Atari
810
Disk
Drive
207
Floppy Diskettes
The most
widely
used type
of
disk storage
with
mi
croco
mputers
is
floppy
disk storage. A
floppy
diskette consists
of
a
round
vinyl
disk
which
is
enclosed
within
a plastic cover. The diskette
is
generally stored in a diskette enve
lope
.
This cover protects the diskette
from
damage
while
it
is
being
handled by
the
operator.
Th
e diskette s
hould
never
be
removed
from
its cover. A 5
114
inch diskette
with
it
s
protective
envelope
is
shown in Illustration 7-2.
The diskette
is
allowed
to rotate
within
the
protective
envelope.
The
round
hole in the
middle
of
the diskette allows the disk
drive
to
hold
the diskette and spin it. The
oblong
shaped
opening
on
the
protective
envelope
provides
an
area
where
the head can
read
from
or
write
to the diskette surface.
Illustration 7-2. Mini-Floppy
Diskette
T
empo
rary Label
Permanent
Label
Diskette in
Protective
Cover
Exposed Read /
Write
Head Slot
Diskette
Envelope
Write
Protect
Notch
(Some diskettes
do
not
have this
notch)
Ind
ex
Hole
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