Ex parte WATTS et al. - Page 3




                 Appeal No. 97-3423                                                                                                                     
                 Application 08/336,134                                                                                                                 

                 features: a game port; a QuickPort mouse; SCSI hardware; SCSI                                                                          
                 BIOS; PCMCIA  hardware; and PCMCIA BIOS.2                                                                                                                
                          The Figure 39 screen permits selection of the                                                                                 
                 communication ports (COM1, COM2, COM3, or N/A) for various                                                                             
                 connectors ("Notebook 9 Pin Serial," "Notebook Internal,"                                                                              
                 "Station 9 Pin Serial," and "Station 25 Pin Serial") for each                                                                          
                 of the following computer arrangements: "Notebook Only";                                                                               
                 "MicroDock & Notebook"; and "DeskTop & Notebook."  As shown in                                                                         
                 the table bridging pages 31-32 of the specification, the                                                                               
                 available configurations for  "Notebook Only" are "1 thru 3"                                                                           
                 and "Custom," for "MicroDock & Notebook" are "1 thru 5" and                                                                            
                 "Custom," and for "DeskTop & Notebook" are "1 thru 6" and                                                                              
                 "Custom."  The last line of page 31 explains that the                                                                                  
                 asterisks in the table mean the communication port numbers are                                                                         
                 automatically set based on the selected configuration number                                                                           
                 unless "Custom" is selected.  Figure 39 shows the port                                                                                 
                 assignments when configuration "1" is selected for all three                                                                           
                 computer arrangements.                                                                                                                 




                          2Incorrectly identified as "PCMIA" hardware in the                                                                            
                 table.                                                                                                                                 
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