On Thu, 8 Oct 1998, Doug Yowza wrote:
> Does anybody know where I can find a copy of David Hyatt's 1970
> microprocessor patent? (This is the one that was thrown out after TI and
> Intel took him to court in 1996).
His name is Gilbert Hyatt.
Try:
4942516 : Single chip integrated circuit computer architectur
Issued: Jul 17, 1990
http://www.patents.ibm.com/details?&patent_number=4942516
Also,
4121284 : Computerized system for operator interaction
Issued: Oct. 17, 1978
http://www.patents.ibm.com/details?&patent_number=4121284
(interesting to me because it was filed in my home town)
The first "personal computer"?
5594908 : Computer system having a serial keyboard, a serial display, and
a dynamic memory with memory refresh
Issued: Jan. 14, 1997
Now before you scoff, this one is really interesting because some machines
were allegedly built in 1970 (but based on a two-sided PCB prototype of
the Hyatt "microprocessor"). It was called the Contourama IV, and was
built by Micro Computer Inc., a start-up that Hyatt spear-headed in 1968
(and was dissolved in 1971). Apparently it was the size of a small
refrigerator. It never worked very well and the start-up failed
disastrously. That's all the information I have, which I got from an
article in West magazine, December 2, 1990 (the article is several pages
long and is mainly about Hyatt's microprocessor patent).
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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