Patent References 3286239 3321747 3801963 3810116 3859638 3916390 Apparatus for transferring data from a volatile main memory to a store unit upon the occurrence of an electrical supply failure in a data processing system Volatile memory support system Configuration and control unit for a heterogeneous multi-system Protection circuit to minimize the effects of power line interruptions on the contents of a volatile electronic memory InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 06/134246 filed on 03/26/1980US Classes:711/162, Backup365/228, Data preservation714/22With power supply status monitoringExaminersPrimary: Shaw, Gareth D.Assistant: Chan, Eddie P. Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG06F 11/14 (20060101)AbstractA system for preserving data associated with a memory unit having a volatile section and a non-volatile section. The system controls the transfer of data between the volatile and non-volatile sections of the memory unit and also handles successive impending power fail signals so as to preserve data such as transaction totals, for example, and also includes a control means to enable the system to return to a processing point at which the first of the impending power fail signals occurred, thereby avoiding reconstruction of an aborted transaction, for example.Other References
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