Disk drive for communicating with removable media that include media type identification information
US5363255A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 16, 1993 |
| Grant date | Nov 8, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 16, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B23/30
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A diskette comprising a jacket, a liner material disposed within said jacket, a flat circular media having a magnetic coating on both sides disposed within said liner material, a hub attached at the center of said media, a plurality of optical positioning tracks on at least one of said sides of said media, and a media type code optically embossed on at least one of said sides of said media. The media type code contains information about the physical properties of the particular diskette that will allow a disk drive unit to auto-configure itself to allow optimum data communication and performance.
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