RX50 dual-diskette drive
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RX50 | |
Manufacturer: | DEC |
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Capacity: | 400 KB (per floppy) |
Transfer Rate: | 250K bits/sec |
Average Access Time: | 164 msec |
Revolutions per Minute: | 300 |
1/2 Revolution Time: | 100 msec |
One Track Seek Time: | 6 msec |
Total Surfaces: | 1 (2 floppies per RX50) |
Number of Heads: | 1 (per floppy) |
Tracks per Surface: | 80 (per floppy) |
Sectors per Track: | 10 (soft) |
Bytes per Sector: | 512 |
Tracks per Inch: | 96 |
Density: | 5576 flux changes/inch |
Recording Method: | MFM |
Start Time: | 500 msec |
Physical Size: | 3.25" x 5.75" x 8.5" |
Weight: | 4.8 lb |
Power Consumption: | 4.2W (idle) 17.5W (active) |
The RX50 dual-diskette drive is a 5.25" full height floppy disk drive from DEC. It uses MFM encoding, and holds 400 KB per drive.
It is supported by the following DEC QBUS MFM disk controllers:
4.3 BSD disktab
rx50|RX50|DEC RX50:\ :ty=removable:ns#10:nt#1:nc#80:\ :pa#800:ba#4096:fa#512:
External links
- rx50 - documentation at Bitsavers
- Rainbow 100 Technical Manual (EK-PC100-TM-001) - the RX50 is covered in detail here, in Chapter 6 (pp. 218-255 of the PDF)
- Frequently Asked Questions File for RX50 Users
- The RX50 FAQ
- RX50 technology