Abstract: In a computer system having a configuration which is subject to change, because of failure replacement, updating, or expansion, it is necessary to provide means for loading parameters carrying the present system configuration into the active modules of the system. In this manner, all parallel processors are identified and recognized and depending upon system demands, used because of the parameter loading arrangement of this computer system. Serial lines are provided for loading the parameters into the active modules.

Abstract: A data processor bus in which information is transferred between agents attached to the bus by issuing request packets that request data from an agent on the bus and reply packets that return data requested by a request packet. A control method mixes request-and-reply packets on the bus by determining the use of a next-bus cycle using arbitration, reply deferral, and specification lines and the state of a grant queue and a pipe queue in accordance with a specified protocol. A request is forced to take the next available bus cycle upon the condition that there is an agent identified in the great queue and the pipeline queue is not full. A reply packet is forced to take the next available bus cycle upon the condition that the pipeline queue is full. A reply packet is forced to take the next available bus cycle upon the condition that the grant queue is empty and the pipeline queue is not empty. Giving requests precedence over replies to allows the pipeline to be kept as full as possible.

Abstract: Aromatic ethers or polyethers are produced by reacting aromatic fluorine compounds, in which one or more fluorine substituents are attached to an aromatic nucleus, with trialkyl silyl derivatives of phenols, in which one or more trialkyl silyl groups are attached to the residue of a mono- or polyphenol, or by reacting trialkyl silyl derivatives of fluorophenols with elimination of trialkylfluorosilane.

Abstract: The invention relates to halogenous polyesters with the recurrent general formula ##STR1## in which at least part of the R's, e.g.

Abstract: A process for coating an inorganic silicatic substrate is described wherein the substrate is contacted with a copolymer of vinylacetate and a vinylalkoxysilane followed by water removal.

Abstract: The invention relates to halogenous polyesters with the recurrent general formula ##STR1## in which at least part of the R's, e.g.

Abstract: A polymeric formal having the general formula ##STR1## wherein p is 0 or 1, n is a positive integer from 2 to 200 and R represents optionally halogen-substituted straight-chained or branched-chained alkyl radicals having 3 to 8 carbon atoms, an aryl radical or an aralkyl radical which can be substituted on one or both sides with alkyl or hydroxyalkyl ether groups; improved methods for the preparation of such formals, tetrabromoxylylene-bis-(.beta.-hydroxyethylether) compounds employed in the preparation of such formals and the use of such polymeric and oligomeric formals as flame retardant agents in plastic compositions especially thermoplastic and polycondensation plastic compositions.

Abstract: A polyamide composition, useful in the preparation of transparent sheets, having improved resistivity toward solvents containing moieties of terephthalic acid and 2-methylpentamethylenediamine, said polyamide characterized by a content of moieties of 2-ethyltetramethyldiamine and/or of isophthalic acid in a concentration totalling 15 to 30 mole percent, with respect to the sum of all diamine moieties or all dicarboxylic acid moieties, as the case may be.

Abstract: A polymer of vinylacetate and a vinylalkoxysilane wherein the alkoxy groups of said vinylalkoxysilane are in a saponified form and the acetyl groups of said vinylacetate are at least partially saponified, the vinyl silane radicals of said copolymer having the formula ##STR1## WHEREIN R is hydrogen, aryl, cycloalkyl or a branched or unbranched saturated alkyl of 1 to 18 carbon atoms;Ma is an alkali metal, NH.sub.4 or H;n is 0 to 2;A process for preparing such a saponified copolymer by contacting a solution of vinylacetate-vinylalkoxysilane copolymer with an alcoholic solution of an alkali metal hydroxide, isolating a precipitated copolymer and dissolving said copolymer in an aqueous alkali metal hydroxide or aqueous ammonia solution; the use of said copolymer as a surface coating agent for inorganic silicaceous substrates.

Abstract: Polyether ester polymers of tetrahydrofuran and .gamma.-butyrolactone or hexamethyleneoxide and .gamma.-butyrolactone. The polymers are prepared by contacting the mentioned monomers in the presence a fluoride or chloride of antimony or a chloride of tin or titanium. The polymers can be used as components in the preparation of polyurethanes.

Abstract: Polyvinylchloride inhibited against release of hydrogen chloride at elevated temperature is produced by polymerizing vinyl chloride in a reaction medium having finely divided calcium carbonate dispersed therein.