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Dynamically configurable portable computer system
Caroline A Boone,Robert Richard Carter,Darren J Cepulis,James R. Edwards,Paul M Garner +4 more
- 20 Sep 1989
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TL;DR: A dynamically configurable computer system which includes apparatus for storing former and sensed current system configuration data and for automatically reconfiguring the system without user interaction is described in this paper, where the authors describe a system that can automatically reconfigure a system without requiring user interaction.
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Abstract: A dynamically configurable computer system which includes apparatus for storing former and sensed current system configuration data and for automatically reconfiguring the system without user interaction.
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