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>In article <2672@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> amlovell@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Anthony M Lovell) writes:
>>
>>I was just thinking of some nice things I'd like to patent if I wanted
>>to make a fortune in computers and electronics.
>>I think I like the ON switch best.  Any other get-rich quick schemes?
>

As I recall, in the main lobby of the headquarters at Texas Instruments there
is a wall on which hangs the patent to the hand held calculator and on the 
opposite wall is the patent for the integrated circuit.


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