Re: Transwarp IIe revisited

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Scott Alfter wrote:
> In article <mIr7j.30374$HH2.1199@edtnps82>,
> Jerry  <SNIPawanderin@yahoSNIPo.ca> wrote:
>
> > Scott Alfter wrote:
> >
> > > I don't know about the TransWarp, but the RamWorks cards have a patent
> > > number silkscreened on them.  I don't think AE was opposed to taking out
> > > patents for its stuff where they thought it would be appropriate.
> >
> > Will you post the patent numbers here, or e-mail them to me?  I will then
> > look them up.
>
>
> It took me a while to remember to pull the card out of my IIe, only to find
> that the RamWorks II only says "patent pending."  
>
> I found this image of a RamWorks III, which has patent 4601018 indicated on
> it:
>
> http://user.chol.com/~spix/gallery/images_memory/ae_rw3_02.jpg
>
> I downloaded the page images from the USPTO website and put them up here:
>
> http://alfter.us/files/4601018.pdf

Far out!

I know Allen Baum quite well--we worked together for years at HP Labs!

I remember him speaking guardedly about this card between the time he
and his brother designed it and when the patent was applied for.  ;-)

I can certainly vouch for Allen's designs--and, of course, so can Woz,
since Allen contributed significantly to the Apple II peripheral bus
and the monitor.

Thanks for finding this patent!

-michael

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