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Abstract

In order that either a disk cartridge 3 housing a disk memory medium 2, such as a flexible magnetic sheet, which is mechanically accessible or a semiconductor cartridge 15A (or 15B) housing a semiconductor memory medium which is statically accessible without any mechanical movement is made usable in a memory device, the memory device is provided with a switching circuit 18 for switching between the disk and semiconductor memory medium control circuits 14 and 16; a discrimination circuit 17 for identifying the type of a memory medium of an inserted disk cartridge; and a device for feeding an output of the discrimination circuit 17 to the switching circuit 18 for effecting automatic switching or a selecting device 29 for controlling the switching circuit 18 according to the memory medium to be used.

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