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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 08, 1998
Kenji Soji, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Tadami Sugawara, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording and reproducing device of the invention comprises a first connector having a plurality of contacts and gate circuits for receiving signals from a computer body. The first connector is connected to the computer body and also to a second connector having a plurality of contacts. The second connector has first contacts grounded on the computer body side and a second contact to which a signal from the computer body is not supplied. The first connector has third contacts connected to the gate circuits and a fourth contact which is connected to the second contact in a first connecting state and is connected to the first contact in a second connecting state. The fourth contact is connected to the control terminals of the gate circuits.