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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 06, 1995
Hiroshi Hanabusa, Sagamihara, JP;
Yasuhiro Kotani, Yamato, JP;
Nobuaki Satoh, Machida, JP;
Osamu Yamamoto, Sagamihara, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
According to the present invention, a function can be added to a peripheral apparatus by making a change in only a few parts of a data processing system without making changes regarding hardware in, especially, a system unit nor an interface part between the system unit and the peripheral apparatus. A predetermined control signal, said signal being a signal for causing a peripheral apparatus such as a floppy disk drive to perform a first predetermined operation, is provided to said peripheral apparatus in a predetermined condition in order to cause said peripheral apparatus to perform a second predetermined operation which is different from said first predetermined condition.