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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 01, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard A Dayan, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Robert Sachsenmaier, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Simon Y Yen, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395700 ; 364D / ; 36424295 ; 3642809 ; 3642844 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to personal computer systems and in particular to an apparatus and method for loading BIOS into a personal computer system from a remote storage location. More particularly, this invention provides a personal computer adapted for use as an economical workstation in a local area network environment (a 'LAN station') with provision for loading BIOS into the LAN station from a remote memory storage where the BIOS code is maintained apart from the LAN station.