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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 1989
Filed:
Apr. 07, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jan A Markvoort, Eindhoven, NL;
Adrianus J Van Alphen, Eindhoven, NL;
Marinus J Monen, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Assignee:
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
369 32 ; 369 52 ; 371 38 ; 364900 ;
Abstract
A drive apparatus for an optical disc read system. An interface is provided to a host controller for reading out data on a compact disc. The read out data is converted from parallel to serial format, and transmitted with a clock stream to the host controller. Host controller commands are transmitted to the drive apparatus which recognizes the command as either allowable or non-allowable. The interface provides signalling to the host controller of drive error conditions, spin up/non-spin up conditions, and non-allowable command situations for the controller.