Portable computer having dedicated register group and peripheral

Details Portable computer having dedicated register group and peripheral Portable computer having dedicated register group and peripheral

1996-11-27

1999-03-16

An, Meng-Ai T.

39575002, 39575003, 39575005, 39575006, 39575008, G06F 0126

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ABSTRACT:
Dedicated registers are arranged in a status LCD control gate array connected to a system bus, and the dedicated registers or register group and a keyboard controller are connected through a keyboard interface bus. The keyboard controller has two ports for communicating with a CPU. The keyboard controller transfers existing commands released to an application program or the like and transmits normal key data through the system bus. The keyboard controller transmits hot key data and transfers a command for realizing any other special function through the keyboard interface bus and the dedicated registers.

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