System for booting computer for operation in either one of two byte-order modes
US5524245A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 26, 1995 |
| Grant date | Jun 4, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 26, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/45533
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system for abstracting the byte ordering of a computer firmware from the operating system by allowing a computer to automatically change endianness under full software control. The byte ordering can be switched completely transparent to the end user during system boot. The system is comprised of hardware and software to run either byte order stand alone software or operating systems on demand.
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