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Secondary storage facility empolying serial communications between drive and controller

US4837675A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 1, 1988
Grant dateJun 6, 1989
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Expiry dateFeb 1, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/0673
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A secondary storage facility having a drive and a controller employing multiple error recovery techniques; the controller signals the drive to try such techniques in sequence, according to descending a priori probability of success. The controller does not know or need to know the details of the error recovery procedures.

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