An apparatus and method for exclusively binding data to a data processing system.
The logical binding apparatus of the present invention includes a detachable circuit
device mounted within a system planar. Data to be bound within the system planar
is stored in a memory device within the detachable circuit device. A battery signal
is applied from the system planar to a binding pin on the detachable circuit device,
wherein the binding pin is applied to the input of a binding latch. The binding
latch remains in a reset state while the battery signal is applied. Upon removal
of said binding signal from the binding pin, the binding latch is set thus signaling
a processing unit within the detachable circuit device to remove the data from
the memory device.
