Apparatus for operating an input-device recording tape asynchronously with a synchronous digital computer system

Claim 1

A SYSTEM FOR TRANSFERRING ASYNCHRONOUS DIGITAL DATA TO A SYNCHRONOUS DATE EQUIPMENT COMPRISING; A FIRST SHIFT REGISTER HAVING PARALLEL INPUT FOR RECEIVING GROUPS OF SAID ASYNCHRONOUS DIGITAL DATA; A SOURCE OF TIMING PULSE, AND PULSE BEING CONNECTED TO ACTUATE SAID FIRST SHIFT REGISTER TO PRODUCE SERIAL OUTPUT DATA COMMENSURATE WITH SAID GROUPS OF ASYNCHRONOUS DIGITAL DATA; A RECORDING MEANS ADATPED TO RECEIVE AND SEPARATELY RECORD SAID SERIES OUTPUT DATA AND SAID TIMING PULSES; MEANS FOR REPRODUCING SERIAL DATA AND TIMING SIGNALS IN RESPONSE TO SAID RECORDED SERIAL OUTPUT DATA AND TIMING PULSES; AND A SECOND SHIFT REGISTER CONNECTED TO RECEIVE SAID REPORDUCED SERIAL DATA SIGNALS AND ADAPTED TO RESPOND TO SAID TIMING PULSE SIGNALS FOR ARRANGING SAID SIGNAL DATA IN PARALLEL GROUPS, SAID SECOND SHIFT REGISTER BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE COINCIDENCE OF SAID PARALLEL GROUP OF DIGITAL DATA SIGNALS WITH SYNCHRONOUS SIGNALS DERIVED FROM SAID SYNCHRONOUS DATA EQUIPMENT FOR CAUSING SAID GROUPS OF DIGITAL DATA SIGNALS TO BE SYNCHRONOUSLY TRANSFERRED INTO SAID EQUIPMENT.

Claim 2

A SYSTEM FOR TRANSFERRING ASYNCHRONOUS DIGITAL DATA TO A SYNCHRONOUS DATE EQUIPMENT COMPRISING; A FIRST SHIFT REGISTER HAVING PARALLEL INPUT FOR RECEIVING GROUPS OF SAID ASYNCHRONOUS DIGITAL DATA; A SOURCE OF TIMING PULSE, AND PULSE BEING CONNECTED TO ACTUATE SAID FIRST SHIFT REGISTER TO PRODUCE SERIAL OUTPUT DATA COMMENSURATE WITH SAID GROUPS OF ASYNCHRONOUS DIGITAL DATA; A RECORDING MEANS ADATPED TO RECEIVE AND SEPARATELY RECORD SAID SERIES OUTPUT DATA AND SAID TIMING PULSES; MEANS FOR REPRODUCING SERIAL DATA AND TIMING SIGNALS IN RESPONSE TO SAID RECORDED SERIAL OUTPUT DATA AND TIMING PULSES; AND A SECOND SHIFT REGISTER CONNECTED TO RECEIVE SAID REPORDUCED SERIAL DATA SIGNALS AND ADAPTED TO RESPOND TO SAID TIMING PULSE SIGNALS FOR ARRANGING SAID SIGNAL DATA IN PARALLEL GROUPS, SAID SECOND SHIFT REGISTER BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE COINCIDENCE OF SAID PARALLEL GROUP OF DIGITAL DATA SIGNALS WITH SYNCHRONOUS SIGNALS DERIVED FROM SAID SYNCHRONOUS DATA EQUIPMENT FOR CAUSING SAID GROUPS OF DIGITAL DATA SIGNALS TO BE SYNCHRONOUSLY TRANSFERRED INTO SAID EQUIPMENT.