Special Features:

Consists of fairchild (86360) p/n 191c9000-02-020 disk drive unit which is a h.P. (28480) p/n 97549tf with a cable assembly and mounting bracket included; 5.25 in. Disk size; 128 kb buffer size; 2.85 mb per sec burst data transfer rate & 1.75 mb per sec sustained data transfer rate; p0 degrees to p50 degrees celsius operating temperature; 1000 ft below sea level to 10, 000 ft above sea level operating altitude

Properties:

An electromechanical item which accepts and systematically retains digital input data in such a manner as to facilitate the rapid recovery of stored information. The item may or may not consist of disk(s) some of which are removable, hard, removable disk packs, fixed disks, or removable flexible, each surface coated with a material susceptible to spot magnetization, integral writing, a drive motor and its mechanical linkage, and data translating heads for impressing on or removing from the disk surface data in digital form. the item is a component of an electronic computer. see also, magnetic drum, data storage; core memory unit.