Abstract: An apparatus and method for making a solderless electrical connection between a plurality of electrical contact pads on a disc drive printed circuit board (disc drive PCB) and a plurality of electrical contact pads on a external printed circuit board (external PCB). The apparatus and method involve or include a connector which is operable for mounting directly on the disc drive PCB. The connector preferably includes a plurality of electrically conductive pins operable for simultaneously connecting the contact pads on the disc drive PCB to the contact pads on the external PCB when the connector is mounted to the disc drive PCB and the disc drive is mounted to the external PCB.

Abstract: A sliding window type compression scheme is combined with a statistical type compression scheme to provide a dual-mode compression scheme that is optimized for use in compressing operating code in a data storage device. In a sliding window portion of the compression scheme, root and copy items are created, wherein the copy items include a length value and an offset value. The length values and most significant portions of the offset values are then compressed separately in the statistical portion of the compression scheme to form a compressed output which, when combined with the root items form a dually-compressed compressed output. A complimentary decompression scheme is then used to decompress the dually-compressed output.

Abstract: Personal colors for cosmetics are determined by a method and a kit of equipment which determines an overall value for an individual by reference to the skin, eye, and hair features, determines a four-seasonal color designation of the individual by reference to colors such as powders applied to the skin, and presents the personal colors based on the overall value and seasonal color designation. A value determining scale is used to determine specific values of features by adjacent comparison to those features. An overall value chart contains information defining an overall value based on a predetermined multiple number of specific values of features. A seasonal color designation chart contains information defining a seasonal color designation as either summer, winter, spring, or autumn based on the relative ability of predetermined colors to blend with natural skin tone. A personal color direction chart correlates the overall value and seasonal color designation to personal colors.