Floppy Disk Drive

The floppy disk drive can either be placed in the center bay slot or connected to the parallel port. It is hot-swappable and is configured as drive A by default.

Floppy disk drive manufacturers are subject to change without notice.

Table 25 - Floppy Disk Drive Specifications

 

3.5-inch Floppy Drive

 

Manufacturer

TEAC

 

Data Capacity

1.44MB (formatted)

 

724KB (formatted)

 

2M (unformatted)

 

1M (unformatted)

Data Transfer Rate

500k bits/sec

 

250k bits/sec

Disk Rotational Speed

300rpm

 

Track Density

135tpi

 

Cylinders

80

 

 

Track-to-track Time

3ms

 

Average Seek Time

94ms

 

Start Time

480ms

 

Average latency

100ms

 

Mean Time Between

30,000 hours

 

Failures

 

 

 

Error Rate

 

 

 

Soft (recoverable)

1 or less per 109 bits read

Hard

1 or less per 1012 bits read

(unrecoverable)

 

 

 

Seek

1 or less per 106 bits read

CD-ROM Drive

The CD-ROM Drive is an accessory to the OmniBook. It is designed to operate only in the center bay.

CD-ROM drive manufacturers are subject to change without notice.

Table 26 - CD-ROM Drive Specifications

 

6x CD-ROM Drive

10x CD-ROM Drive

Manufacturer

Toshiba

Toshiba

Transfer Rate

900K sustained

1710 KB/sec max

Buffer

128K

128K

Access Speed

190ms

150ms

Start-up Time

2.3 s (6x)

2.3 s (10x)

Seek Time

160ms

130ms

Modes

CDROM (Mode 1&2), Photo CD, CD

CDROM (Mode 1&2), Photo CD, CD

 

Plus, CDXA, CD-I, Multisession

Plus, CDXA, CD-I, Multisession

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