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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 21, 1995
Takeshi Kondou, Yokohama, JP;
Toshiaki Hirata, Kashiwa, JP;
Kazuo Matsunaga, Chigasaki, JP;
Osamu Takada, Sagamihara, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a computer system which comprises a plurality of input/output devices, an adapter device coupled to the plurality of input/output devices and a main processing unit for supplying an input/output request to each of the plurality of input/output devices through the adapter device. A plurality of input/output commands are respectively issued to the plurality of input/output devices from the main processing unit as one input/output start command. The adapter device specifies to which input/output devices the plurality of input/output commands included in the one input/output start command correspond. Further, the adapter device supplies input/output commands to the specified input/output devices respectively.