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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 1993
Filed:
Feb. 24, 1992
Bernard-Edmund Hellwig, Germering, DE;
Dieter Schmalzl, Augsburg, DE;
Abstract
A modular mainframe computer system having functional units separately housed in respective cabinets aligned in at least one row to form one central unit, the central unit having a central processor cabinet at one end of the row in which is housed at least one central processor, the central, processor having an interconnection portion in assembly therewith, the control processor being so positioned at a backside of the central processor cabinet that the interconnection portion projects outwardly from the central processor cabinet perpendicularly to the row thereby leaving a free space within a front interior section of the central processor cabinet within which can be received the interconnect portion of another central processor of another central unit oriented perpendicularly to the control unit of concern. Ultimately, four such central units can be joined in a cruciform or pinwheel configuration.