RL01/02 disk drive

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RL01
Manufacturer: Digital Equipment Corporation
A RL01
RL01 drive

The RL01 is a 5MiB, single platter, removable cartridge drive introduced in 1976 by Digital Equipment Corporation.

Its 22-bit QBUS controller is the RLV11,RLV12

Its UNIBUS controller is the RL11

Its higher-end cousin is the RL02

5.2 MB, 512 KB/s transfer, 67.5 ms average access time, 15 ms track-to-track seek time, 2400 rpm