International Business Machines Corporation

Michael A McMorran

Stephen Graham Lawrence

Brian H Middleton

A display terminal of the type which is dependent on a remote processor for its operation and for its main data storage, comprising an interactive language interpreter (24) (e.g. for BASIC), terminal processor, local storage, display and a switch for switching between a session (90) associated with the remote processor and a session (91) dedicated to servicing the interactive language interpreter (24). During an interactive language session screens of data associated with the host session may be displayed and then saved which enables host data to be processed using user programs in the interactive language.

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Totton, United Kingdom

Michael A McMorran