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Honeywell 400 Series Hardware Manual page 26

Punched card subsystems

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Since there is no execution sequence to perform in reSponse to the Request Status instruction,
as soon as the instruction sequence has been completed, the card reader returns to the ready
state.
RESET STATUS INSTRUCTION.
A Reset Status instruction is one method by which card
reader status can be reset (see the explanation on resetting status under "Status Information"
in
the preceding pages of this chapter).
It causes all resettable conditions--the Data
Alert substatuses and Load Operation Complete-40 be reset. Any existing status conditions
not resettable by this instruction are reflected in the major status code configuration.
There is no execution sequence with the Reset Status instruction, consequently, as soon as
the instruction sequence is completed, the card reader returns to the ready state.
CARD "PUNCH INSTRUCTIONS
The control electronics of the card punches recognize and accept the following instructions.
Depending on whether the punch has an 80-character row buffer or a card image buffer,
a single punch instruction punches one row or an entire card, one row at a time.
Operation
Code
.
Function
000000
Sends the code for the existing status of the sub-
system to the processing system.
001001'
Punches one row/ card in the binary mode.
001010
Punches one row/ card in the alphanumeric mode.
001011
Punches one row/ card in the edited alphanumeric
mode.
100000
Resets
all resettable statuses in the subsystem
and sends
the
remaining status
to the central
processor.
Operational Instructions
An on-line instruction is one whose execution requires the card punch to be in the busy
state. For the card punch, these instructions are:
Punch Card/Row Binary
Punch Card/Row Alphanumeric
Punch Card/Row Edited Alphanumeric .
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