Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5237690 | System for testing adaptor card upon power up and having disablement, enablement, and reconfiguration options A data processing system such as a personal computer includes a plurality of expansion connectors for receiving adapter cards. A non-volatile memory stores programmable option select (POS) data that is stored when the system is configured. A Power On Self... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5226134 | Data processing system including a memory controller for direct or interleave memory accessing A data processing system includes a processor for accessing a memory in either a direct mode or an indirect mode. The memory includes at least two memory banks and two decoders for decoding bank addresses. The decoders produce bank select signals. In dire... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5218514 | Compact high power personal computer with improved air cooling system A personal computer housing has a plurality of air intake openings located around the sides and front. A fan is mounted at the rear of the housing and sucks or draws coolant air through the intakes and exhausts the air to the rear. A bulk power supply is ... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5180891 | Digitizer tablet with internally stored wireless stylus A wireless stylus includes a pocket clip having a latch which, upon insertion into a storage compartment within a digitizer, engages a cam. The cam has a shape that causes the latch to move into engagement with a keeper as the stylus is pushed into the co... | 01/19/1993 |
