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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 1982
Filed:
Aug. 27, 1979
Jonathan R Williams, Dover, NJ (US);
Thomas D Heidt, Long Valley, NJ (US);
Vydec, Inc., Florham Park, NJ (US);
Abstract
A text-processing system for presenting input data on a display device such as a cathode ray tube (CRT) and/or a data receiving unit from which the data may be selectively retrieved and presented in a predetermined format. The system comprises memory addressing and interpreting means which functions substantially independently for CRT beam controlling means, thus enabling parallel operation of these functions. The system further comprises slewing means for controlling beam movement directly between any selected points on the CRT face. Provision is made for italicizing and/or altering the size of selected ones of the displayed characters.