JPH08101790A - Information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To considerably improve the operability by automatically confirming the capacity of an external storage means and enabling an operator to execute the next processing after confirmation. CONSTITUTION: When an attachable/detachable storage device, for example, a RAM pack 5 where information is stored is attached, a control part 4 discriminates the storage capacity of the RAM pack 5 to display it on a display part only for a prescribed time at the time of the processing start of the device and switches the display screen of the display part 3 to the processing start screen as another display screen thereafter.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, for example, an information processing apparatus capable of notifying an operator in advance of a storage capacity of an external storage means capable of storing necessary processing information such as an edited document. Is.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, miniaturization of word processors has progressed, and in electronic typewriters, there has been a strong demand for improvement of text editing functions and increase of text storage capacity, and various functions have been added. . In these small word processor models, removable external storage means (hereinafter referred to as "RAM pack") for storing text information was attached to the apparatus, and the text information was stored in this RAM pack. Some text information is corrected and edited, and then the text information is printed out.

Further, these RAM packs can be freely attached / detached, and the edited text information in the processing device can be stored in this R-pack.
It is also possible to store it in the AM pack in advance and print it out by another device, for example.

[0004]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, these RA
M packs of various storage capacities have come to be used, and when transferring the contents of edited text in the device to the RAM pack, the RAM pack having a small storage capacity is overloaded. In some cases, the storage capacity of the RAM pack was exceeded.

Conventionally, in such a case, the shortage of the storage capacity is found only after the transfer, and at that time, the shortage of the storage capacity must be recognized and the necessary processing must be performed here. It was For this reason, there is a drawback that the operation up to that point is completely wasted. Therefore,
As the number of RAM pack types increases, the operator
From now on, it becomes more necessary to know in advance the type of RAM pack to be used, and also to confirm in advance the capacity of the RAM pack.

[0006]

The present invention has been made for the purpose of solving the above-mentioned problems, and is provided with the following structure as one means for achieving this object. That is, an information processing device in which an external storage means for storing information is detachable, and a determination means for determining the storage capacity of the attached external storage means, and a display means for displaying the storage capacity determined by the determination means. And a control means for changing the display screen to another display screen after displaying the storage capacity of the external storage means on the display means for a predetermined time at the start of processing of the apparatus.

The external storage means is, for example, a RAM pack that can be attached to and detached from the apparatus, and the other display screen is, for example, a processing start screen.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, an example of an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. [Structure of this Example (FIGS. 1 and 2)] FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an information processing apparatus as an example of an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is a JIS layout keyboard input section,
For example, a "character key" K1, a "space key" K2, a "return key" K3 and the like are included. Reference numeral 2 denotes a printing unit that prints text information and the like, and is composed of, for example, a thermal transfer printer or the like. A display unit 3 includes a liquid crystal display that displays, for example, 10-digit character information. In addition, the display unit 3 is provided with a character generator (CG) 3a. Reference numeral 4 denotes a control unit for controlling the overall control of this embodiment and for operating each unit. The control unit 4 includes a ROM 4a for storing processing procedures shown in FIG.

Reference numeral 5 denotes the text editing information and the printing unit 2 in this example.
Random access memory (hereinafter referred to as “RAM”) that stores (stores) various information such as print information in the
Called. ) And a RAM backup battery. A in RAM pack 5
And B indicate two types of RAM packs, and the RAM packs A and B have different storage capacities. "A" in the RAM pack A and "a" or "b" in the RAM pack B are check areas (areas not used for storing data) provided for each unit of a predetermined storage capacity. The check areas are provided at addresses "a" and "b", respectively.

Reference numeral 6 is a connecting portion for mounting the RAM pack 5 on the apparatus of this embodiment, and has a function of reporting to the control portion 4 when the RAM pack 5 is mounted. R
To attach the AM pack 5 to this example, as shown in FIG.
This is performed by inserting the RAM pack insertion opening 6a of the connection portion 6 of the present device by hand to the back. 7 is a timer circuit.

[Operation of this Example (FIGS. 3 and 4)] The operation of this example having the above configuration will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, in step S1, it is checked whether or not the RAM pack 5 is attached to the main body (the main body of the apparatus of this example). If the RAM pack 5 is not installed, the process waits until the RAM pack 5 is installed. RAM by the method shown in FIG.
When the pack 5 is attached, the step S1 is changed to the step S2
To the address "a" of the installed RAM pack 5.
A write / read check is performed to determine whether predetermined data is read from the address.

