Data processor module for a modular data processing system for operation with a time-shared memory in the simultaneous execution of multi-tasks and multi-programs

Claim 1

A COMPUTER ADAPTED TO PROVIDE UP TO THREE-ADDRESS PROGRAMMING CAPABILITY AND VARIABLE LENGTH INSTRUCTIONS, SAID COMPUTER COMPRISING: AN ARITHMETIC UNIT, A SUBCOMMAND MATRIX AND CONTROLS PORTION, A FAST-ACCESS, THIN-FILM MEMORY PORTION, AND A MEMORY EXCHANGE PORTION, SAID SUBCOMMAND MATRIX AND CONTROLS PORTION INCLUDING A PHASE DISTRIBUTOR TO PROVIDE UP TO THREE-ADDRESS CAPABILITY, SAID PHASE DISTRIBUTOR PROVIDING MEANS TO PROVIDE A PLURALITY OF OPERATING PHASES, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO JUMP SUBCOMMANDS TO MOVE FROM PHASE TO PHASE, SAID JUMP SUBCOMMANDS MEANS BEING SUBCOMMAND MARTIX MEANS RESPONSIVE TO AN INSTRUCTION BEING EXECUTED, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO A JUMP SUBCOMMAND TO EFFECT A RESET-PHASE SIGNAL TO PROVIDE AN INPUT TO SAID PHASE DISTRIBUTOR COMPRISING, A PLURALITY OF PHASE FLIP-FLOPS INCLUDING A PHASE JUST EXECUTED FLIP-FLOP AND AN ENTRY PHASE FLIP-FLOP FOR THE PHASE NEXT TO BE EXECUTED.