Appeal No. 96-4169
Application 08/378,066
specification, Appellants disclose that Figure 1 shows the
independent control circuit 10 which is connected in parallel
with host computer 12, thereby enabling the two to operate
simultaneously. On page 11 of the specification, Appellants
disclose that Figure 2 shows the dual path computer control
system in greater detail. In particular,
Figure 2 shows that the independent control circuit 10 in-
cludes a state machine 32 which enables the independent con-
trol circuit 10 and the host computer 12 to operate simulta-
neously.
Independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A computer system comprising:
a host computer;
an independent control circuit;
a peripheral device having inputs electrically
connected to an output of said host computer and to an output
of said independent control circuit, respectively;
a single input means for generating control signals
to be input to said peripheral device and data and control
signals to be input to said host computer;
means having an input connected to an output of said
single input means and outputs connected to said independent
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