General Description - Control Data Corporation Finch 9410-4 Hardware Installation/Operation Manual

GENERAL DESCRIPTION 1
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1.1 INTRODUCTION
The CDC 9410-4 FINCH™Disk Drive, hereinafter called FINCH, is a small,
low-cost, medium-performance, random-access rotating-disk, mass-memory
device designed to record and recover data on up to two rigid eight-inch
non-removable fixed disk media. The FINCH uses low-mass flying read/write
heads attached to a precisely controlled rotary positioner. It has an unfor-
matted data storage capacity of 8.24, 32 or 40 megabytes, depending upon
configuration.
1.2 GENERAL DESCRIPTION
1,2.1 STANDARD FEATURES
The following are standard features of the FINCH Disk Drive:
e Full data recovery circuitry
® Sealed disk, head, and actuator chamber
e No preventive maintenance required
e LSI circuitry for high re]iabilit'y
e Low audible noise for office environments
e Vertical (side) or horizontal (bottom) mounting
e Low power consumption
e Rotary voice-coil actuator
e Terminators
1.2.2 OPTIONAL CAPACITIES
e 8, 24, 32 or 40 megabytes rigid fixed-disk data storage capacity