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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:
Jun. 17, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward C King, Fremont, CA (US);
Anton Goeppel, Burgau, DE;
Assignee:
NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395500 ; 364229 ; 364240 ; 3642408 ; 364D / ;
Abstract
An architecture and method for operating a work station. The work station includes a CPU, a bus interface unit and a control line. The CPU is selected from a group of CPUs differing in certain operational parameters. The bus interface circuit is connected between an external bus and the CPU. The control line is connected to the interface circuit and provides a signal indicating the type of CPU connected to the circuit.