HP 2000 User Manual

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Floppy Disk Drive

The floppy disk drive can either be placed in the center bay slot or connected to the parallel port.
It is hot-swappable and is configured as drive A by default.

Floppy disk drive manufacturers are subject to change without notice.

Table 25 - Floppy Disk Drive Specifications

3.5-inch Floppy Drive

Manufacturer

TEAC

Data Capacity

1.44MB (formatted)
2M (unformatted)

724KB (formatted)
1M (unformatted)

Data Transfer Rate

500k bits/sec

250k bits/sec

Disk Rotational Speed

300rpm

Track Density

135tpi

Cylinders

Track-to-track Time

3ms

Average Seek Time

94ms

Start Time

480ms

Average latency

100ms

Mean Time Between
Failures

30,000 hours

Error Rate

Soft (recoverable)

1 or less per 10

bits read

Hard
(unrecoverable)

1 or less per 10

bits read

Seek

1 or less per 10

bits read

CD-ROM Drive

The CD-ROM Drive is an accessory to the OmniBook. It is designed to operate only in the
center bay.

CD-ROM drive manufacturers are subject to change without notice.

Table 26 - CD-ROM Drive Specifications

6x CD-ROM Drive

10x CD-ROM Drive

Manufacturer

Toshiba

Transfer Rate

900K sustained

1710 KB/sec max

Buffer

128K

Access Speed

190ms

150ms

Start-up Time

2.3 s (6x)

2.3 s (10x)

Seek Time

160ms

130ms

Modes

CDROM (Mode 1&2), Photo CD, CD
Plus, CDXA, CD-I, Multisession