PERSONAL COMPUTER INTERCONNECTION SYSTEM EMPLOYING MASTER PERSONAL COMPUTER AND SLAVE PERSONAL COMPUTER

摘要

PURPOSE:To build up the entire system comprising slave personal computers with simple and low cost configuration by integrating a system control function to a master personal computer. CONSTITUTION:A master personal computer 2 is provided with a data conversion, storage and generating control function as its own station being an off-line function, an MMI control function 22 for own station connection I/O, a counter- host control function 23 being an on-line function and a local bus control function 21 between a 1st slave personal computer 3-1 to an n-th slave personal computer 3-n. Moreover, only an MMI control function 312 for own station connection I/O is provided to the 1st slave personal computer 3-1 to the n-th slave personal computer 3-n. A data stored in a memory 24 of the master personal computer 2 is sent to a slave personal computer 3-1 and outputted to I/O 31a, 31b via a local bus control section 311 and the MMI control section 312.