公开(公告)号：AT90162T

公开(公告)日：1993-06-15

申请号：AT88103609

申请日：1988-03-08

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： HEATH CHESTER ASBURY ,  LANGGOOD JOHN KENNEDY ,  VALLI RONALD EUGENE

IPC: G06F13/14 ,  G06F1/00 ,  G06F1/18 ,  G06F1/24 ,  G06F9/44 ,  G06F9/445 ,  G06F11/22 ,  G06F12/06 ,  G06F15/177 ,  G06K17/00

Abstract: A data processing system includes a central processing unit (CPU), a main memory unit, and input/output (I/O) sockets, each adapted to receive a selected one of a plurality of different and/or similar option cards. Each card contains (or is connected to) and controls a respective peripheral device, and each card is pre-wired with an ID value corresponding to its card type. Programmable option registers on each card store parameters such as address information, priority levels, and other system resource parameters. A setup routine, during initial power-on, retrieves and stores the appropriate parameters in the I/O cards and also in socket locations in main memory, one location being assigned to each input/output socket. Each socket location is adapted to hold the parameters associated with the card inserted in its respective socket and the card ID value. That portion of main memory containing the socket locations is adapted to maintain the parameter and ID information by means of battery power when system power fails or is disconnected, i.e., a non-volatile memory portion. Subsequent power-on routines are simplified by merely transferring parameters from the memory to the card registers if the status of all the sockets has not changed since the last power-down.

公开(公告)号：BE1001459A3

公开(公告)日：1989-11-07

申请号：BE8800026

申请日：1988-01-11

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： HEATH CHESTER ASBURY ,  VALLI RONALD EUGENE ,  LANGGOOD JOHN KENNEDY

IPC: G06F13/14 ,  G06F1/00 ,  G06F1/18 ,  G06F1/24 ,  G06F9/44 ,  G06F9/445 ,  G06F11/22 ,  G06F12/06 ,  G06F15/177 ,  G06K17/00

Abstract: Méthode utilisée dans un système de traitement de données dans lequel des données opérationnelles sont récupérées et/ou crées à la mise sous tension initiale pour chaune de plusieurs cartes comprenant l'établissement d'une mémoire non volatile pour emmagasiner les données opérationnelles lorsque l'alimentation du système est coupée, la détermination à la montée en puissance ultérieure, du fait que les données opérationnelles dans la mémoire non volatile sont toujours valides pour toutes les cartes connectées au système, et le transfert des données opérationnlles valides de la mémoire non volatile aux cartes respectives.

公开(公告)号：NO880605L

公开(公告)日：1988-09-14

申请号：NO880605

申请日：1988-02-11

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： HEATH CHESTER ASBURY ,  LANGGOOD JOHN KENNEDY ,  VALLI RONALD EUGENE

IPC: G06F1/00 ,  G06F13/14 ,  G06F1/18 ,  G06F1/24 ,  G06F9/44 ,  G06F9/445 ,  G06F11/22 ,  G06F12/06 ,  G06F15/177 ,  G06K17/00 ,  G06F13/00

Abstract: A data processing system includes a central processing unit (CPU), a main memory unit, and input/output (I/O) sockets, each adapted to receive a selected one of a plurality of different and/or similar option cards. Each card contains (or is connected to) and controls a respective peripheral device, and each card is pre-wired with an ID value corresponding to its card type. Programmable option registers on each card store parameters such as address information, priority levels, and other system resource parameters. A setup routine, during initial power-on, retrieves and stores the appropriate parameters in the I/O cards and also in socket locations in main memory, one location being assigned to each input/output socket. Each socket location is adapted to hold the parameters associated with the card inserted in its respective socket and the card ID value. That portion of main memory containing the socket locations is adapted to maintain the parameter and ID information by means of battery power when system power fails or is disconnected, i.e., a non-volatile memory portion. Subsequent power-on routines are simplified by merely transferring parameters from the memory to the card registers if the status of all the sockets has not changed since the last power-down.

公开(公告)号：DE3408045A1

公开(公告)日：1984-12-06

申请号：DE3408045

申请日：1984-03-05

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： BREWER JAMES ARTHUR ,  KUMMER DAVID ALLEN ,  LANGGOOD JOHN KENNEDY

IPC: H05K1/00 ,  H05K1/02 ,  H05K3/46

Abstract: A six-layer printed circuit card has first, third and sixth layers which are signal carrying layers for interconnecting various components forming a personal computer. The second and fifth layers are both ground plane layers and the fourth layer of the card is a voltage plane. The components on the printed circuit card include eight input/output (I/O) connectors J1 - J8 to which eight other cards controlling various I/O devices can be connected. Seven of the eight I/O connectors are interconnected to a conventional I/O bus. The eighth connector J8 is interconnected to some lines of the I/O bus and to some lines of the signal carrying layers which form an internal bus.

