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US 4,562,495 AGranted
Multiple system disk
AssigneeVerbatim Corporation
InventorsCharles R. Bond, Ronald M. Sturtevant-Stuart
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AssigneeVerbatim Corporation
InventorsCharles R. Bond, Ronald M. Sturtevant-Stuart
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A multiple system data storage disk adapted for use with more than one type of computer. The disk is specially formatted to include software for each computer. The disk includes four discrete recognition headers, one for each target computer, placed at locations on the disk where each computer expects to being its data loading operation. Each header further includes software directing the computer to step out to a discrete group of data tracks located elsewhere on the disk. Each data track group contains an identical program, written in each target computer's language. The disk is suited to video games for multiple computers. An alternative embodiment of the disk includes a header or headers containing a magnetic signature for copy protection. A disk can be produced with twenty-four such headers, one for each type of computer on the market, which can be mass produced to provide low-cost copy protection for all machines.
A magnetic information storage system comprising
A flexible disk storage medium adapted to be read by more than one type of computer comprising
In a flexible disk magnetic recording medium including a base film substrate layer and a magnetic recording layer having a plurality of concentrically arrayed data tracks, the improvement comprising:
A process for making a flexible magnetic storage medium adapted for use with a plurality of target computers, comprising
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.