Computer memory back-up with automatic tape positioning
CA 1320271 C · Owner: Tindall, Robert J. · Inventors: Tindall, Robert J.
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The interface apparatus couples a video recording device to the parallel data channel of a computer system and also to the computer video output circuitry so that both, digital information (such as computer programs or data files) and analog information (such as video signals for displaying on a television monitor) may be stored on the same video recording medium. The apparatus permits storage of both digital information and human readable information in a convenient back-to-back relationship. The interface permits the computer video monitor to directly display stored or live video broadcasts, without computer intervention. The invention allows the display of graphic photographic and, …
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- Granted July 13, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended July 13, 2010.
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