Appeal No. 1998-1469 Application No. 08/351,045 first and second buffer means commonly connected to said data strobe means for receiving said reproduction signal from said data strobe means during both a recording mode and a reproduction mode of said device, said first and second buffer means alternately enabling transmission of said reproduction signal based on operating modes of said device comprised of said recording mode and said reproduction mode, said first buffer means enabling transmission of said reproduction signal during said recording mode, said second buffer means enabling transmission of said reproduction signal to said external system as said second data during said reproduction mode; and comparing unit means connected to said first buffer means, for comparing said reproduction signal received from said first buffer means with said converted data stored in said second memory means during said recording mode of said device to detect data errors recorded on the magnetic tape; said controller means correcting said data errors by sequentially enabling: transmission of said first data from said first memory means to said digital signal processing means for conversion of said first data into said converted data conforming to said digital audio tape recorder format, transmission of said converted data to said recording amplifier means for generation of said amplified data, and transmission of said amplified data to said rotational head for re-recording of said amplified data onto the magnetic tape. The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are: Taylor 3,863,228 Jan. 28, 1975 Yokogawa et al. (Yokogawa) 4,860,271 Aug. 22, 1989 Ichijo et al. (Ichijo) 5,267,100 Nov. 30, 1993 -3-Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007