1) A course card for use in simulating play of a golf hole, comprising:
a) a thin, flat course card bearing indicia on at least a first major surface thereof, said indicia graphically and schematically representing at least one feature of a hole of a golf course, said at least one features comprising a tee-off area, a green and at least one other feature chosen from the group: a fairway, a rough, a sand trap or bunker, a water hazard, a tree, a cup, a cart path, and a duffer region;
b) indicia disposed on said first major surface including at least one chosen from the group: a hole number associated with said hole, a par value for said hole, and a distance from a tee disposed in said tee-off area to a point on said green; and
c) a scoring table on said first major surface and adapted for recordation of at least one of the group: a drive, a number of strokes from said tee to said green, a distance of a putt, and a number of putts.
2) The course card for use in simulating play of a golf hole as recited in claim 1, further comprising a yardage scale disposed adjacent said indicia graphically and schematically representing at least one features of a hole of a golf course.
3) The course card for use in simulating play of a golf hole as recited in claim 1, wherein said first major surface is adapted to receive marks thereupon.
4) The course card for use in simulating play of a golf hole as recited in claim 3, wherein said marks received upon said first major surface comprises at least one selected from the group: a line indicating an intended direction for a drive, a line indicating an intended distance for a drive, a line indicating an actual direction resulting from a drive, a distance resulting from of an actual drive, and a point where a ball is located.
5) The course card for use in simulating play of a golf hole as recited in claim 1, wherein said first major surface further comprises indicia comprising advertising.
6) The course card for use in simulating play of a golf hole as recited in claim 1, wherein said course card is presented as an electronic image on an electronic device selected from the group comprising: a computer, a tablet computer, a PDA, a \u201csmart\u201d phone, and other portable electronic devices.
7) The course card for use in simulating play of a golf hole as recited in claim 6, wherein an electronic image is stored internally within said electronic device.
8) The course card for use in simulating play of a golf hole as recited in claim 6, wherein an electronic image is received from an external source via a wireless communications interface.
9) A method of simulating a game of golf using a driving range, the steps comprising:
a) providing a thin, flat course card bearing indicia on at least a first major surface thereof, said indicia graphically and schematically representing at least one feature of a hole of a golf course, said at least one feature comprising a tee-off area, a green and at least one other feature chosen from the group: a fairway, a rough, a sand trap or bunker, a water hazard, a tree, a cup, a cart path, and a duffer region, and indicia disposed on said upper surface including at least one chosen from the group: a hole number associated with said hole, a par value for said hole, and a distance from a tee disposed in said tee-off area to a point on said green, and a scoring table adapted for recordation of at least one of the group: a number of strokes from said tee to said green, a distance of a putt, and a number of putts;
b) using said course card to determine a direction and desired distance of a first drive as if playing said hole defined on said course card;
c) marking said determined direction and desired determined distance on said first major surface of said course card;
d) at a driving range, driving a ball in accordance with said determined direction and desired distance; and
e) recording an actual direction, actual distance, and point where the ball currently lies on said first major surface of said course card.
10) The method of simulating a game of golf using a driving range as recited in claim 9, the steps further comprising:
f) repeating said marking step (c), said driving step (d), and said recording step (e) until said point where said ball currently lies is on said green.
11) The method of simulating a game of golf using a driving range as recited in claim 10, the steps further comprising:
g) recording at least one piece of information associated with said driving step (d) in said scoring table.
12) The method of simulating a game of golf using a driving range as recited in claim 10, the steps further comprising:
g) after said point where said ball currently lies is on said green, placing a ball on a putting green at a point approximately the distance to the cup determined from said course card;
h) putting said ball placed on the green toward the cup.
13) The method of simulating a game of golf using a driving range as recited in claim 12, the steps further comprising:
i) repeating said putting step (h) until said ball placed on said green is in said cup.
