Boots – shoes – and leggings
Patent
1994-04-28
1996-05-28
Heckler, Thomas M.
Boots, shoes, and leggings
364DIG1, 3642802, G06F 944
Patent
active
055220762
ABSTRACT:
A flash memory used as a BIOS-ROM has a main block storing a BIOS and a boot block storing minimum programs executed in initializing the system. Upon a power-on operation, when a rewriting unit is connected to an expansion bus connector, a new boot block stored in a ROM of the rewriting unit is written in the flash memory. Upon the power-on operation, a key depression detecting routine in the boot block is executed to check whether a predetermined key is depressed. If the predetermined key is determined to be depressed, a rewriting program in a floppy disk is loaded in the system and executed, thereby rewriting the content of the main block into the BIOS file stored in the floppy disk.
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Dewa Koichi
Hayashi Kyoji
Satake Shigeru
Heckler Thomas M.
Hodes Alan S.
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
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