Abstract: A system and method for determining a law that has been violated by a suspect is provided. The system and method can have a user interface to receive user inputs and to present queries and a plurality of answers to each of the queries, with the user inputs being selections of the plurality of answers; and a processor to determine a next one of the queries to be presented based on a selection of one of the plurality of answers to a previous query and to determine the law that has been violated based on each of the selections of the plurality of answers. The processor can be in communication with the user interface. The queries can be based on elements of the law. The user interface can present the law that has been violated.

Abstract: Described is a personal computer system that includes a first housing coupled to a second housing with a multi-conductor cable. The first housing includes an IDE direct access storage device having an opening for receiving a removable storage medium. The second housing is separate from the first housing and includes a microprocessor coupled to a local bus and an expansion bus, a first IDE controller, a non-volatile storage device coupled to the local bus and a power supply. The cable is coupled to the first and second housings for electrically connecting devices in the first housing to devices in the second housing. The second housing has a first interface coupled to the expansion bus, the first IDE controller and the cable. The first housing includes a second interface coupled to the cable and the IDE device.

Abstract: Disclosed is a split computer system that includes a first housing coupled to a second housing with a multi-conductor cable. The first housing includes a first direct access storage device (DASD) having an opening for receiving a removable storage medium. The second housing is separate from the first housing and includes a central processing unit (CPU) coupled to a local bus and an expansion bus, a non-volatile storage device coupled to the local bus, a second DASD coupled to the local bus and a power supply. The system further includes first and second DASD controllers coupled to the first and second DASDs respectively. The cable has one end coupled to the first housing and another end coupled to the second housing for electrically connecting devices in the first housing to devices in the second housing. The second housing has a first interface coupled to the expansion bus and the cable. The first housing also includes a second interface coupled to the cable and the first DASD.

Abstract: A computer system having a CPU, a non-volatile storage device, a power management processor having a volatile power management configuration, and a power supply in circuit communication. The power management processor controls the regulation of power to the CPU by the power supply. Prior to causing the power supply to cease providing regulated power to the CPU, the power management processor interrupts the CPU via a system management interrupt. Responsive to being interrupted via the system management interrupt, the CPU performs tasks associated with the power supply imminently ceasing to provide regulated power to the CPU. Such tasks include writing data to non-volatile memory and refreshing an alarm value in the power management processor. The CPU can extend the period of time before the power management processor causes the power supply to cease providing regulated power to the CPU while the CPU performs the necessary tasks.

Abstract: This invention is a nautical chart intended primarily for small craft navigation. The nautical chart includes a representation of a shoreline on at least one side of a single sheet of flexible material. The representation of the shoreline includes at least one small scale chart and a plurality of large scale charts. Both large scale and small scale charts are suitable for piloting. A substantially continuous shoreline is represented by a combination of the plurality of large scale charts. The large scale charts can be an extension of the shoreline of the small scale chart, overlap the shoreline of the small scale charts, or both.

Abstract: This invention is a nautical chart intended primarily for small craft navigation. The nautical chart includes a representation of a shoreline on at least one side of a single sheet of flexible material. The representation of the shoreline includes at least one small scale chart and a plurality of large scale charts. Both large scale and small scale charts are suitable for piloting. A substantially continuous shoreline is represented by a combination of the plurality of large scale charts. The large scale charts can be an extension of the shoreline of the small scale chart, overlap the shoreline of the small scale charts, or both.

Abstract: This invention is a nautical chart intended primarily for small craft navigation. The nautical chart includes a representation of a shoreline on at least one side of a single sheet of flexible material. The representation of the shoreline includes at least one small scale chart and a plurality of large scale charts. Both large scale and small scale charts are suitable for piloting. A substantially continuous shoreline is represented by a combination of the plurality of large scale charts. The large scale charts can be an extension of the shoreline of the small scale chart, overlap the shoreline of the small scale charts, or both.