ALDL and the Patent WAS Diacom Cable

[Shannen Durphey]

Eric Clark wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, David Cooley wrote:
> 
> > At 06:55 PM 11/30/99 -0700, you wrote:
> > >Check OUT!!!
> > >
> > >http://patent.womplex.ibm.com/details?pn=US04796206__

> GM would be able to overturn this patent because of "prior art".  They
> would have to prove they were using ALDL before the patent was issued,
> which wouldnt be too hard.
> 
> -Eric
This is for the machine that GM used in their dealerships.  CAMS cost
20K at the time it was issued, I'm told.  It's very slow, has 30Mb HD
and 286 processor w/512k.  I haven't hooked it up to a car yet, but
it's supposed to blow the shop scan tool away (Snappy).  
Shannen