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Apparatus for and method of writing/reading data into/from a flexible disk

US4779146A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 23, 1986
Grant dateOct 18, 1988
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Expiry dateJun 23, 2006

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B5/09
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of first erasing the full width of a recording track using an erase core before recording data into a flexible disk and then writing the new data into the erased area using a read/write core, and an apparatus for effecting the same are disclosed. The erasure by the erase core is done in an AC manner. A gap pattern used to form a gap area is written by the read/write core into a portion of the erased area where no valid data has been written.

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