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Personal computer peripheral console with attached computer module

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  • US 6,216,185 B1
  • Filed: 09/08/1998
  • Issued: 04/10/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/01/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A detachable computing module for attachment to a peripheral console for forming a fully operational computer system comprising:

  • an enclosure;

    a CPU;

    a memory coupled to said CPU;

    a mass storage coupled to said CPU;

    interconnection circuitry coupled to said CPU, said interconnection circuitry connectable to a peripheral console; and

    clock circuitry having a variable frequency output signal coupled to said CPU, said clock circuitry varying the frequency of said output signal in response to a signal presented at an input coupled to said interconnection circuitry, said signal conveying at least one functional characteristic of a peripheral console wherein said CPU is uncoupled from any primary input circuitry when said interconnection circuitry is disconnected from a peripheral console.

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