1.3 3.5-inch Floppy Disk Drive
1.3
3.5-inch Floppy Disk Drive
The 3.5-inch FDD is a thin, high-performance reliable drive that supports 720KB (formatted)
2DD and 1.44MB (formatted) 2HD disks.
The FDD is shown in Figure 1-4. The specifications for the FDD are listed in Table 1-1.
Storage capacity (KB)
Unformatted
Formatted
Number of heads
Number of cylinders
Recording method
Satellite 1400/2400 Series Maintenance Manual (960-364/365)
Figure 1-4 3.5-inch FDD
Table 1-1 3.5-inch FDD specifications
Item
Modified Frequency Modulation (MFM)
1 Hardware Overview
2MB mode
1MB mode
2,000
1,440
2
80
1,000
720
2
80
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