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Apparatus for connecting data processing equipment to a communication network

  • US 4,868,863 A
  • Filed: 09/29/1988
  • Issued: 09/19/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Apparatus for connecting data processing equipment to a communication network, said apparatus including circuits for transmitting/or receiving signals between the data processing equipment and the communications network, and a digital processing means (23) for controlling the operation of said transmitting/receiving circuits in accordance with control code stored in a control store (24), and means (4) for coupling said apparatus to the network, characterised in that said apparatus includes common hardware for a range of different network standards, in that said coupling means contains an electrically readable identifier for identifying a particular comunication network which is to connected to said apparatus, and in that said apparatus is configured to the standard said particular network when said coupling means is connected to said apparatus.

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