Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support – Digital data processing system initialization or configuration – Loading initialization program
Patent
1997-09-17
1999-11-23
Kriess, Kevin A.
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support
Digital data processing system initialization or configuration
Loading initialization program
G06F 906
Patent
active
059918756
ABSTRACT:
One embodiment of the present invention relates to a user configurable computer-based system having a processor with an input/output ("I/O") bus. The system comprises a configuration card having non-volatile memory containing computer instructions governing system configuration and a set of contacts in the computer system for receiving the configuration card and to which the non-volatile memory of the configuration card can be connected. The computer system further comprises a stored boot-up instruction that causes the processor to read on its I/O bus the instructions governing system configuration and to execute the instructions governing system configuration as part of the start up of the system prior to accepting normal/other user input.
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Kriess Kevin A.
Micron Electronics Inc.
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