14) The method of simulating a game of golf using a driving range as recited in claim 12, the steps further comprising:
j) recording at least one of the values selected from the group: a total number of putts taken, and the distance of at least one of said putts taken on said course card.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1-21. (Cancelled)
22. A memory device for forming a mirrored board assembly, comprising:
a semiconductor memory chip; and
a plurality of externally accessible terminals coupled to the chip, the device having a central bisecting axis and a selected group of terminals positioned on opposing sides of the central axis in a first arrangement, the first arrangement being configured such that a mirror image of the device that positions the group in a second arrangement permits functionally compatible terminals to be coupled.
23. The memory device of claim 22, wherein the selected group of terminals includes terminals configured to communicate data signals.
24. The memory device of claim 22, wherein the selected group of terminals includes terminals configured to communicate address signals.
25. A memory device for forming a mirrored board assembly, comprising:
a semiconductor memory chip; and
a plurality of externally accessible terminals coupled to the chip, the device having a central bisecting axis and a selected group of terminals positioned on the bisecting axis in a first arrangement, the first arrangement being configured such that a mirror image of the device that positions the group in a second arrangement permits the terminals to be coupled.
26. The memory device of claim 25, wherein the selected group of terminals includes terminals configured to communicate control signals and power input to the device.
27. The memory device of claim 25, wherein the selected group of terminals includes terminals configured to communicate non-compatible signals.
28. The memory device of claim 25, wherein the non-compatible signals include row address strobe (RAS), column address strobe (CAS), chip enable (CE), chip select (CS), write enable (WE), device power (VDD) and device ground (GND).
29. The memory device of claim 25, wherein the selected group of terminals includes terminals configured to communicate compatible signals.
30. A memory device for forming a mirrored board assembly, comprising:
a semiconductor memory chip; and
a plurality of externally accessible terminals coupled to the chip, the plurality of terminals including a first terminal positioned on a side of a centrally bisecting axis of the device, a second terminal positioned in a corresponding position on an opposing side of the axis, and a mirror terminal, wherein the first terminal is configured to communicate a first signal and the second terminal is configured to communicate a second signal when the mirror terminal is coupled to a first logic signal, and the first terminal is configured to communicate the second signal and the second terminal is configured to communicate the first signal when the mirror terminal is coupled to a second logic signal.
31. The memory device of claim 30, wherein the first logic signal and the second logic signal comprise a voltage level.
32. The memory device of claim 30, wherein the first logic signal corresponds to a voltage signal having a first polarity, and the second logic signal corresponds to a voltage signal having a second polarity, the first polarity being opposite the second polarity.
33. The memory device of claim 30, wherein the first logic signal corresponds to a first digital signal, and the second logic signal corresponds to a second digital signal.
34. A method of making a memory device for a mirrored board assembly, comprising:
forming a semiconductor memory chip;
coupling a plurality of terminals to the chip;
selecting terminals that are configured to communicate signals which are functionally compatible; and
arranging the selected terminals on the device so that at least some of the terminals are positioned at corresponding locations on opposing sides of the device.
35. The method of claim 34, wherein selecting terminals further comprises selecting the data terminals of the device.
36. The method of claim 34, wherein selecting terminals further comprises selecting the address terminals of the device.
37. The method of claim 34, further comprising forming a mirror terminal on the device that is selectively coupleable to a logic level.
38. The method of claim 37, wherein selecting terminals further comprises selecting at least a first terminal on a side of central axis that bisects the device, and selecting at least a second terminal on an opposing side of the central axis, the at least first terminal being configured to communicate a first signal and the at least second terminal being configured to communicate a second signal when the mirror terminal is coupled to a first logic level, and further wherein the first terminal is configured to communicate the second signal and the second terminal is configured to communicate the first signal when the mirror terminal is coupled to a second logic level.
39. A method of making a memory device for a mirrored board assembly, comprising:
forming a semiconductor memory chip;
coupling a plurality of terminals to the chip;
selecting terminals that are configured to communicate signals which are functionally non-compatible; and
arranging the selected terminals on the device so that at least some of the terminals are positioned along an axis that bisects the device.
40. The method of claim 39, wherein selecting terminals further comprises selecting terminals that are configured to communicate control signals.
41. The method of claim 40, wherein selecting terminals further comprises selecting terminals that include a terminal configured to couple to a power source and a terminal configured to couple to a ground potential.
42-50. (Cancelled)