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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 1988
Filed:
Jun. 28, 1984
Ronald R Johnson, Shorewood, MN (US);
Robert J Kirscht, Hopkins, MN (US);
David C Burns, Long Lake, MN (US);
Information Exchange Systems, Inc., Shorewood, MN (US);
Abstract
A system for facilitating the mass duplication of flexible diskettes of the type used to store programs and related data for use with word processors, computer systems, etc. A microprocessor-controlled base station, including a Kopy Module and two associated manual modules, is coupled by means of a daisy-chained bidirectional data Way to a plurality of slave stations. The Kopy Module may be used to store a plurality of possible diskette formats as well as operator-introduced copy and duplicating instructions. Blank diskettes are fed into the slaves and the blank diskettes are formatted in accordance with information supplied by the master. An especially designed translator contained within the Kopy Module allows diskettes bearing all of the commonly used data encoding techniques to be replicated. In another mode of operation, diskettes with unknown formats are analyzed, deciphered and stored for later use.