Special Features:

I10.5 mbyte capacity; power voltage 5.0 v dc and 12.0 v dc; continuous current 1.5 amps; drive unit dimensions 2.320 in. H; 8.540 in. W; 12.000 in. L; disk dimensions 7.800 in. Dia.; 0.003 in. Thickness

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.