BASF 6106 - Introduction; Genera; Description

SECTION 1
INTRODUCTION
1.1 GENERAL
This manual contains descriptive material and
procedures useful in installation, operation,
maintenance
and repair of the BASF Mini Disk
Drive Models BASF 6106 and BASF 6108.
1.2
RELATED DOCUMENTATIDN
Product- and Interface Specification
BASF 6106/6108 80 307-046
1.3
DESCRIPTION
The models BASF 6106 and BASF 6108 are very compact
random access data storage units, which utilize
a 5.25" Flexy Disk as storage medium. The BASF
6106 stores data on one side of the Flexy Disk,
the
BASF 6108 on both sides.
The Flexy Disk is rotated at 300 RPM yielding
a data
transfer rate of 125~000 bits per second
in
single density. Up to 125 kbytes of raw data
may be stored on a single recording surface in
single density, and twice as much in double
density.
Data capacity on all 40 tracks varies from
81.92 kbytes (BASF 6106, 16 sec tors at 128 bytes)
to 368.64 kbytes, so increasing capacity more
then four times by using the BASF 6108 with
9
sectors of 512 bytes each.
The mini disk drives are equipped with a DC-
controlled spindle drive motor, thus no AC-Power
is needed. Ceramic read/write heads with tunnel
erase are
used with-in the BASF 6106/6108 to ensure
reliable data recording.
The heads are positioned with a fourphase DC-
stepper motor actuator, utilizing a spiral wheel
which provides precise location of the read/write
head or heads on the track.
Applications for both types of mini disk drives
comprise
word processing and text editing systems,
program storage for mini and micro computers,
"i nte
11 i gent" desktop ca 1 cu 1 ators and the hobby
micro computer market.
FIGURE 1 - 1 MODEL BASF 6106/6108 MINI DISK DRIVE
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