ELITE SERIES USER MANUAL | THEORY OF OPERATION |
This precision registration insures perfect compliance with the read/write head. The diskette is loaded against the head when the drive door is closed. The read/write head is in direct contact with the diskette, so the head surface has been designed to obtain maximum signal transfer to and from the magnetic surface of the diskette with minimum friction and wear.
The Elite One contains a single head which is positioned below the diskette, facing upward, thus allowing it to read and write upon the lower surface (surface opposite the diskette’s label). A felt pressure pad is mounted on a precision tensioned swing arm located opposite the read/write head. This pad insures constant contact of the diskette against the head. The pad swings up and back when the door is opened to permit insertion/removal of the diskette. Although this pad is engineered for minimum diskette wear, the pad is not designed to ride on a diskette surface containing valid data. Therefore, diskettes containing valid data on both surfaces should not be used in single headed drives such as the Elite One or Disk II.
The Elite Two and Elite Three drives contain two heads which are oriented essentially opposite each other on opposing sides of the diskette. The lower head (head zero) is oriented identical to the Elite One’s single head. The upper head (head one) is mounted on a precision tensioned swing arm, which is raised up and back when the drive’s door is opened; thus allowing the diskette to be inserted/removed.
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