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Method and means for controlling the concurrent execution of a plurality of programs on a computer system

  • US 5,973,666 A
  • Filed: 07/20/1995
  • Issued: 10/26/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/20/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of selecting program functions for execution in a general purpose computer system with a fixed machine language, said method comprising the steps of:

  • electrically coupling a manually operable multi-position switch to a central processing unit (CPU) of the computer system;

    programmably assigning at least certain of the switch positions to respective ones of the program functions wherein said respective ones of the program functions are identified within an initialization file within said computer system, wherein said initialization file can be modified and edited by the user;

    operating the CPU to sense a change a change in the position of the switch; and

    initiating execution of each of said program functions contained within said initialization file when the CPU senses a change to each of said switch positions assigned to a respective program function.

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