Method of converting unique data to system data

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1989-08-01

1991-11-12

Heckler, Thomas M.

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3642681, 3642683, 3642281, 364DIG1, 371 63, 371 683, G06F 1116

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ABSTRACT:
In a processing system having duplicate sets of elements, often called rails, to move rail unique data from one set of elements to the other set of elements, the unique data is moved to a scratchpad memory and then copied into a common memory after certain error checking is disabled.

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