Tape drive apparatus having a permanent optical storage device port
US7415570B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 15, 2004 |
| Grant date | Aug 19, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 28, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/1469
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A tape drive apparatus includes a data transfer apparatus for transferring data to and from a tape media loaded in the tape drive apparatus, a first port for communicating with the data transfer apparatus in a tape drive mode, a second port for communicating with the data transfer apparatus in an optical storage device mode, and an emulation apparatus for permanently emulating an optical storage device at the second port for enabling an external device to access the data transfer apparatus, via the second fort, in the optical storage device mode.
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