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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 1987
Filed:
May. 25, 1984
Daniel A Dawson, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Scientific Micro Systems, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a computer system which includes multiple levels of bootstrap code. The first level of bootstrap code is stored in a non-volatile storage means associated with a host processor. A second non-volatile storage means is provided which stores a second level of bootstrap code. A processor means, separate from the host processor, controls access by the host system to both the first and second non-volatile storage means. The second non-volatile storage means in the preferred embodiment is electrically writable and erasable by the host computer system, by the processor means associated with the second non-volatile storage means, or by an input device provided for that purpose.