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3.5-inch External FDD
The 3.5inch external FDD is a thin, high performance reliable drive that supports 720KB
(formatted) 2DD and 1.44MB (formatted) 2HD disks. The FDD can be connected to the
PC card slot .
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
Access time (ms)
Track to track
Average
Head settling time
Recording track density (tpi)
Data transfer rate (Kbps)
Rotation speed (rpm)
Recording method
Figure 1-4 3.5-inch FDD
Table 1-1 3.5-inch FDD specifications
Item
2-MB mode
1-MB mode
2,000
1,440
2
80
3
181
15
135
500
300
Modified Frequency Modulation (MFM)
File No. 960-140
1,000
720
2
80
3
181
15
135
250
300
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