Title :
The MD 122 dual 3 Mbyte flexible disk drive
Author_Institution :
Burroughs Machines Ltd., Glenrothes, Scotland
fDate :
7/1/1981 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The dual 3Mbyte flexible disk drive provides 6 Mbyte of formatted data storage in a compact package designed for in-built use. The two disks may be inserted or removed independently and share a common double ended spindle. A common actuator is used to position the four recording heads. High areal recording density is achieved using advanced technology recording heads and media in association with a microprocesor controlled environmentally compensated servo positioner. The drive incorporates an intelligent controller which provides sophisticated data handling functions and controls the drive in such a manner that the interface to the host is free of drive dependant parameters.
Keywords :
Magnetic disk recording; Costs; Data handling; Decoding; Disk drives; Disk recording; Hardware; Intelligent actuators; Magnetic heads; Memory; Servomechanisms;
Journal_Title :
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TMAG.1981.1061253