Interface with connection unit for loading host computer with external storage device format control information in response to connection of host computer to connection unit
US6374315B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 10, 1999 |
| Grant date | Apr 16, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 10, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH05K5/0273
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention relates to a data processing device which is also used as an interface device for connecting an external storage device to a host computer to which a card form of storage device can be connected, the external storage device differing in data format from the card form of storage device. The data processing device includes a connection unit for connecting the external storage device to the host computer, the connection unit being able to be removably fitted into a slot which is provided in the host computer and into which to removably fit the card form of storage device, and a converting circuit for converting data, which is to be outputted from the host computer in a data format conforming to the card form of storage device, into a data format conforming to the external storage device, as well as for converting data read out from the external storage device into the data format conforming to the card form of storage device.
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