| 摘要 |
Method and apparatus is described for inter-connecting a plurality of computers (10) and peripheral units (32) using radio transceiver devices (12) incorporated into the separate units to establish radio links therebetween wherein each transceiver device incorporates a processor and a configuration memory (18) and an identification information is stored in each memory so that only units having appropriate identifiers can communicate with one another. In systems where only one peripheral (32) is to be accessed by two or more computers (10), the configuration memory (18) of the printer (32) may incorporate all of the identifiers of the computers which are entitled to communicate therewith and the latter are continually monitored to determine whether a data highway is to be established between any one of them and the printer. The peripheral unit (32) may incorporate multiple radio receiver channels and a memory means to store data thus allowing more than one radio link to be established at the same time, the peripheral unit operating by sequentially accessing the data stored in the memory meaans of its own inter-connecting unit. The radio transceivers are conveniently incorporated within plugs adapted to be fitted into interface ports fitted as standard to computers and computer peripheral units. |
