OFFICE SYSTEM COMPRISING TERMINALS, A DATA PROCESSOR AND PERIPHERAL APPARATUSES AND A SWITCHING DEVICE FOR MASS DATA TRANSPORT BETWEEN THE PERIPHERAL APPARATUSES AND A SWITCHING DEVICE FOR USE IN SUCH AN OFFICE SYSTEM

摘要

For the updating of document-wise organized information an office system comprises a number of auxiliary apparatuses (20-38) for the recording, filing and outputting of such information. Also present are a processor (52) with terminals (68, 70, 72), peripheral apparatuses (74, 78) and a data bus (67). For the fast execution of mass data transport between the auxiliary apparatuses there is provided a switching device (40) which comprises a number of parallel data highways (42, 44). Each auxiliary apparatus is connected to the switching module by means of its own switching module (106) in order that it can be connected to either the data bus or, via one of the data highways, to another auxiliary apparatus.