Input buffer system

Claim 1

AN INPUT BUFFER SYSTEM FOR USE IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN ELECTRONIC DIGITAL COMPUTER, AND THE LIKE, INCLUDING: FIRST CIRCULATING REGISTER MEANS FOR STORING BINARY SIGNALS REPRESENTATIVE OF A PRE-DETERMINED NUMBER OF MULTI-BIT CHARACTERS, SECOND CIRCULATING REGISTER MEANS FOR STORING BINARY SIGNALS REPRESENTATIVE OF A NUMBER OF MULTI-BIT CHARACTERS GREATER THAN SAID PRE-DETERMINED NUMBER, AN INPUT READING SYSTEM FOR SUCCESSIVELY READING A PLURALITY OF MULTI-BIT CHARACTERS STORED IN AN INPUT DEVICE, FIRST CONTROL CIRCUITRY COUPLED TO SAID READING SYSTEM AND TO SAID FIRST CIRCULATING REGISTER AND RESPONDING TO TIMING SIGNALS FROM THE COMPUTER FOR CAUSING SAID INPUT READING THEREBY TO SAID FIRST CIRCULATING REGISTER FOR CIRCULATION THEREIN WITH A PRE-DETERMINED TIMING, SECOND CONTROL CIRCUITRY COUPLED TO SAID FIRST CIRCULATING REGISTER MEANS AND TO SAID SECOND CIRCULATING REGISTER MEANS AND RESPONSIVE TO TIMING SIGNALS FROM THE COMPUTER FOR CAUSING THE CONTENTS OF SAID FIRST REGISTER MEANS TO CIRCULATE INTO SAID SECOND REGISTER MEANS AND THE CONTENTS OF SAID SECOND REGISTER MEANS TO CIRCULATE INTO SAID FIRST REGISTER MEANS, AND CIRCUIT MEANS RESPONSIVE TO A FIRST SIGNAL FOR DE-ACTIVATING SAID SECOND CONTROL CIRCUITRY AND FOR ACTIVATING SAID FIRST CONTROL CIRCUITRY AND RESPONSIVE TO A SECOND SIGNAL FOR ACTIVATING SAID SECOND CONTROL CIRCUITRY AND FOR DE-ACTIVATING SAID FIRST CONTROL CIRCUITRY.