C. 3.5 inch FDD SPECIFICATIONS
1. Introduction
SPECIFICATIONS SUMMARY
Performance Specifications
Single
Double
Density
Density
Capacity (Kbytes)
unformatted
Per Disk
500
lo00
Per Surface
250
500
Per Track
3.125
6.25
16 Sectors/Track
327.6
655.2
9 SectodTrack
368.6
737.2
5 Sectors/Track
409.6
819.2
Formatted Per Disk
Transfer Rate (Kbit/sec)
125
250
Access Time (msec)
Average Latency (msec)
100
100
Track to Track without Settling
6
6
Average with Settling
169
169
Settling Time (msec)
15
15
Motor Start Time (sec)
0.5
0.5
Functional Specifications
Single
Double
Density
Density
Rotational Speed (r.p.m)*
300
300
Recording Density (BPI)
4359
8717
Track Density (TPI)
135
135
Tracks
160
160
Encoding Method
FM
MFM
*
Rational speed is automatically changed by internal sensor.
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