Patent · US Expired

Floppy disk unit

US4644419A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 30, 1986
Grant dateFeb 17, 1987
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Expiry dateApr 30, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B20/10009
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A floppy disk unit has a motor drive mechanism and a data read/write circuit, a control means which changes the speed of rotation of motor and the electrical characteristics of the read/write circuit in accordance with the characteristic of the disk used and thereby the disks to be used with different speeds of rotation can be used in the same floppy disk unit.

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