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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 20, 1995
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
There is disclosed a control unit of a computer system comprising a volatile storing device for holding written data while the power is on, a non-volatile storing device for holding the written data even when the power is off, and a power-off preserving device for powering off after transferring the data held in the volatile storing device to the non-volatile storing device. The control unit of the computer system further comprising a power-on resuming device for returning the data held in the non-volatile storing device to the volatile storing device. There is also disclosed a control unit of a computer system comprising a non-resumable condition judging device for judging whether the status of the computer system meets the process non resumable condition or not when the powering off operation is directed, and a non-resumable condition informing device for informing the user that the status has been judged to meet the condition.