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From: hgm@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu (Hal G. Meeks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: New 10meg 3.5" drives
Message-ID: <3131@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu>
Date: 7 Jun 89 17:43:43 GMT
Reply-To: hgm@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu.UUCP (Hal G. Meeks)
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This was relayed to me from a friend; I know nothing else about the
drives. I will be watching this closely; my 40 meg HD is almost
full, and backups are getting to be a real pain. Check out the projected
retail cost.
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From Amiga Sharewarer's BBS HQ 313-473-2020:
 
The 1989 March 13 issue of INFOWORD on page 30 has an article
titled "PANASONIC INDUSTRIAL ANNOUNCES LARGE-CAPACITY FLOPPY
DISK DRIVE".  The article written by Patricia Pane states the
following:
 
The Memory Systems Division of Panasonic Industrial Co.
recently announced a disk drive that will put 11 megabytes of
data on a newly developed 3.5 inch metal floppy disk.
The large capacity floppy disk drive, called the 3511, is
equipped with an embedded SCSI controller and encoder with a
micro-stepping motor, and has a self-formatting function to
initialize the media, according to the company.
The 3511 large-capacity floppy disk drive is also read-only
compatible with conventional 1-megabyte and 2-megabyte 3.5 inch
disks, according to Panasonic Industrial.
The magnetic media, which has an unformatted capacity of 16
megabytes, has a formatted capacity of 11 megabytes and a
linear recording density of 35,000 bits per inch with 640 tracks
on each side, according to the company.
The metal disk and two recording heads increase the linear
recording density, and a micor-stepping motor with an encoder
allows high-speed access and high-precision tracking of plus
or minus 2 micrometers.
The 3511's average access time is less than 60 milliseconds
and track-to-tack time is less than 10 milliseconds, according
to Panasonic Industrial.
The drive's data transfer rate is 2 megabits per second,
according to the company.
Evaluation units of the 3511 floppy disk drive will be available
in the second quarter, with production quantities scheduled for
July.  The 3511 drive will list for $250.
 
Panasonic Industrial Co.
Memory Systems Division
1600 McCandless Drive
Milpitas, CA 95035
(408) 262-2200
 
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