Patent ID: 6340117
Filing Date: 2002-01-22
Classification: G06F,G06K,G11B,G11C

Abstract:
For use with a computer having a magnetic media receiving station and a processing system for executing an operating system program for controlling said magnetic media, wherein a magnetic media emulating data transfer device may be inserted into a magnetic media receiving station of said computer, said data transfer device having a frame that can be inserted into a magnetic media reading station of said computer and including a solid state memory, digital processing circuitry, and an interface for transferring data to said computer via said magnetic media receiving station, a method for controlling the accessing of information from said solid state memory comprising the steps of:responding to a call from the computer magnetic media operating system for accessing an identified sector of a magnetic media and generating a request to access the solid state memory; processing information indicative of said identified sector to convert said information indicative of an identified sector to access into block information; and generating solid state memory address information using said block information.