JPH02189785A - Retrieval control system for assembled floppy disk - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To avoid destruction of floppy information and floppy setting or the like for a data processing object and to reduce the time till floppy setting by storing a floppy into a containing rack so as to attain retrieval device setting for the floppy automatically with the operation of a keyboard and a display device. CONSTITUTION:The system is provided with a display device 1, a CPU 2, and a keyboard 3 and when a floppy is contained in a floppy containing rack 7, the CPU 2 informs the rack position to an address identification device 4 to set the rack position in a floppy management table. Then the address identification device 4 according to the address inputted from the keyboard 3 identifies the address corresponding to the floppy contained in the floppy containing rack 7, indicates the rack position of the floppy designated to the floppy extraction device 6 and gives an extraction command. The floppy extraction device 6 extracts the commanded floppy from the rack 7 and inserts and sets it to a floppy input and output device 5. Thus, care about damage of data, rewrite of label and waste of retrieval job time are avoided.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a search control method for a set of floppy disks, and more particularly to a search control method for a set of floppy disks for storing and searching floppy disks when using an electronic computer. .

[Conventional technology]

Traditionally, a large number of floppy disks containing a variety of data used in this type of computer are stored by the user, but in order to retrieve the necessary floppy disk, the accuracy of the floppy label, search time, and appropriate storage are important. Such work was required.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

With the conventional floppy disks mentioned above, the user stores the floppy disks, and in order to retrieve the necessary floppy disks, it is necessary to properly store the floppy disks, clearly indicate the contents on a floppy label, etc., and write down any changes to the contents. Replacement (or replacement) work is required, and there is a risk of data damage.

This method has the disadvantage of wasting time in rewriting labels and searching.

[Means to solve the problem]

The collective floppy disk search control method of the present invention is used in an electronic computer using floppy disks, which includes a floppy storage rack for storing a large number of floppy disks, and a floppy management table that associates addresses with floppy rack positions. and an address identification device for searching for a floppy disk.

〔Example〕

Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, one embodiment of the present invention is an electronic computer system having a display 1, a CPU 2, and a keyboard 3.
An address identification device 4 and a floppy input/output device 5 connected to U2, a floppy ejecting device 6 connected to the address identifying device 4, and a floppy storage rack 7 connected to the floppy input/output device 5 and the floppy ejecting device 6.
It is configured so that when the key of the required floppy disk is entered from the keyboard, the floppy disk is searched for using the address and is automatically set.

The address identification device 4 identifies the address corresponding to the floppy stored in the floppy storage rack 7 according to the address input from the keyboard 3, indicates the rack position of the specified floppy to the floppy ejecting device 6, and gives an ejecting instruction. .

The floppy take-out device 6 takes out the instructed floppy from the rack 7, uses the take-out arm to take out the floppy from the storage rack, and inserts it into the floppy input/output device 5.

FIG. 2 shows a situation in which the contents of the floppy management table in the address identification device are automatically set/updated when a floppy is stored in the floppy storage rack.

First, when a floppy is stored in the floppy storage rack 7, the rack position is communicated to the address identification device 4, and the rack position in the floppy management table 4a is determined by the vertical column number (m
) and horizontal row number (n).

After that, instructions are given to the floppy ejecting device 6 for the floppy disks inserted in all the storage racks 7, and the floppy output device 5 is set to read the volume name, and the volume name is also set as the volume name in the floppy management table. Let it be set.

When a floppy is manually taken out from the floppy storage rack 7, this information for that floppy is deleted. As a result, when a floppy is stored or taken out from the floppy storage rack 7, information regarding this is automatically set in the floppy management table 4a.

The volume name on the floppy management table 4a is displayed on the display during a floppy search, and is used as reference information for the operator.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention allows you to store floppies in a storage rack and automatically set the floppy search device by operating the keyboard and display. This eliminates the need to insert a floppy into the floppy disk, which prevents the destruction of floppy information due to improper storage of the floppy.
This eliminates the need for floppy settings for data processing, and has the effect of shortening the time required to set up the floppy disks.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an entire embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a situation in which the contents of a floppy management table are automatically set/updated in an embodiment of the present invention. 1... Display device (display), 2... Central control processing unit (CPU), 3... Input device (keyboard)
, 4... address identification device, 4a... floppy management table, 5... floppy input/output device, 6...
Floppy ejector, 7... Floppy storage rack.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In electronic computers that use floppy disks,
Equipped with a floppy storage rack that stores a large number of floppy disks, and an address identification device that has a floppy management table that associates addresses with floppy rack positions and searches for floppy disks to be used, floppy management can be performed using addresses from a computer. A search control method for a group of floppy disks, characterized in that a table is operated to search for a floppy rack position, and a floppy disk is taken out based on this rack position.