| Connected | | | | backplane so as to be interconnected with |
| | | | respective ones of the portable drives within |
| Mounted within the chassis is a motherboard | | | | the removable carriers. So as to accommodate |
| commonly referred to as a backplane to which | | | | both the serial and parallel connected |
| the drive carriers are detachably connected. | | | | computer drives. Therefor remains connected |
| In an alternate unit, which eliminates the | | | | to the circuit board at the back wall of the |
| universal receiving frame, the removable | | | | receiving frame. In some cases, however, the |
| carriers are connected to one side of a | | | | peripheral circuit board may be connected to |
| backplane with in the chassis and the | | | | the front of backplane and then coupled to |
| pull-out peripheral circuit boards are | | | | the rear by means of a cable. Depending upon |
| connected to the opposite side. This | | | | how the pull-out peripheral circuit board is |
| invention relates to receptacles by which | | | | interfaced with hardware that is external to |
| different removable carriers having portable | | | | chassis, either a serial-to-serial or a |
| computer drives connected for either serial | | | | serial-to-parallel converter is connected to |
| or parallel operation can be interchangeably | | | | the circuit board which is detachably |
| received within the same chassis or storage | | | | connected to the rear of backplane. The |
| enclosure so as to be interfaced with a host | | | | drive interface connector is in turn, |
| computer without having to make alterations | | | | connected to a male SCA backplane interface |
| to the computer drives or the chassis. | | | | connector that is mounted at the rear of the |
| | | | removable disc drive carrier. In the |
| Accordingly, it would be desirable to enable | | | | installed computer storage assembly, when the |
| different removable computer drive carriers | | | | removable disc drive carrier is received |
| to be interchangeably inserted into the same | | | | within its chassis, the male backplane |
| drive bay of a chassis regardless of whether | | | | interface connector at the rear of carrier is |
| the computer drive is connected for serial or | | | | detachably connected to a complementary |
| parallel operation and without having to make | | | | female SCA backplane interface connector that |
| alteration to the chassis or to the drive. A | | | | is associated with a backplane. |
| printed circuit board that is electrically | | | | |
| connected to the multi-pin connector is | | | | Quick Note: Taking the Nonsense out of |
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| wall of the U-shaped body. In this case, the | | | | |
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| circuit chip that is connected to the circuit | | | | being ripped from your computer. |
| board at the back wall of the universal | | | | |
| receiving frame without requiring space | | | | Chassis |
| consuming wires or cables to be interfaced | | | | |
| with the chassis in which the frame is | | | | However, the number of connectors on |
| located. | | | | backplane and the number of drive carriers |
| | | | connected there to and enclosed by chassis |
| A corresponding plurality of pull-out | | | | are optional and should not regarded as a |
| peripheral circuit boards are detachably,and | | | | limitation of this embodiment. |
| connected to the opposite side of the | | | | |