Key Floppy Disk Drive Parameters


Make: Amstrad Mitsumi NEC Panasonic Panasonic TEAC
Model: FD-1 D359T7/T5/G/F2E FD1231H
(FD1138H/39H)
(FD1148H)
JU-257A JU-363 FD-04HF
FD-05HF
FD-235HF
Size: 3" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5"
Format: 180k per side 720k/1.4M 720k/1.4M 720k/1.4M 720k 720k/1.4M
No. of Heads: 1 2 2 2 2 2
No. of Tracks: 40 160 160 160 160 160
Data Transfer Rate: 250 kbps 250/500 kbps 250/500 kbps 250/500 kbps 250 kbps 250/500 kbps
Rotational Speed: 300 rpm 300 rpm 300 rpm 300 rpm 300 rpm 300 rpm
Track-to-Track Seek: 12 ms 3 ms 3 ms 3 ms 3 ms
(6 ms)
3 ms
(4 ms)
Settling Time: 30 ms 15 ms 15 ms 15 ms 15 ms 15 ms
Motor Start Time: 1000 ms ? ms ? ms 500 ms 500 ms <480 ms
Head Load Time: 4 ms ? ms ? ms ? ms (4 ms) (0 ms)
Head Unload Time: 480 ms ? ms ? ms ? ms (480 ms) (0 ms)
Write Current Off Time: 1.75 ms ? ms ? ms ? ms (1.2 ms) (0.65 ms)
Power Supply: 12V
5V
5V 5V 5V 12V
5V
5V
Note: Values in parenthesis are from J. Elliott's Spectrum +3 drivers (Generic 3.5" and TEAC 3.5").
For more information on these refer to The Amstrad device driver (FID) interface.

Prepared by F.T. Gowen
Last modified: 8th. August, 1999


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