G - Physics – 06 – F
Patent
G - Physics
06
F
354/230.7
G06F 9/22 (2006.01) G06F 9/445 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1235227
HIGH SPEED PROGRAM STORE WITH BOOTSTRAP ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A microprocessor-based system is provided with a non-volatile store (such as a PROM) which stores a bootstrap program, a non-volatile store (such as an EPROM) which stores one or more program overlays, and a programmable volatile store (such as a RAM) which can be written into and read from. When the system is powered up, the microprocessor executes the bootstrap program out of the PROM. The bootstrap program includes instructions which copy the program instructions stored in the EPROM into the RAM. The microprocessor then executes the program instructions out of the RAM. Program instructions may be stored in the EPROM in a plurality of overlays, and individual overlays selected by either the bootstrap program or instructions contained in another overlay may be selectively loaded into the RAM for execution. The EPROM is addressed by a programmable counter which appears to the microprocessor as an input/output device to be written into.
481285
Cheng Jong-Keung
Kao Ming-Luh
Baker Harold C.
Racal Data Communications Inc.
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