US Patent No. 4,136,359: “Microcomputer for use with video display”[38]—for which he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
US Patent No. 4,210,959: “Controller for magnetic disc, recorder, or the like”[39]
US Patent No. 4,217,604: “Apparatus for digitally controlling PAL color display”[40]
US Patent No. 4,278,972: “Digitally-controlled color signal generation means for use with display”[41]
Yeah, as I said above US4136359 is doubtless an excellent patent but it really isn’t in any useful sense a patent on the personal computer. It’s a patent on a way of getting better raster graphics out of a microcomputer connected to a television.
US Patent No. 4,136,359: “Microcomputer for use with video display”[38]—for which he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. US Patent No. 4,210,959: “Controller for magnetic disc, recorder, or the like”[39] US Patent No. 4,217,604: “Apparatus for digitally controlling PAL color display”[40] US Patent No. 4,278,972: “Digitally-controlled color signal generation means for use with display”[41]
Yeah, as I said above US4136359 is doubtless an excellent patent but it really isn’t in any useful sense a patent on the personal computer. It’s a patent on a way of getting better raster graphics out of a microcomputer connected to a television.