JPH036643A - Floppy disk device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To read and write data out of and into a terminal equipment, a word processor, etc., by adding a memory having the same capacity as a floppy disk medium into a floppy disk device and storing temporarily the data on a floppy disk into the memory. CONSTITUTION:A memory 104 having the same capacity as a floppy disk medium is used to store temporarily the data contained in the floppy disk medium. Then the contents of the floppy disk medium are automatically transferred to the memory 104 via a controller 110 when the floppy disk medium is inserted into a drive unit 102 in an extension mode. When the contents of the floppy disk medium are completely transferred to the memory 104, a terminal equipment, a word processor 200, etc., can have accesses to a floppy disk device 100. As a result, the data can be read and written out of and into the terminal equipment, the processor 200, etc., at a high speed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a floppy disk device that is an auxiliary storage device, and particularly to a floppy disk device that can read and write data at high speed.

[Conventional technology]

A conventional floppy disk device writes data sent from a terminal device, word processor, etc. onto a floppy disk medium each time, and reads data from a 70-floppy disk medium each time and sends the data to the terminal device or word processor.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The above-mentioned conventional floppy disk device has a mechanism that sequentially reads and writes data to a floppy disk medium, so when data is frequently read from and written to a 70 floppy disk medium, It has the disadvantage that it takes a long time.

An object of the present invention is to significantly reduce the processing time when data is frequently read from/written to a floppy disk medium.

[Means to solve the problem]

) The 70-bit disk device of the present invention is a floppy disk device used as an auxiliary storage device for terminal devices, word processors, etc., which has an internal memory of the same capacity as a floppy disk medium, and stores data on the floppy disk medium in the memory. A floppy disk device characterized in that by temporarily storing data, data can be read/written to/from the terminal device, word processor, etc. at high speed.

〔Example〕

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a floppy disk device of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the floppy disk device 100 of this embodiment includes an I10 interface unit 101 that receives and sends data from a terminal device, word processor, etc. A drive unit 102 that reads/writes data, a drive lock mechanism 103 that prevents the floppy disk medium from being accidentally removed while the drive unit is in operation, and a floppy disk medium that temporarily stores data in the floppy disk medium. A memory 104 with the same capacity as the above, a memory backup power supply 105 to prevent data in the memory from being erased unexpectedly, a mode lamp 106 that indicates the current operating mode, and a mode selector 107 that switches the operating mode of the device. , eject button 1 for ejecting the floppy disk medium from the drive unit 102
08, a cancel button 109 that prevents data from being returned to the floppy disk medium when ejecting it, and a controller 110 that manages the overall flow.

Next, the operation of the floppy disk device of this embodiment configured as described above will be explained. Floppy disk device 1
00 has two operation modes, switching between them is performed by a mode selector 107, and a mode lamp 10.
Displayed by 6. There are two operating modes: a normal mode that operates in the same way as a normal floppy disk device, and an extended mode that operates according to the present invention using the memory 104.
Has a type. The operation in extended mode will be described below.

In the extended mode, all data writing/reading is performed to/from memory. When a 70 floppy disk medium is inserted into drive unit 102 in extended mode, the contents of the floppy disk medium are automatically transferred to memory 104 by controller 110 . This memory 104 is provided with a memory backup power supply mechanism 105 in case of unexpected power cut-off or power outage. When all the contents of the floppy disk medium are transferred to the memory 104, the terminal device, word processor, etc. 200 transfers the contents to the floppy disk device 10.
0 can be accessed. At this point, data exchange with the terminal device, word processor, etc. 200 is performed with respect to the memory 104, so that high-speed reading/writing can be performed.

When the eject button 108 is pressed, the controller 11
0, the contents of memory 104 are automatically transferred to the 70p disk medium. Furthermore, by simultaneously pressing the cancel button 109 at this time, it is also possible not to transfer the contents of the memory 104 to the floppy disk medium. This function can be used, for example, to recover documents that have been accidentally deleted using a word processor. In addition, the contents of the floppy disk medium can be stored in memory 10.
4 or when the contents of the memory 104 are being transferred to a floppy disk medium, the drive lock mechanism 103
is provided to lock the drive unit 102 to prevent the floppy disk medium from being accidentally removed.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, the floppy disk device of the present invention is a floppy disk device used as an auxiliary storage device for terminal devices, word processors, etc., and has a memory of the same capacity as the floppy disk medium inside the floppy disk device. In addition to temporarily storing data on a floppy disk in memory, the present invention has the advantage that data can be read/written to/from a terminal device, word processor, etc. at high speed.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a floppy disk device of the present invention. 100... Floppy disk device, 200.
...terminal devices, word processors, etc. 101...
...I10 interface section, 102...
Drive unit, 103... Drive lock mechanism, 104... Memory, 105...
Memory backup power supply unit, 106...Mode lamp, 107.Old...Mode selector, 108...
...Eject button, 109...Cancel button, 110...Controller.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A floppy disk device used as an auxiliary storage device for terminal devices, word processors, etc., has an internal memory with the same capacity as the floppy disk medium, and temporarily stores data on the floppy disk medium in the memory. A floppy disk device characterized in that data can be read/written to/from the terminal device, word processor, etc. at high speed.