Static information storage and retrieval – Magnetic bubbles – Guide structure
Patent
1997-05-13
1998-10-27
Gossage, Glenn
Static information storage and retrieval
Magnetic bubbles
Guide structure
395430, 365 52, 463 44, G06F 1300, G11C 700
Patent
active
058288627
ABSTRACT:
A game programming system uses rewritable cartridges that are compatible with commercially available game systems to produce game cartridges at a point-of-sale location so that retailers only need to stock sufficient uniquely designed game blanks to meet consumer demand. A game programmer or programming device loads digital content from computer storage to a rewritable game cartridge incorporating reprogrammable flash memory. The system includes flash rewritable cartridge identification hardware that allows verification of the cartridge to identify it as proprietary to a particular manufacturer or authorized dealer. The system provides for game content to be erased from the cartridge and new game content to be programmed so that the cartridge can be reused time after time to house any number of programs. During a cartridge write operation, a game programmer interface accepts data stored in a personal computer (PC) and fills first in first out (FIFO) memory. A sequencer generates addresses, proper commands, control signals, and timing signals, and sends the game content from the FIFO memory to the game programmer which passes the information to the reprogrammable game cartridge. The sequencer enables the game programming system to write data to the reprogrammable game cartridge very rapidly. The game programmer provides an interface between the game program storage and reprogrammable game cartridge. The programmer may include multiple slots or sockets and accommodate cartridges from different manufacturers with different game formats.
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Basnett, Jr. Don E.
Dorak John
Hamblin Glen E.
Nguyen Kha D.
Singkornrat Paripon
Crockatt JoAnn
Gossage Glenn
International Business Machines - Corporation
Redmond, Jr. Joseph C.
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