Automatic writing systems and methods therefor

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Automatic writing systems and method therefor are provided in accordance with the teachings of the present invention wherein, according to a preferred embodiment, a central processor and a plurality of peripherals including at least a keyboard a printer unit, a buffer and a transport station for recording data on a record media are each connected to a common data bus a common status bus, and a common instruction word bus. Alphanumeric character data format data, and function, data may be entered from the keyboard and the presence of such data is indicated to the central processor on the common status bus. Upon receipt of a data presence condition, program control is initiated by the central …