Sujet : Re: Architectural implications of locate mode I/O and channels
De : mitchalsup (at) *nospam* aol.com (MitchAlsup1)
Groupes : comp.archDate : 04. Jul 2024, 17:56:29
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Thomas Koenig wrote:
John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> schrieb:
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IBM patented the 709's channel: US Patent 3,812,475 filed in 1957 but
not granted until 1974. The patent is 488 pages long including 409
pages of figures, 130 columns of narrative text, and 91 claims.
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https://patents.google.com/patent/US3812475A/en
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What a monster.
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I've written long patents myself, but this one surely takes the
biscuit.
The amalgamation of the figures and the placement of the figures
via the figure placement "figure" enable one to directly implement
the device in logic.