Patent ID: 6893268

Claim:
A peripheral card assembly, comprising: a first rectangularly shaped card having first and second opposing ends, a first electrical connector extending across an outside edge of said first end and adapted to be received by a mating connector of host equipment, and a slot extending into the second end thereof a distance toward said first end to terminate in a second electrical connector extending across the first card within the slot, a second rectangularly shaped card including a third electrical connector extending across one end thereof and adapted to mate with said second connector, said second card and the slot of the first card being cooperatively shaped to that the second card stays within outside boundaries of the first card when the second card is positioned within the slot and the second and third electrical connectors are engaged, and a flash EEPROM enclosed within the second card and connected with the third connector in a manner to provide non-volatile memory to the host equipment when the second card is positioned within the slot and the first connector of the first card is connected with the mating connector of the host equipment.