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| Keywords: Floppy Disk Drive 8 inch.jpg Qume 8 inch Floppy Disk Drive Announced October 1978 cite journal Michalopoulos D A New Products Computer 11 12 81 1978-12 http //ieeexplore ieee org/iel5/2/34530/01646804 pdf isnumber 34530 prod JNL arnumber 1646804 arnumber 1646804 arSt +81 ared +84 arAuthor Michalopoulos 2C+D A <blockquote>A new dual-sided double-density diskette drive reduces media wear to far below industry norms according to Qume Corporation The company has obtained an exclusive right to manufacture the drive for the North American and European markets from Y E Data Japan's leading supplier of floppy disk drives </blockquote> Six paragraphs of press release omitted <blockquote> The DataTrak 8 stores 1 6M bytes of unformatted data and 1 2M bytes of IBM-formatted data Track-to-track access time is three msecs average access time is 91 msecs and settling time is 15 msecs The drive's data transfer rate is 500K bits per second Standard options include file protection programmable door lock and activity light The drive is compatible with all existing drives including IBM </blockquote> <blockquote>The DataTrack 8 is immediately available and is priced at 755 in OEM quantities of 1-24 </blockquote> Qume April 1979 Memory Products DataTrak 8 Products Specifications Qume Manual http //www bitsavers org/pdf/qume/30006_QumeTrak842pd_Apr79 pdf Power Requirements 115 VAC 0 8A Max 24 VDC 1 0A Max 5 VDC 1 3A Max Power Dissipation 55 watts Mechanical Height 117 mm 4 55 inch Width 217 mm 8 55 inch Depth 370 mm 14 57 inch Weight 6 kg 13 lbs Photo by Michael Holley July 2007 Taken with a Canon PowerShot A630 1/5 second and f/8 under tungsten lighting The image was touched up with Adobe Photoshop Elements 3 0 Own 2007-07 Swtpc6800 en User Swtpc6800 Michael Holley File Floppy Disk Drives 8 5 3 jpg 8 floppy disk drives Qume 3M Photographs by User Swtpc6800 | ||||
