Code to code converters

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APPARATUS FOR CONVERTING CODE PATTERNS OF ONE CODE SYSTEM TO CODE PATTERNS OF OTHER CODE SYSTEMS COMPRISING AN ENDLESS RECORD HAVING A PLURALITY OF GROUPS OF PARALLEL BIT COMBINATIONAL CODES SERIALLY RECORDED THEREON, EACH GROUP COMPRISING A FIRST SYSTEM CODE AND OTHER SYSTEM CODES REPRESENTING THE SAME DATA, IDENTIFICATION INDICIA ASSOCIATED WITH SAID FIRST SYSTEM CODES, MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID RECORD, TRANSDUCER MEANS PERIODICALLY GENERATING SIGNALS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BIT PATTERNS OF SAID CODES AND SAID IDENTIFICATION INDICIA AS SAID RECORD IS DRIVEN, A COMPARATOR CONDITIONABLE BY AND OVER THE INTERVAL OF SAID IDENTIFICATION SIGNALS FOR GENERATING AN OUTPUT PULSE UPON COINCIDENCE OF THE BIT SIGNAL PATTERNS OF A RECORDED FIRST SYSTEM CODE AND A FIRST SYSTEM INPUT CODE, BISTABLE MEANS SETTABLE IN RESPONSE TO THE TRAILING EDGE OF SAID COMPARATOR OUTPUT PULSE, NORMALLY BLOCKED GATE MEANS ADAPTED WHEN GATED TO PASS BIT SIGNAL PATTERNS TO A UTILIZATION DEVICE FOR PROCESSING, CONTROL MEANS OPERATIVE WHEN CONDITIONED BY SAID SET BISTABLE MEANS TO GENERATE A GATE PULSE IN RESPONSE TO THE GENERATION OF A FOLLOWING SELECTED CODE SIGNAL PATTERN IN THE GROUP INCLUDING SAID COINCIDENT FIRST SYSTEM CODE PATTERN, AND MEANS CONNECTING SAID GATE PULSE TO SAID BISTABLE MEANS WHEREBY SAID BISTABLE MEANS IS RESET IN RESPONSE TO THE TRAILING EDGE OF SAID GATE PULSE.