Information processing apparatus including means for inquiring o

Details Information processing apparatus including means for inquiring o Information processing apparatus including means for inquiring o

1997-09-29

1999-10-12

Kim, Kenneth S.

Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/

Input/output data processing

Peripheral monitoring

710 15, 710 19, 395115, 345352, G06F 1130

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059648511

ABSTRACT:
There is provided an information processing apparatus having a setting unit for setting an instruction for an inquiry of the capacity of a memory on a data destination side, and a transfer unit for transferring the instruction set by the setting unit to an external apparatus. There is also provided an output apparatus having a memory for storing data received from an external apparatus, and an output unit responsive to a reception of an instruction of an inquiry of the capacity of the memory from the external apparatus, for outputting information of the capacity of the memory to the external apparatus. There is also provided an output apparatus having a plurality of motors driven for an output process or a storage process, and an inhibit unit for inhibiting, when at least one of plurality of motors is driven, the other motors to be driven.

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