Electronic apparatus for patching a read-only memory

Details Electronic apparatus for patching a read-only memory Electronic apparatus for patching a read-only memory

1995-03-13

1997-04-22

Kriess, Kevin A.

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39518206, 39518506, 364DIG1, 3642453, G06F 1100

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ABSTRACT:
A unitary electronic device includes a CPU, a RAM, a ROM for storing a processing program for the CPU which program includes a command to execute, at each processing cycle of the CPU, the processing located at a predetermined address in the RAM, and an input means or the like, for entering in the RAM at the predetermined address, information for correcting a defect in the processing program stored in the ROM.

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