What I don't understand is this: If the patent was awarded in 1989, when was it applied for? If HP was truly using this method in 1955, and the patent was applied for (by someone other then HP) afterwards, the patent is invalid. While the patent is based on the first filer, it is supposed to disclose all prior art. If HP had been using this method before the patent was applied for, Cornell will lose.
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I don't know, but it's in a CompactFLASH package. If FreeBSD supports a USB CompactFLASH card reader, then, yes, it does.
What I don't understand is this: If the patent was awarded in 1989, when was it applied for? If HP was truly using this method in 1955, and the patent was applied for (by someone other then HP) afterwards, the patent is invalid. While the patent is based on the first filer, it is supposed to disclose all prior art. If HP had been using this method before the patent was applied for, Cornell will lose.