BTW i just Sparked up a packed-phat bowl of ganje..
Without doubt! The SegaMegaDriveCD came out after the CDTV, so did the PS1. Hell the CD32 came out before the PS1 and was the first 32 bit console. You've oversmoked again! :p
Also, I read the patents when Gateway bought them, and if I'm not mistaken they said that Commodore had a patent on proportional scrollbars. I also read recently an article stating that all of the later clone gfx cards were using Amiga technology (patents) by using co-processors onboard to take the graphics load off the cpu. Hmmm...what a novel idea!

Soundcards using co-processors to take the audio load off the cpu? Hmm...