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1.1
SECTION I--GENERAL INFORMATION
SCOPE
This
manual
contains information useful in the installation
and
operation
of Tandon Corporation's TM600 family of 5.25"
rigid
disk
drives.
This
manual
also contains interface
requirements
and
descriptions
of signals.
TM600 refers to
Model
Numbers
TM602S, TM603S,
and TM603SE, as appropriate.
1.2
INTRODUCTION
The
TM600
family
of
5.25"
rigid
disk
drives are
low-dost,
random
access
memories
that
use
moving
head,
noncontact
recording
techniques.
There are both two- and
three-platter
models,
which
use
standard
Winchester
technology and 130 millimeter rigid media.
This drive
consists
of
storage media
that
is
contained
within
the
drive
in
a
fixed (nonoperator removable)
configuration,
read/write and control electronics, the drive
mechanism,
a
read/write
head,
a
precision
split
band
positioning
device, and an air filtration system.
Interface
flexibility
is
provided
by
using
an
industry
standard
interface
on
the
drive.
The
"s"
version
is
compatible
with
larger capacity disk drives. Compatible
is
defined as using the same pin assignment where the signal and
the function are common.
1.3
DISK DRIVE PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS
The
information
contained in Table 1 pertains to all Imodels
of the Tandon TM600 family of disk drives.
1.4
Table
2
and
the
DISK DRIVE MODEL SPECIFICATIONS
contains
a
list
of the drive models
number
of platters each one has.
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