After that, in step S3, it is determined whether or not it is possible. If the writing / reading is impossible, that is, if the written data and the read data do not match, an error message is displayed on the display unit 3 in step S4. This means that if the RAM pack 5 is normal, writing / reading of the address “a” is possible even with the minimum storage capacity, and the writing / reading of the address “a” is impossible in the RAM pack 5. This is because it is defective. An example of displaying an error on the display unit 3 is shown in FIG. Then, the process proceeds to step S8.

On the other hand, if the writing / reading to the address "a" is normal in step S3, the process proceeds to step S5 to perform the writing / reading check to the address "b" of the RAM pack 5. Then, in step S6, step S
Similar to step 3, it is determined whether writing / reading is normally performed. Here, for example, in the RAM pack A of the RAM pack 5 shown in FIG. 1, there is no capacity up to the “b” address. Therefore, writing / reading is impossible, and the process proceeds to step S7. In step S7, the RAM pack 5 has a capacity up to the "a" address, for example, RAM if the capacity up to the "a" address is 8 Kbytes (BYTE).
"8K BYTE", which is the capacity of the pack 5, is displayed on the display unit 3, and the process proceeds to step S9. An example of display in step S7 is shown in FIG.

In step S6, the case where the writing / reading check for the "b" address is possible is the case of the B RAM pack of the RAM pack 5 shown in FIG. 1. For example, the capacity up to the "b" address is 16 Kbytes. In the case of (BYTE), "16K BYTE" which is the capacity of the mounted RAM pack 5 is displayed on the display unit 3, and the process proceeds to step S9. An example of the display on the display unit 3 in step S8 is shown in FIG.
(C) of FIG.

The RAM pack 5 has two kinds of capacities, but the capacity is not limited to this. By setting a larger number of check areas and performing write / read check on each check area, More types of R
The capacity of the AM pack 5 can be displayed. Next, in step S9, "character key" K1, "space key" K2, "return key" K from the keyboard input unit 1
3. Wait for the input of pressing the other control key (not shown). When there is a control key input, the process proceeds from step S9 to step S10, the display contents previously displayed on the display unit are erased, and the process corresponding to the key pressed and input is executed at the subsequent step S11. For example, when the "character key" is pressed and input, the input processing of the character is executed, and when other control keys are used, the respective control operations are executed.

In the above description, the storage capacity of the RAM pack 5 is displayed until there is a key input from the keyboard unit 1. However, the timer circuit 7 is started at the start of the display to start the clocking, and it is set in advance. After a lapse of a predetermined time, the control unit 4 is informed, and after a lapse of a set period of the timer circuit 7, RA
The display of the M pack 5 may be changed to another display, for example, a start screen display. As described above, according to this example, R
When the AM pack 5 is mounted, the capacity of the mounted RAM pack is displayed on the display unit, so that it is possible to immediately know whether or not the RAM pack suitable for the next process is properly mounted. It is possible to recognize the storage capacity of the mounted RAM pack also in the processing operation.

The present invention may be applied to a system composed of a plurality of devices or an apparatus composed of a single device. Needless to say, the present invention can be applied to a case where the present invention is implemented by supplying a program to a system or an apparatus. In this case, the storage medium storing the program according to the present invention constitutes the present invention. Then, by reading the program from the storage medium to a system or an apparatus, the system or the apparatus operates in a predetermined manner.

[0018]

As described above, according to the present invention, after the capacity of the external storage means is displayed for a predetermined time, the capacity of the external storage means is confirmed by changing the display screen to another display screen. The operator can execute the following processing, which greatly improves the operability.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of an embodiment of the invention according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a main external configuration diagram showing mounting of a RAM pack of this example.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a control procedure of this example.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display example on a display unit of this example.

[Description of sign]

 1 Keyboard input part 2 Printing part 3 Display part 4 Control part 5 RAM pack 6 Connection part K1 Character key K2 Space key K3 Return key

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An information processing device to which an external storage means for storing information is attachable / detachable, wherein the determining means determines the storage capacity of the mounted external storage means, and the storage capacity determined by the determining means is displayed. An information processing apparatus comprising: display means; and control means for changing the display screen to another display screen after the storage capacity of the external storage means is displayed on the display means for a predetermined time at the start of processing of the device. . 2. A RAM in which external storage means can be attached to and detached from the apparatus.
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus is a pack. 3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the other display screen is a processing start screen.