[LinuxBIOS] ECS top hat flash - dual-bios-circuit useable elsewhere ?

[Quux]

David H. Barr schrieb:
> It may be very generic, but it's also apparently covered by patents
> no. 130648 and 177592 (I find no reference as to which country in
> which said patents are issued).  I imagine similar problems may exist
> with TopHat.
> > > the tivo socket has no circuitry at all.
> >
> > Really? Is there a schematic somewhere?
>
> No schematic, but see above comment re: request tendered to one
> "jmayes".

like they should abandon trivial patents, really. The guy who invented 
the MS patented double mouseclick - he thinks he is Einstein or what ?