7-8
Physical and Operating Specifications
Diskette Drive
Size and Capacity
Size (in.)
High density (MB)
Low density (KB)
Light
Height
Bytes per Sector
Sectors per Track
High density
Low density
Tracks per Side
High density
Low density
Read/Write Heads
Average Access Time (ms)
Track-to-track (high/low)
Average (high/low)
Latency average (ms)
Data Transfer Rate (Mbit/s)
High/low (to/from media)
Table 7-7
1.44-MB Diskette Drive
3.5
1.44
720
Green
One third
512
18
9
80
80
2
3/6
94/173
100
500/250 Kb/s