General - Epson SMD-100 series Specification

1. Seope
This speeifieation applies, to SMD-l00 series (normal power consumption type)
disk drives for 3.5" flexible dlsks.
2. General
SHD-l00 series (normal power eonsumption) drives are flexible disk drives
designed to be used as external memories for personal computers, word
processors, ete. The features of the SHD-100 series drives are described
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(,) Low power consumption: SMD-l00 series drives operate on only 2. lW
(wait) and
5.2W
(read/write) power.
(2) Memory medium used i8 3.5 11 flexible di.sk encased in a hard cartridge
er
equivalent.
(3) The disks used have a storage capacity of 500K bytes per aide (equiva­
lent to a eonventional single-sided, double-density
5.25" floppy
di sk).
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(5) Use of
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brushless spindle drives assures long, trouble-free service
life.
(6) The head positioning meehanism employs a step
motor and a steel band
enabling fast (3msee) access between tracks.
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(7) The interface employed is fully compatible with conventional disk qrives,
enabling easy replacement.
(8) The small aize and light weight (800g) of the SMD-l00 series drives make
thßm ideally suited to a wide variety of applications.
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