[45] Date of Patent: Jun. 11, 1985
[54] HAND-HELD PROCESSOR WITH
TWO-WAY DIALOG BETWEEN
MICROPROCESSOR IN CASE AND
MICROPROCESSOR ON CARRIER
INSERTABLE INTO CASING SLOT
[75] Inventors: Michel Ugon, Maurepas; Jean-Pierre Nonat, Maule, both of France
[73] Assignee: Compagnie Internationale pour
l'lnformatique Cii-Honeywell Bull,
Paris, France
[21] Appl. No.: 648,607
[22] Filed: Sep. 7,1984
Related U.S. Application Data
[63] Continuation of Ser. No. 546,588, Oct. 28, 1983, abandoned, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 262,606, May 11, 1981, abandoned.
[30] Foreign Application Priority Data
May 30, 1980 [FR] France 80 012109
[51] Int. C1.3 G06F 15/16; G06F 3/00
[52] U.S. CI 364/900; 364/709;
235/380; 235/492
[58] Field of Search ... 364/200 MS File, 900 MS File, 364/704, 708, 709, 706; 235/379-381, 492, 382
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Primary Examiner—Raulfe B. Zache
Assistant Examiner—A. E. Williams, Jr.
Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Kerkam, Stowell, Kondracki
& Clarke
[57] ABSTRACT
A portable hand-held machine Ml includes a keyboard M4, a display screen M5, a microprocessor, and a memory. The machine includes a receptacle M2, and a connector M6 to enable connection to at least one removable carrier M3 comprising a memory associated with a microprocessor M8. Circuits are provided for establishing a dialog between the machine Ml and the removable carrier M3.
9 Claims, 13 Drawing Figures
