The HP legal dept is going to have fun with this, (or not care at all, given the fickleness of HP). Original Story: Google Patents Staple of '70s Mainframe Computing http://clicks.slashdot.org/ct.html?ufl=8&rtr=on&s=x8pb08,1dmie,10sc,g0r7,221b,baec,lmva Tracy Johnson Business Analyst Measurement Specialties, Inc. Office (757) 766-4318 Cell (757) 755-6470 [log in to unmask] * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *