Universal peripheral controller self-configuring bootloadable ramware
Patent 4803623 Issued on February 7, 1989. Estimated Expiration Date: 
October 31, 2006. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
October 31, 2006. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesSelf-configurable computer and memory system Large-volume, high-speed data processor Large volume, high speed data processor Data communications system to system adapter User interface processor for computer network with maintenance and programmable interrupt capability Patent #: 4701845 Inventors
AssigneeApplicationNo. 06/925431 filed on 10/31/1986US Classes:710/8Peripheral configurationExaminersPrimary: Heckler, Thomas M.Assistant: Chun, Debra A. Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesG06F 13/38 (20060101)G06F 15/16 (20060101) G06F 15/177 (20060101) AbstractIn a computer system having at least a bus with at least one central processing unit (CPU), one random access memory (RAM), and a first configuration of a plurality of different types of peripheral units (e.g. tape drives, disk drives, diskette drives, printers, unit record peripherals, etc.) coupled to the bus, an apparatus for controlling the first configuration and also capable of controlling a predetermined number of other configurations of different types of peripheral units when any of that predetermined number of configurations of peripheral units is coupled to the bus. | |
