Diskette drive – Compaq AP500 User Manual
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Physical and Operating Specifications
Diskette Drive
Table 7-7
1.44-MB Diskette Drive
Size and Capacity
Size (in.)
3.5
High density (MB)
1.44
Low density (KB)
720
Light
Green
Height
One third
Bytes per Sector
512
Sectors per Track
High density
18
Low density
9
Tracks per Side
High density
80
Low density
80
Read/Write Heads
2
Average Access Time (ms)
Track-to-track (high/low)
3/6
Average (high/low)
94/173
Latency average (ms)
100
Data Transfer Rate (Mbit/s)
High/low (to/from media)
500/250 Kb/s