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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 1979
Filed:
Jan. 06, 1977
Max A Bouknecht, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Louis P Vergari, Palm Springs, FL (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
In a data processing system which includes a base central processing unit, channel, and input/output (I/O) interface to which peripheral devices may be attached, a special attachment is disclosed. The attachment made to the base I/O interface includes connector circuitry which is required when the signals on the input/output interface must be repowered to peripheral devices in an expansion input/output unit, power isolation must be provided between a base data processing system and I/O expansion unit, or a remote peripheral device is to be attached to the base data processing system I/O interface. The connector circuit includes logic which responds to the normal I/O interface signals to energize drivers in the connector circuit to achieve repowering of signals on bidirectional signal lines and unidirectional signal lines.