http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LApncvI0d2M ?Welcome to Macintosh?, the independent documentary highlighting Apple Inc.?s history and following, is to make its exclusive North American television premiere on CNBC, First in Business Worldwide, on Monday, January 4 at 9:30PM ET. The documentary was recently made available on the iTunes movie store where it reached the top 10 in documentary sales and rentals. "CNBC is the perfect home for Welcome to Macintosh," said Rob Baca, co-Director of the film. "We took the people and the passion felt for Apple seriously, and CNBC provides the ideal venue for informative and entertaining content to be presented." "The goal was to make a film that you can show to anyone, even someone that has never used a computer, and have them understand why so many people love Macintosh," says Josh Rizzo, Co-Director. "CNBC has given us the opportunity to share that message with millions of households across North America." "Make no mistake, this is film is about as independent as you can get. No studio, no bankroll, just two dedicated filmmakers and their credit cards. The result has been life-changing for the both of us," Says Baca. In the spring of 2009 the filmmakers held a screening in San Francisco during the week of Macworld Conference and Expo during which Apple co-founder and entrepreneur Steve Wozniak commented that 'Welcome to Macintosh' was "So much on the mark... I've been involved with some other independent films and this is by far the best one I've seen." Andy Hertzfeld, co-creator of the Mac and Author of "Revolution in The Valley" said that "Welcome to Macintosh captures and exemplifies the unique spirit expressed in Apple's products." Ron Wayne, co-founder of the Apple Computer Company and Author of "Nature of Money" said "Welcome to Macintosh is an entertaining, and illuminating look at the people and events that made Apple and the Macintosh the phenomenon it is today." Welcome to Macintosh has been presented in over fifty Macintosh User Groups around the world as well as an official selection in seven international film festivals including the 10th Annual Wisconsin Film Festival, the 4th Globians World and Culture Documentary Film Festival, the 1st Ann. Naperville Independent Film Fest, the Texandance International Film Festival as well as the Cleveland Ingenuity Festival.

Al Kossow wrote: Also the firmware for the sequencer. The descriptions have to be complete to describe the "embodiment" of the invention, which is then claimed to be the embodied device completely contained within the host computer. The claims have to be described relative to some physical device, and for whatever reason they decide to throw in the whole thing. xx863 claims the enclosed device in the host. xx153 claims a bunch of improvements. When I get time, I'd like to look at some of the claims such as claiming that the method of rotational sensing of sectors is their improvement is not prior art in 1989 (methods 28, 29 page 43 of xx153. I have the luxury of working with a patent attorney right now, so this might be a good learning experience. Thanks for posting these, Al. Jim

On Wed, 30 Dec 2009, Al Kossow wrote: Those are neat! Does anyone have info on the NEC 7810 that's depicted on those? Googling for nec 7810 datasheet doesn't turn up anything useful... Alexey