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From: daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: NuBus (was: More Commodore Details)
Message-ID: <8621@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 17 Nov 89 23:12:28 GMT
References: <1989Nov15.212314.27872@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu>
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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in article <1989Nov15.212314.27872@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu>, slfields@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Scott L Fields) says:
> Keywords: Amiga 3000 rumours, standard bus, NuBus

> TI may disagree with NuBus being public domain. 

The NuBus specification is publically available to anyone from 
the IEEE, as are other IEEE blessed specifications.

TI owns the patents that cover basically any NuBus board, far
as I know.  They charge something like a couple thousand for a
one-time licensing fee for any company interested in building
a NuBus device.
-- 
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