Automatic sequencer for a flexible disk loader/copier
US4707750A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 20, 1985 |
| Grant date | Nov 17, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 20, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B2220/2512
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An automatic flexible disk loader/copier apparatus includes a disk drive for reading data from and writing data onto flexible disks; an automatic mechanical loader for feeding disks from an input hopper into the disk drive and for discharging disks from the disk drive; a selectable format flexible disk controller which is dynamically reprogrammable to vary the format of the data written to the disks; and a computer which responds to the presence of write-protect indicators on the disks in the disk drive to load format, data and control information from the disks and which responds to the absence of write-protection indicators on the disks in the disk drive to write format and data to the disks.
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