Enabling a docking station for ISA adapters
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Aug 3, 2004
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May 22, 2000
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May 22, 2000
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A docking station system for use with a computer system which includes an externally accessible PC Card interface for transferring signals conforming to the PC Card standard to a docking station enclosure. The docking station enclosure includes a PC Card connector that connects to and passes interface signals between the PC Card interface of the computer system and the docking station enclosure. The docking station enclosure further includes an ISA bus structure conforming to the ISA bus standard. Additionally, the docking station enclosure incorporates conversion logic which is connected to receive signals from the computer system via the PC Card connector, and converts these received signals to signals for operating the ISA bus structure. The computer system includes conversion logic which is connected to receive signals from the docking station enclosure via the PC Card connector, and to convert these signals to system interrupt requests. In this manner, one or more ISA adapters can be utilized in the docking station enclosure to emulate one or more PC Card functions at the PC Card interface.
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