Abstract: A memory cartridge is loaded in a main unit of a personal computer when used. The memory cartridge comprises a case, and a printed circuit board which is installed therein and on which a large-capacity, one-chip ROM is mounted. Storage area of the one-chip ROM is divided into a plurality of banks respectively having memory addresses of a number accessible by a central processing unit of the main unit, and one specific bank among them is allocated to an address space accessible all the time by the central processing unit. Bank selecting data for selecting other banks is stored in that specific bank. The bank selecting data is read out with progress of a program stored in the specific bank, being loaded in a counter. The content of the counter is inputted to the most significant three bits of address of the one-chip ROM. The most significant three bits of the address function as bank designating bits.

Abstract: A game software service system is connected to a monitor to display an image for game. A CPU and a PPU which cooperates with the CPU are accommodated within a housing. A plurality of storage mediums which respectively store game programs are attached to the housing in an attachable/detachable manner. The respective storage mediums are commonly connected to an address bus and a data bus of the CPU and the PPU, and assigned with a common address space. A first controller is used for playing a game. Any one of the storage mediums is selected by operation of a second controller. When a menu showing a plurality of game names is displayed on the monitor, accesses from the CPU and the PPU to a selected storage medium are enabled in response to the operation of the second controller. The CPU and the PPU execute a program of the selected storage medium to display the image for game on the monitor.

Abstract: A cartridge for a gaming machine includes a case having tapered surface formed along a side edge of the rear face thereof which cooperates with a protrusion in the cartridge receiving tray in the gaming machine main unit to prevent an inverted insertion of the cartridge into the machine. A character ROM, a first semiconductor memory storing a program for determining authenticity of the cartridge and a first microcomputer for executing that program are mounted on a printed circuit board accommodated in the case. The gaming machine includes a picture processing unit generating an image signal based on data from the character ROM, a second semiconductor memory which stores the same program for determining authenticity of the cartridge as the program in the first semiconductor memory, and a second microcomputer identical to the first microcomputer for executing the program stored in the second semiconductor memory. The second microcomputer determines authenticity of the loaded or inserted cartridge.

Abstract: A recordable data device includes a case and a magnetic disk rotatably contained therein. There, in the case, an insertion opening through which a magnetic head of a disk drive device, constructing a part of a data processing system, can contact the magnetic disk, onto which a recessed identifying embossment has been formed. The magnetic disk drive device comprises an insertion opening or inserting the data recording device and an identifying symbol of a projected embossment which is formed near the insertion opening. When the recordable data device is loaded into the disk drive device, the recessed embossment of the identifying symbol of the magnetic disk is fitted into the projected embossment of the identifying symbol of the magnetic disk drive device. If the data recording device is authentic, the data processing system allows the disk drive device to data to or read data from the magnetic disk.

Abstract: A printed circuit board capable of preventing electromagnetic interference comprises a base plate composed of an insulating material. On the main surface of the base plate, a first electric conductive layer is formed by etching copper foil, which includes a signal electrode portion and a ground electrode portion. On the first electric conductive layer, an insulating layer such as a solder resist film is formed except for a part of the ground electrode portion, and on this layer, a second electric conductive layer is formed by screen-printing a copper ink so as to cover almost all of the first electric conductive layer. A part of the second electric conductive layer is connected to the ground electrode portion of the first electric conductive layer so that the second electric conductive layer acts as an electromagnetic shield. The copper ink is a mixture of copper powder, binder and other materials. A solder layer may be formed on the second electric conductive layer composed of the copper ink.

Abstract: A system is disclosed for determining the authenticity of computer software when used with a main processor unit. The software is stored in an external memory which may, for example, be in the form of a ROM cartridge, floppy disk or the like. The main processor unit is operated according to a program contained in the external memory. To verify that the external memory is authentic, duplicate semiconductor devices, for example microprocessors, are separately mounted with the external memory and in the main unit, respectively. The semiconductor associated with the external memory device acts as a key device and the duplicate device mounted in the main unit acts as a lock device. The key device and the lock device are synchronized with each other, executing the same arithmetic operation according to the same program. The results of these operations are exchanged between devices, and compared.

Abstract: An RF switch comprises a housing in which a board is contained. To the board, two input ends connected respectively to an F-connector and an RCA plug and one output end connected to an antenna terminal of a TV receiver by an F-plug are connected. On the board, high-pass filters connected in a cascade fashion are formed, of which input is connected to one input end connected to the F-connector. The filter in each stage is earthed at the output side thereof through corresponding switching transistors. When a power switch of a main unit of a picture processing apparatus is turned on, a superposed signal of a DC signal and an RF signal is given to the remaining input end from the main unit through the RCA plug and a coaxial cable. In the RF switch, the DC signal is taken out from the superposed signal, thereby respective switching transistors are turned on.

Abstract: A signal transmitting system including a spurious radiation preventing circuit which comprises a differentiating circuit coupled to a signal line connected to a signal source for differentiating an original signal for emphasizing high frequency components of the signal, an adder circuit for adding the output from the differentiating circuit and the original signal, and a current booster for boosting the output from the adder circuit. The output from the current booster is applied to an output device through a high cut filter, so that spurious radiation from the signal line connecting the signal source with the output device is reduced.