Compaq Computer Corporation, Inc.

Daryl D George

Curtis R Jones

Michael R Griffin

Montgomery C McGraw

Scott C Farrand

Robert S Gready

Beatrice Dee Pipes

Roberta A Walton

Pamela H Williams

A method and apparatus for determining and selecting configuration options and settings of circuit boards used in a computer system is disclosed. The options and settings are placed in a file according to a given format, at which time the system determines if non-conflicting use of the common system resources is possible. If so, these option and setting parameters are used to configure the circuit boards.

Method and apparatus for configuration of computer system and circuit

A computer program permits a user to simulate configuring add-in boards for a computer system. A board may be 'pulled' from an inventory list for inspection, and may be 'inserted' into any legal slot in the computer system. The program can automatically generate any permissible configurations for the board, i.e., configuration of the board's address resource allocations that avoid conflicts with the address resource allocations of other, already-installed boards. The user may select from among permissible configurations; for a selected configuration, the user may display to screen or printer a drawing of the switch- and jumper settings on the board that are needed to implement the selected configuration.

Computer interface for the configuration of computer system and circuit

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Houston, TX, United States of America

Daryl D George