Abstract: An ergonomic cartridge grip for safely and readily inserting or removing a cartridge from a data drive unit of a PC. The cartridge grip includes an upper half and a lower half attached by screws and having an inner resilient connecting piece between the upper and lower half. The cartridge grip includes a gripping portion ergonomically designed for use with various sized hands and fingers. A shelf located opposite the gripping portion for attaching to the cartridge where a user grips the gripping portion in order to insert or extract the cartridge, which rests on the shelf, from the drive unit of the PC.

Abstract: A new generation computer system includes a CPU console having a processor and core system circuitry formed on a motherboard, at least one storage device, such as a hard drive, a PIC unit, and at least one PIC chip mounted thereon. The PIC chip includes a read only memory area storing a computer application program, and a read-write memory area that stores user input data, such as preference settings. PIC chips are removably mounted on the PIC unit via ZIF sockets such that PIC chips may be interchangeable.