Abstract: Display generation apparatus utilizing a matrix of lamps with solid state switching elements, e.g., an active solid state device in series with an incandescent lamp or a light emitting diode (LED) with micro-computer control utilizing the matrix of solid state devices as a memory portion and providing image generation in a memory portion remote from the display matrix with shifting between such "memory" portions and control to effect column to column movement at high speed within the display and, further, effecting the transfer of image between memory portions under a normal/reverse/freeze control, the overall combination affording dynamic display effects difficult to achieve in software alone.