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Cathode ray tube display apparatus

CA 1191639 A · Owner: International Business Machines Corporation · Inventors: Shiga, Seiji

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Abstract A cathode ray tube display apparatus is provided comprising a regenerating buffer memory, a row address table and a pointer. The regenerating buffer memory has a greater storage capacity than the display capacity of the CRT screen and stores character information. The row address table has a capacity storing more addresses indicating the rows in the regenerating buffer memory than the number of rows on the CRT screen. The pointer designates an address of the table for determining the stored position of the regenerating memory to be first accessed by the table. This cathode ray tube display apparatus is capable of scrolling and paging easily and quickly without changing the content …

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  • Granted August 6, 1985. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended August 6, 2002.
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FiledDecember 2, 1980
GrantedAugust 6, 1985
Term endedAugust 6, 2002
Patent numberCA 1191639 A
Classification (IPC)G09G1/00 +1 more

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19811984198719901993199619992002Application filedDec 2, 1980Patent grantedAug 6, 1985Term endedAug 6, 2002

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