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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 12, 1995
Ken Onodera, Yokohama, JP;
Masahiko Murata, Tama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is an address controller, for an external memory device, that neither performs bank switching nor uses the PIC and PID functions, and that operates normally, regardless of in which slot, among a plurality of slots, is loaded an external memory device wherein data that depends on an address is stored. An address controller for external memory devices according to the present invention has the following arrangement. An address controller, for external memory devices, that controls a plurality of slots, in each of which is loaded an external memory device, comprises address space for virtual slots that are equal to or greater than the number of the plurality of slots, means for storing specific address data for the virtual slots in the external memory device, wherein an address for a slot into which the external memory device is inserted is assigned according to the address data for the virtual slots that are stored in the external memory device.