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Inserted device for independently connecting auxiliary storage units to a data-processing assembly

US4974152A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 14, 1987
Grant dateNov 27, 1990
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 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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