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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:
Jun. 23, 1981
Filed:
Oct. 02, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert L Adams, Jr, Kingston, NY (US);
Carl H Grant, Woodstock, NY (US);
Karl W Stevens, Saugerties, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364200 ;
Abstract
An improved I/O interrupt sequencing method and apparatus including generation of an instruction priority request signal to indicate that a real time task requires programmed I/O service. Generating an end of chain signal to suspend burst I/O control of the I/O bus and allow programmed I/O service to a real time device, and resetting the instruction priority request signal to allow burst mode data transfer to continue at the count positions at which it was suspended.