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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 1976
Filed:
Sep. 09, 1974
Applicant:
Inventors:
John G Valassis, Des Plaines, IL (US);
James R Holden, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
GTE Automatic Electric Laboratories Incorporated, Northlake, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3401725 ;
Abstract
Apparatus for selecting the operational mode of a particular input/output device in an expandable modular electronic data processing system employing microprocessor devices and testing the I/O device without the use of additional input/output addresses. Input/output interface modules associated with corresponding ones of the I/O devices include a plurality of flip-flops having corresponding memory addresses associated therewith for testing and selecting the operational mode of the I/O device in accordance with the contents of the flip-flops.