公开(公告)号：DE3881414T2

公开(公告)日：1993-12-23

申请号：DE3881414

申请日：1988-03-08

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： HEATH CHESTER ASBURY ,  LANGGOOD JOHN KENNEDY ,  VALLI RONALD EUGENE

IPC: G06F13/14 ,  G06F1/00 ,  G06F1/18 ,  G06F1/24 ,  G06F9/44 ,  G06F9/445 ,  G06F11/22 ,  G06F12/06 ,  G06F15/177 ,  G06K17/00

Abstract: A data processing system includes a central processing unit (CPU), a main memory unit, and input/output (I/O) sockets, each adapted to receive a selected one of a plurality of different and/or similar option cards. Each card contains (or is connected to) and controls a respective peripheral device, and each card is pre-wired with an ID value corresponding to its card type. Programmable option registers on each card store parameters such as address information, priority levels, and other system resource parameters. A setup routine, during initial power-on, retrieves and stores the appropriate parameters in the I/O cards and also in socket locations in main memory, one location being assigned to each input/output socket. Each socket location is adapted to hold the parameters associated with the card inserted in its respective socket and the card ID value. That portion of main memory containing the socket locations is adapted to maintain the parameter and ID information by means of battery power when system power fails or is disconnected, i.e., a non-volatile memory portion. Subsequent power-on routines are simplified by merely transferring parameters from the memory to the card registers if the status of all the sockets has not changed since the last power-down.

公开(公告)号：NZ236503A

公开(公告)日：1992-09-25

申请号：NZ23650388

申请日：1988-02-09

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： HEATH CHESTER ASBURY ,  LANGGOOD JOHN KENNEDY ,  VALLI RONALD EUGENE

IPC: G06F11/00 ,  G06F12/06 ,  G06F13/00

公开(公告)号：IN171349B

公开(公告)日：1992-09-19

申请号：IN49DE1988

申请日：1988-01-20

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： HEATH CHESTER ASBURY ,  LANGGOOD JOHN KENNEDY ,  VALLI RONALD EUGENE

IPC: G06F15/00

公开(公告)号：AU1273888A

公开(公告)日：1988-09-15

申请号：AU1273888

申请日：1988-03-07

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： HEATH CHESTER ASBURY ,  LANGGOOD JOHN KENNEDY ,  VALLI RONALD EUGENE

IPC: G06F13/14 ,  G06F1/00 ,  G06F1/18 ,  G06F1/24 ,  G06F9/44 ,  G06F9/445 ,  G06F11/22 ,  G06F12/06 ,  G06F15/177 ,  G06K17/00 ,  G06F12/16 ,  G06F13/12 ,  G06F12/00

Abstract: A data processing system includes a central processing unit (CPU), a main memory unit, and input/output (I/O) sockets, each adapted to receive a selected one of a plurality of different and/or similar option cards. Each card contains (or is connected to) and controls a respective peripheral device, and each card is pre-wired with an ID value corresponding to its card type. Programmable option registers on each card store parameters such as address information, priority levels, and other system resource parameters. A setup routine, during initial power-on, retrieves and stores the appropriate parameters in the I/O cards and also in socket locations in main memory, one location being assigned to each input/output socket. Each socket location is adapted to hold the parameters associated with the card inserted in its respective socket and the card ID value. That portion of main memory containing the socket locations is adapted to maintain the parameter and ID information by means of battery power when system power fails or is disconnected, i.e., a non-volatile memory portion. Subsequent power-on routines are simplified by merely transferring parameters from the memory to the card registers if the status of all the sockets has not changed since the last power-down.

公开(公告)号：DK135888D0

公开(公告)日：1988-03-11

申请号：DK135888

申请日：1988-03-11

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： HEATH CHESTER ASBURY ,  LANGGOOD JOHN KENNEDY ,  VALLI RONALD EUGENE

IPC: G06F1/00 ,  G06F1/18 ,  G06F13/14 ,  G06F1/24 ,  G06F9/44 ,  G06F9/445 ,  G06F11/22 ,  G06F12/06 ,  G06F15/177 ,  G06K17/00 ,  G06F12/00 ,  G06F13/00

Abstract: A data processing system includes a central processing unit (CPU), a main memory unit, and input/output (I/O) sockets, each adapted to receive a selected one of a plurality of different and/or similar option cards. Each card contains (or is connected to) and controls a respective peripheral device, and each card is pre-wired with an ID value corresponding to its card type. Programmable option registers on each card store parameters such as address information, priority levels, and other system resource parameters. A setup routine, during initial power-on, retrieves and stores the appropriate parameters in the I/O cards and also in socket locations in main memory, one location being assigned to each input/output socket. Each socket location is adapted to hold the parameters associated with the card inserted in its respective socket and the card ID value. That portion of main memory containing the socket locations is adapted to maintain the parameter and ID information by means of battery power when system power fails or is disconnected, i.e., a non-volatile memory portion. Subsequent power-on routines are simplified by merely transferring parameters from the memory to the card registers if the status of all the sockets has not changed since the last power-down.

公开(公告)号：GB2139007B

公开(公告)日：1986-10-01

申请号：GB8405863

申请日：1984-03-06

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： BREWER JAMES ARTHUR ,  KUMMER DAVID ALLEN ,  LANGGOOD JOHN KENNEDY

IPC: H05K1/00 ,  H05K1/02 ,  H05K1/11 ,  H05K1/18

Abstract: A six-layer printed circuit card has first, third and sixth layers which are signal carrying layers for interconnecting various components forming a personal computer. The second and fifth layers are both ground plane layers and the fourth layer of the card is a voltage plane. The components on the printed circuit card include eight input/output (I/O) connectors J1 - J8 to which eight other cards controlling various I/O devices can be connected. Seven of the eight I/O connectors are interconnected to a conventional I/O bus. The eighth connector J8 is interconnected to some lines of the I/O bus and to some lines of the signal carrying layers which form an internal bus.