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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 11, 1998
Raymund Eisele, Idstein, DE;
Judith Eisele, Idstein, DE;
SmartDisk Corporation, Naples, FL (US);
Abstract
An adapter which can be plugged into a floppy disk drive of a computer can receive a plurality of user insertable and removable memory modules therein and provide access to the memory modules by the computer for reading and/or writing thereto. The adapter has a frame having an exterior form designed to be insertable into a floppy drive and accommodate the plurality of modules. The frame houses interface circuitry for facilitating the transferring of data between the adapter and a read/write head of a floppy disk drive. The adapter provides a plurality of recesses with contacts for coupling with corresponding contacts of memory modules when inserted therein, providing a path for transferring data to and from the modules. The frame may also accommodate a battery and/or a generator/alternator and associated regulator circuitry,(see FIG.,) for supplying current to the adapter circuitry and the memory modules.