Abstract: Use of ISA Adapter Card (ISAAC) to insure timing of application of power and logic to ISA, SCSA and MVIP Cards when those cards are plugged into standard ISA connectors of the ISAAC and the ISAAC is subsequently plugged into an active ISA, SCSA, and/or MVIP bus(es) such that any server connected to the back plane does not have to be shut down to protect ISA, SCSA and MVIP cards when inserted and removed from the back plane.

Abstract: Upholstery for a seat, rest or couch. The upholstery includes internal channels through which draining air may flow. Valve means that open under load or compression control air flow through the channels. The flow of draining air is increased automatically or given a desired flow distribution by the surface area pressure controlled by a seated person. The cross sections of the valve means and the channels may be designed so that even a very small pressure difference and correspondingly little energy expenditure will provide a satisfactory air flow rate.

Abstract: A fluorescent lamp containing zinc amalgam and a method of precisely controlling the amount of mercury introduced into a temperature controlled fluorescent lamp. Precise quantities of mercury may be introduced into a fluorescent lamp in the form of solid zinc amalgam pellets that are in a metastable, non-equilibrium state.

Abstract: In a direct sequence spread spectrum receiver, an apparatus for obtaining and adjusting bit synchronization. In one aspect, the bit synchronization is adjusted by selectively inverting a clocking circuit to delay sampling by one-half a clock cycle and to combine the inversion with a skipping of one cycle to advance the sampling by one-half cycle. In another aspect of the invention, the synchronization circuit avoids overflow of accumulating components by downshifting both the partial sums and the input data when needed.