Dynamic information storage or retrieval – Information location or remote operator actuated control – Selective addressing of storage medium
Patent
1994-11-30
1996-02-27
Harvey, Jack B.
Dynamic information storage or retrieval
Information location or remote operator actuated control
Selective addressing of storage medium
369 751, 361685, G06F 1300, G11B 3302
Patent
active
054955866
ABSTRACT:
In a computer system using either a memory card or a hard-disk drive (HDD) as an external storage device, a slot formed in a computer body for insertion of the external storage device is used commonly for the memory card and HDD. The HDD has an attachment guide member such that the HDD can be detachably mounted in the computer body through the slot. The HDD has a connector having the same specification standard as an interface connector of a memory card. The HDD is connected to the computer body via the connector for transmission of interface signals.
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Adachi Kensuke
Ogawa Tomihisa
Takizawa Toshimitsu
Harvey Jack B.
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
Sheikh Ayaz R.
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