Patent ID: 6230232
Filing Date: 2001-05-08
Classification: A63F,G06F

Abstract:
An information processing system comprising at least two different kinds of storage devices and an information processing unit having at least a first slot and a second slot for attaching each of the storage devices thereto individually, wherein said information processing system is operable to access both of said storage devices when both of said storage devices are inserted in their respective slots simultaneously, and further whereinsaid at least two different kinds of storage devices includes at least:a first storage device used by being inserted to said first slot to store data including at least one of program data, image data and audio data in digital form; anda second storage device, in which data is stored in a different way from said first storage device, used by being inserted to said second slot to store data including at least one of program data, image data and audio data in digital form,said information processing unit includes:a detector which detects whether said first storage device is attached to said first slot and whether said second storage device is attached to said second slot; anda processor which performs predetermined information processing on a basis of the program data stored in said first storage device or said second storage device which is inserted to said first slot or said second slot respectively when said detector detects that the first storage device or the second storage device is inserted to the first slot or the second slot respectively; andwhich processor starts the information processing on the basis of the program data stored in said first storage device when said detector detects that said first storage device is inserted to said first slot and that said second storage device is inserted to said second slot.