Readout display system with memory

Claim 1

A DISPLAY SYSTEM COMPRISING A FIRST PLURALITY OF NEON LAMPS, SAID NEON LAMPS BEING ARRANGED IN A PREDETERMINED PATTERN SO THAT A PLURALITY OF N DIFFERNET CHARACTERS MAY BE SELECTIVELY CREATED BY SELECTIVELY ENERGIZING N DIFFERENT PREDETERMINED COMBINATION OF SAID NEON LAMPS, A SECOND PLURALITY OF NEON LAMPS EACH CORRESPONDING TO A DIFFERENT ONE OF SAID PLURALITY OF NEON LAMPS, A SOURCE OF POTENTIAL FOR ENERGIZING SAID FIRST AND SECOND PLURALITY OF NEON LAMPS, A PLURALITY OF N PHOTOCONDUCTORS EACH CONNECTED IN SERIES WITH SAID SOURCE OF POTENTIAL AND ITS CORRESPONDING ONE OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND PLURALITY OF NEON LAMPS FOR MAINTAINING ITS SAID CORRESPONDING ONES OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND PLURALITY OF NEON LAMPS ENERGIZED ONLY WHEN ILLUMINATED, EACH OF SAID PHOTOCONDUCTORS BEING IN REGISTRY WITH ITS SAID CORRESPONDING ONE OF SAID SECOND PLURALITY OF NEON LAMPS TO THEREBY DEFINE A FEEDBACK LIGHT SOURCE THEREWITH, AND ENCODING MEANS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF LIGHT PRODUCING ELEMENTS EACH IN REGISTRY WITH A SELECTED ONE OF SAID PLURALITY OF PHOTOCONDUCTORS FOR SELECTIVELY ILLUMINATING PREDETERMINED COMBINATIONS OF SAID PHOTOCONDUCTORS FOR THE DURATION OF AN APPLIED PULSE THERETO.