1 Hardware Overview
1.3
USB 3.5-inch Floppy Disk Drive
The 3.5-inch USB FDD is a thin, high-performance reliable drive that supports 720KB and
1.44MB.
The FDD is shown in figure 1-4. The specifications for the FDD are listed in Table 1-1.
Data transfer
rate
Disk rotation speed
Track density
1-12
Figure 1-4 3.5-inch FDD (USB External)
Table 1-1 3.5-inch FDD specifications
Items
FDD part
250K bits/second
USB
1.3 USB 3.5-inch Floppy Disk Drive
720KB mode
1.44MB mode
500K bits/second
Full speed mode (12M bits/second)
300rpm
5.3 track/mm (135TPI)
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360rpm