System permitting peripheral interchangeability during system operation
US4862355A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 13, 1987 |
| Grant date | Aug 29, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 13, 2007 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/4411
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a system including a processor and at least one connector for providing inputs to the processor, which one of a plurality of different types of peripherals is plugged into the connector is determined by sensing any change in the connection of a peripheral to said connector, upon initial start-up of the system and each time a change from not plugged in to plugged in is detected interrogating the peripheral to obtain its type and storing the type of peripheral which is plugged in.
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