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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 1978
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1975
Frank E Heart, Lincoln, MA (US);
Severo M Ornstein, Waban, MA (US);
William B Barker, Maynard, MA (US);
William R Crowther, Arlington, MA (US);
Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
Computer apparatus which employs a plurality of processing units, a memory unit, and a communication unit, each of the units including a data transfer bus. A bus coupler is provided between each pair of units of differing type to form a distributed data communications network. An addressable, passive task register is associated with one of the units for communication through the couplers and is adapted to register a task priority value associated with a task request, the register being readable by any one of the processor units to obtain the highest priority value registry.