Inserted device for independently connecting auxiliary storage units to a data-processing assembly
US4974152A · kind A · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | May 14, 1987 |
| Grant date | Nov 27, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 14, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0673
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An inserted device for connecting auxiliary storage units (2) to a data-processing assembly, the units being connected on the one hand by a daisy-chain control cable A connecting the storage units (2) to one another and to the data-processing assembly, inter alia to at least one auxiliary storage unit controller (3), and on the other hand by high transmission-speed star cables B, characterized in that it comprises means for disconnecting and connecting each auxiliary storage unit (2) in the data-processing assembly without interfering with the operation of the other auxiliary storage units (2), inter alia those connected to the same controller (3).
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