System for interfacing an optical disk autochanger to a pluralit

Details System for interfacing an optical disk autochanger to a pluralit System for interfacing an optical disk autochanger to a pluralit

1995-06-08

1997-03-25

Harvey, Jack B.

Dynamic information storage or retrieval

Information location or remote operator actuated control

Selective addressing of storage medium

369 30, G06F 1300, G11B 1722

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056153457

ABSTRACT:
A system for interfacing an optical disk autochanger having a robot and a plurality of disk drives to a host includes a master SCSI bus, a subordinate SCSI bus, a SCSI multiplexer and a move controller. The master SCSI bus is connected to the host. The subordinate SCSI bus is connected to the plurality of disk drives. The multiplexer is connected between the master SCSI bus and the subordinate SCSI bus. The multiplexer transfers communications between the host and a selected disk drive. The move controller receives jukebox control commands from the host and selects the disk drive based on the jukebox control commands.

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