Title :
A Microprogrammed Intelligent Graphics Terminal
Author :
Schiller, William L. ; Abraham, Robert L. ; Fox, Richard M. ; van Dam, Arthur
Author_Institution :
IEEE
fDate :
7/1/1971 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper describes a small computer, Interdata Model 3, that has been microprogrammed to serve as an intelligent terminal. The Interdata is connected to a System/360 multiplexor channel with a high-speed interface, and uses an ARDS direct view storage tube as a display console. The new Interdata target machine is patterned after the /360 (including all five instruction formats), but also has instructions particularly designed for intelligent terminal programming. These include instructions for character string manipulation, code conversion, list processing, coordinate manipulation, and virtual addressing. A powerful multiplexor channel, which allows the programmer to "overlap" I/O to several devices with a CPU program, has also been microprogrammed.
Keywords :
Instruction set, intelligent graphics terminal, microprogramming, minicomputer, multiplexor channel.; Application software; Computational intelligence; Computational modeling; Computer displays; Computer graphics; Machine intelligence; Microcomputers; Microprogramming; Programming profession; Satellites; Instruction set, intelligent graphics terminal, microprogramming, minicomputer, multiplexor channel.;
Journal_Title :
Computers, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/T-C.1971.223346