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An expansion chassis which enables a personal computer to have increased memory capacity. The chassis encloses a removable wiring bracket that carries an external computer memory (e.g. a conventional disk drive, tape drive and the like). When the wiring bracket is removably received through a window

An expansion chassis which enables a personal computer to have increased memory capacity. The chassis encloses a removable wiring bracket that carries an external computer memory (e.g. a conventional disk drive, tape drive and the like). When the wiring bracket is removably received through a window at the front of the expansion chassis, a first electrical connector mounted on the wiring bracket is detachably mated to a second electrical connector mounted on the front of the expansion chassis adjacent the window thereof so as to complete an electrical circuit between the external computer memory and the expansion chassis. A position variable switch is also mounted on the expansion chassis adjacent the window so as to quickly and conveniently assign a particular predetermined address to the external computer memory corresponding to the position to which the variable position switch has been set.

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[ I claim:] [1.] In combination:an expansion chassis to be electrically connected to a computer to increase the memory capacity of the computer, said expansion chassis having a front wall, a rear wall, a window formed through said front wall, and a first electrical connector mounted on said front wa

[ I claim:] [1.] In combination:an expansion chassis to be electrically connected to a computer to increase the memory capacity of the computer, said expansion chassis having a front wall, a rear wall, a window formed through said front wall, and a first electrical connector mounted on said front wall adjacent said window; anda wiring bracket on which an external computer memory is carried, said wiring bracket being removably received through said window in said expansion chassis for receipt therewithin so that said computer memory is coupled to said expansion chassis,said expansion chassis having support means by which to slidably receive said wiring bracket and support said external computer memory when said wiring bracket is moved through said window, andsaid wiring bracket including at least one blocking flange positioned so as to engage the front wall of said expansion chassis when said wiring bracket is removably received through said window to limit the movement of said wiring bracket inwardly of said expansion chassis and a second electrical connector carried by said blocking flange, said first and second electrical connectors being detachably mated together to complete an electrical circuit between the external computer memory of said wiring bracket and said expansion chassis when said wiring bracket is removably received through said window.