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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yoshiyuki Kato, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yasuhiro Kinoshita, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Daisuki Nagai, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Masanori Matsunaga, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/310 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/310 ;
Abstract
A CD-ROM apparatus is provided with an IDE-BUS interface and an ISA-BUS interface and a switching circuit for switching there between. In another embodiment invention is provided to simplify building a personal computer having a CD-ROM apparatus as an external memory and using an IDE-BUS I/F for connecting to the CD-ROM apparatus. Thus a hard disk unit is connected to a master partition of the IDE-BUS I/F of the personal computer, and the CD-ROM apparatus is connected to a slave partition of the IDE-BUS interface.