Card for computer with expansion slots
CA 1297997 C · Owner: Fitch, Jonathan · Inventors: Hochsprung, Ronald; Fitch, Jonathan
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A printed circuit board card adapted to fit into a slot and make electrical connections with cooperating terminals in the slot, the slot being disposed on the main circuit board of a personal computer system the main, circuit board including a CPU memory, a 32-bit address bus, with control signals associated therewith and input/output, circuitry. The slot is coupled to the 32-bit address bus bieng substantially a NuBus bus, and the slot includes distinct identification line means which provide the slot with an identification number (distinct number) in the computer system. The card includes a decoder means which is coupled to the slot to receive the identification number; the decoder means …
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- Granted March 24, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 24, 2009.
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