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Teaching and entertainment device

US4492582A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 6, 1981
Grant dateJan 8, 1985
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Expiry dateJan 6, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09B7/04
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A teaching and entertainment device includes a desk-top console which supports a keyboard, an LCD display matrix, and a plug-in cartridge recepticle. A quartet of LCD drivers each control a quadrant of the display under the control of a first microprocessor. A plug-in cartridge is insertable into the console and contains a second microprocessor. Apparatus are provided for establishing a master/servant relationship of the second microprocessor over the first whenever the plug-in cartridge is present.

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