A wired-memory translator with shared access

This paper describes the requirements, the circuits, and the design philosophy of a translator1 developed in connection with experimental work on telephone and data-switching systems. The requirements called for a flexible translator of large capacity, with a nonvolatile memory, and for operation at speeds compatible with the present-day automatic telephone and telegraph switching systems. Moreover, the common translator must be made accessible to a large number of circuits which require translation service.