US 2002/0166010 A1 · Modular computer system and method

Abstract

A computer system includes a primary chassis and a secondary chassis. The computer system further includes a primary device having a bus for carrying electrical signals and an external device having a bus for carrying electrical signals. The primary device is disposed in a primary chassis and the external device is disposed in the secondary chassis. The external device is directly electrically interconnected with the primary device so that the electrical signals carried on the primary device bus are transmitted to the secondary bus and the electrical signals carried on the external device bus are transmitted to the primary device bus. A method capable of sharing electrical signals includes transmitting a first electrical signal over a bus of a primary device disposed in a primary chassis and receiving the first electrical signal over a bus of an external device disposed in a secondary chassis.

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Dependent claims

A computer system, comprising:

a primary chassis;
a primary device having a bus for carrying electrical signals, wherein the primary device is disposed in the primary chassis;
a secondary chassis;
and
an external device having a bus for carrying electrical signals, wherein the external device is disposed in the secondary chassis and the external device bus is directly electrically interconnected with the primary device bus so that the electrical signals carried on the primary device bus are transmitted to the external device bus and the electrical signals carried on the external device bus are transmitted to the primary device bus.

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A method capable of sharing electrical signals, comprising:

transmitting a first electrical signal over a bus of a primary device disposed in a primary chassis;
receiving the first electrical signal over a bus of an external device disposed in a secondary chassis;
transmitting a second electrical signal over the bus of the external device disposed in the secondary chassis;
and
receiving the second electrical signal over the bus of the primary device disposed in the primary chassis.

2 more elements

A computer system, comprising:

means for transmitting a first electrical signal over a bus of a primary device disposed in a primary chassis;
means for receiving the first electrical signal over a bus of an external device disposed in a secondary chassis;
means for transmitting a second electrical signal over the bus of the external device disposed in the secondary chassis;
and
means for receiving the second electrical signal over the bus of the primary device disposed in the primary chassis.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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