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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hyung-Jun Kim, Suwon, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/300 ; G06F 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/300 ; G06F 9/00 ;
Abstract
A portable computer having two peripheral bays conforming to integrated drive electronics standard interface. A peripheral in one bay is always recognized as a master device and not a slave device. A peripheral in the other bay is recognized as a slave only when the first bay is occupied by a peripheral. This way, the situation never arises where there is a slave device without a master peripheral device. The bays may reside in the portable computer main body or in a docking station. A circuit can sense the presence or the absence of peripherals in the bays to thus prevent the situation of a slave peripheral being present when there is no master device.