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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1996
Dwayne Thomas Crump, Apex, NC (US);
James A Heaney, Durham, NC (US);
Chris Alan Nevitt, Raleigh, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a method for transferring data between at least one direct access storage device in a media console and devices in a system unit. The system unit is separate from the media console and includes a microprocessor coupled to a local bus and an expansion bus. An electrical connector having one end coupled to the media console and another end coupled to the system unit is used for electrically connecting device(s) in the console to devices in the system unit. The method includes the steps of monitoring the expansion bus with a first interface in the system unit to determine when a bus cycle initiated by a device in the system unit is directed to the direct access storage device and transferring data from the expansion bus to the direct access storage device via the electrical connector and a second interface in the console when a bus cycle is directed to the direct access storage device.