Title:
AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF HOST BUS PROTOCOL
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2002010901
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A data storage memory has an interface for communications between host computers which communicate over buses with different protocols. The interface detects the protocol of communications from the host computer and changes to match the protocol of the bus. Status registers are read by the host computer to determine the status of the communication between the host and the drive. If repeated reads of the status register are made the interface changes the protocol of the host.
Inventors:
REIMANN MARK
Application Number:
PCT/US2001/041401
Publication Date:
February 27, 2003
Filing Date:
July 25, 2001
Export Citation:
Assignee:
IOMEGA CORP (US)
International Classes:
G06F3/06; G06F13/38; (IPC1-7): G06F3/06; G06F13/38
Foreign References:
| FR2787603A1 | 2000-06-23 | |||
| US5613096A | 1997-03-18 |
Other References:
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 1999, no. 02 26 February 1999 (1999-02-26)
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