLUDING FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD GROUPS OF SETTABLE STAGES OPERABLE TO ASSUME STATES REPRESENTATIVE OF INPUT SIGNAL; INPUT MEANS FOR CAUSING SAID FIRST GROUP OF STAGES TO ASSUME STATES CORRESPONDING TO SAID ADDRESS INPUT SIGNAL, SAID SECOND GROUP OF STAGES TO ASSUME STATES CORRESPONDING TO SAID ALTERATION INPUT SIGNALS FOR A NUMBER OF LEVELS AND SAID THIRD GROUP OF STAGES TO ASSUME STATES CORRESPONDING TO SAID CONTROL INPUT SIGNALS FOR A NUMBER OF LEVELS; ADDER MEANS FOR PRODUCING OUTPUT SIGNALS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SUM OF A FIRST GROUP OF ADDER SIGNALS AND A SECOND GROUP OF ADDER SIGNALS; CONTROL MEANS FOR PRODUCING ROUTING SIGNALS FROM SELECTED ONES OF SAID THIRD GROUP OF REGISTER STAGES FOR A SELECTED LEVEL; FIRST ROUTING MEANS, UNDER CONTROL OF SAID ROUTING SIGNALS, FOR REPEATEDLY TRANSFERRING TO SAID ADDER MEANS FIRST AND SECOND GROUPS OF ADDER SIGNALS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE STATES OF SAID FIRST GROUP OF REGISTER STAGES, AND SAID SECOND GROUP OF REGISTER STAGES FOR SAID SELECTED LEVEL; AND SECOND ROUTING MEANS, UNDER CONTROL OF SAID ROUTING SIGNALS, OPERABLE TO MAKE SAID ADDER SUM OUTPUT SIGNALS AVAILABLE TO SAID REGISTER INPUT MEANS FOR ENTRY INTO SAID FIRST GROUP OF STAGES.
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US3413613A (en) * 1966-06-17 1968-11-26 Gen Electric Reconfigurable data processing system

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US2800277A (en) * 1950-05-18 1957-07-23 Nat Res Dev Controlling arrangements for electronic digital computing machines
US2916210A (en) * 1954-07-30 1959-12-08 Burroughs Corp Apparatus for selectively modifying program information
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