Abstract: An apparatus and method for polling a plurality of components in a data processing system includes a sensor for determining when a request for power up has been made, a series of parallel circuits extending between a power sequence monitor/power control device and individual computer system components, a configuration bus connected between the system components and the power sequence monitor/power control device and comparison circuitry connected to the configuration bus for comparing a signal sent from the power sequence monitor/power control device, through the configuration bus and system components, and returned to the power sequence monitor/power control device, with a predetermined code for identifying and locating the system components.

Abstract: A power supply including a saturable reactor voltage regulator using a core formed of relatively inexpensive magnetically soft material with a B-H loop which is poor in squareness. The reset point of the saturable reactor core is established by a clamping circuit, including a transistor switch and diode in series, which effectively clamps a short circuit across the reactor winding when the core reaches a desired reset point on its B-H loop. The proper time of actuation of the clamping circuit is selected by a control circuit which includes a comparator for generating a control signal for actuating the switch whenever an error voltage derived from the output voltage exceeds the voltage level of a triangular wave developed by integrating a replica of the input pulsations to the magnetic amplifier structure. The saturable reactor is driven to saturation at a time during positive pulsations related to the position of the reset point.