Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5432789 | Use of a single central transmit and receive mechanism for automatic topology determination of multiple networks A concentrator having a single medium access controller for monitoring a plurality of communication lines is provided. Each of the communication lines corresponds to a network and carries identification signals periodically transmitted by devices on the c... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5361250 | Apparatus and method of token ring beacon station removal for a communication network A network process that automatically identifies and isolates a faulty station or group of stations within a token ring communication network in a timely manner. The present invention performs three different and separate processing strategies to identify ... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5319644 | Method and apparatus for identifying port/station relationships in a network A method and apparatus for associating stations to a port on a network concentrator. The network concentrator implements a network having a Ring based topology. Associating stations to ports provides for the coupling of multiple stations to a single port.... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5283783 | Apparatus and method of token ring beacon station removal for a communication network A network process that automatically identifies and isolates a faulty station or group of stations within a token ring communication network in a timely manner. The present invention performs three different and separate processing strategies to identify ... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5226120 | Apparatus and method of monitoring the status of a local area network Apparatus for monitoring and displaying the status of a local area network. The network includes a hub with ports for connection to various data terminal equipment in a star configuration and for connection to other hubs of the network. The hubs each have... | 07/06/1993 |
