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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1996
Bruce Michael Cassidy, Boca Raton, FL (US);
S M Islam, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Other;
Abstract
An apparatus for providing identification information to a peripheral device connected to a data processing system via a parallel communications interface cable. The apparatus includes a cable connector for connecting to a cable coupled to the data processing system and a peripheral device connector for connecting to the peripheral device. The cable connector and the peripheral device connector are coupled together to provide communication between the data processing system and the peripheral device. The apparatus also includes means for providing identification information to the connected peripheral device. Such identification information is utilized by the peripheral device to set a device identifier. In one embodiment, device identifiers are set utilizing identification information selected in conjunction with the physical location of the peripheral device. In one embodiment, the apparatus is utilized to connect a SCSI hard disk drive to a data processing system and to provide the SCSI hard disk drive information necessary to set a SCSI device identification number.