DocumentCode
981744
Title
The MD 122 dual 3 Mbyte flexible disk drive
Author
Stewart, A.
Author_Institution
Burroughs Machines Ltd., Glenrothes, Scotland
Volume
17
Issue
4
fYear
1981
fDate
7/1/1981 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1403
Lastpage
1407
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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9464
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TMAG.1981.1061253
Filename
1061253
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