External storage device and method of accessing same

An apparatus having (1) an interface for data exchange from and to an external storage device having a data input, a control input, and a memory to which data and an address are provided from the data input in accordance with a control signal from the control input to store the data at the provided address in the memory, and (2) a connector for connecting the data input and the control input to the interface and supplying power to the external storage device, wherein the apparatus sets the data, the address and a value for control into the interface to provide the control signal to the control input from the interface, and to provide the address and the data to the data input from the interface so that the data is stored at the address in the memory in accordance with the control signal.

An apparatus having (1) an interface for data exchange from and to an external storage device having a data input, a control input, and a memory to which data and an address are provided from the data input in accordance with a control signal from the control input to store the data at the provided address in the memory, and (2) a connector for connecting the data input and the control input to the interface and for supplying power to the external storage device, wherein the apparatus provides the control signal to the control input, and provides the data and part of the address to the data input from the interface to set the part to bits of an address held in the external storage device for modifying the address so that the data is stored at the modified address in the memory.

An apparatus having (1) an interface for data exchange from and to an external storage device having a data input, a control input, and a memory to which data and an address are provided from the data input in accordance with a control signal from the control input to store the data at the provided address in the memory, wherein the memory has a mode in which the data are successively output from the memory, and (2) a connector for connecting the data input and the control input to the interface and supplying power to the external storage device, wherein the apparatus provides the control signal to the control input, and provides the address and the data to the data input from the interface to store the data at the address in the memory, and sets a value into the interface to turn a control status of the memory such that the memory operates in the mode.

An apparatus having (1) an interface for data exchange from and to an external storage device having a data input, a control input, a memory to which data and an address are provided from the data input in accordance with a control signal from the control input to store the data at the provided address in the memory, and a readable port set to a status for identification and control of access to the memory, and (2) a connector for connecting the data input and the control input to the interface and for supplying power to the external storage device, wherein the apparatus reads the status from the interface to identify access of the memory, and provides the control signal to the control input, and provides the address and the data to the data input from the interface to store the data at the address in the memory.