Special Features:

10.400 in. H; 17.200 in. W; 19.000 in. Width front panel; 24.200 in. Depth; rotating speed 3961 rpm; recording densi type 12800 bpi; data transfer rate 1.86 mbytes/sec; max. 240 v ac; max freq. 60 hz; max current 5.7 amps; operating temp 10 to 40 deg. C; 842 cylinders

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.