Digital data handling

Claim 1

IN A SYSTEM FOR TRANSFERRING DIGITAL DATA FROM A TAPE STORAGE MEANS TO A MEMORY WHERE A TAPE STORAGE MEANS INCLUDES A TAPE HAVING A PLURALITY OF BLOCKS OF DIGITAL WORDS STORED THEREON WITH EACH BLOCK OF WORDS INCLUDING A UNIQUE CODE FOR INDICATING THE START OF A BLOCK, THE COMBINATION WHICH COMPRISES: A MEMORY FOR STORING DIGITAL WORDS THEREIN, MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING WORDS FROM SAID TAPE TO SAID MEMORY INCLUDING READ-OUT MEANS RESPONSIVE TO A WORD STORED ON SAID TAPE FOR READING SAID WORD OUT OF SAID TAPE AND READ-IN MEANS FOR READING SAID WORD INTO SAID MEMORY, MEANS FOR MOVING SAID TAPE PAST READ-OUT MEANS, MEANS FOR PRODUCING A FULL COMMAND IN RESPONSE TO A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF WORDS STORED IN SAID MEMORY, MEANS FOR PRODUCING A STOP COMMAND IN RESPONSE TO SAID FULL COMMAND AND SAID UNIQUE CODE FOR STOPPING THE MOVEMENT OF SAID TAPE AND THEREAFTER REVERSING THE MOVEMENT OF SAID TAPE FOR A PREDETERMINED TIME TO POSITION SAID UNIQUE CODE BEHIND SAID READOUT MEANS.

Claim 3

A SYSTEM FOR ASYNCHRONOUSLY TRANSFERRING DIGITAL WORDS INTO AND OUT OF A MEMORY COMPRISING: A MEMORY FOR STORING DIGITAL WORDS THEREIN, READ-IN MEANS OPERATIVE TO SEQUENTIALLY READ EACH OF A PLURALITY OF WORDS INTO SAID MEMORY, SAID READ-IN MEANS INCLUDING MEANS FOR PRODUCING A COMMAND AFTER EACH WORD IS READ INTO SAID MEMORY, READ-OUT MEANS OPERATIVE TO READ EACH STORED WORD OUT OF SAID MEMORY, SAID READ-OUT MEANS INCLUDING MEANS FOR PERMISING THE OPERATION OF SAID READ-OUT MEANS IN RESPONSE TO SAID COMMAND, WHEREBY THE READ-OUT MEANS HAS ACCESS TO EACH WORD STORED IN THE MEMORY AFTER IT IS READ-IN.

Claim 4

A SYSTEM FOR ASYNCHRONOUSLY TRANSFERRING DIGITAL WORDS INTO AND OUT OF A MEMORY COMPRISING: A MEMORY FOR STORING DIGITAL WORDS THEREIN, READ-IN MEANS OPERATIVE TO SEQUENTIALLY READ EACH OF A PLURALITY OF WORDS INTO SAID MEMORY, SAID READ-IN MEANS INCLUDING MEANS FOR PRODUCING A COMMAND AFTER EACH WORD IS READ INTO SAID MEMORY, READ-OUT MEANS OPERATIVE TO READ EACH STORED WORD OUT OF SAID MEMORY, SAID READ-OUT MEANS INCLUDING MEANS FOR PERMISING THE OPERATION OF SAID READ-OUT MEANS IN RESPONSE TO SAID COMMAND, WHEREBY THE READ-OUT MEANS HAS ACCESS TO EACH WORD STORED IN THE MEMORY AFTER IT IS READ-IN.