Diskette drive and media type determination mechanism

Diskette media and drive determination in which a diskette controller attempts to read the diskette according to a variety of formats having, for instance, different data transfer rates. A successful read is registered by the controller and that format is thereafter identified with the diskette driv...

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Main Authors BUCKLEY, LINDA KAY, BRADLEY, DAVID JOHN, SMITH, BRUCE ALAN, BERENS, ROBERT EUGENE, DAYAN, RICHARD ALAN
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 15.01.1986
Edition4
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
INFORMATION STORAGE
INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORDCARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
PHYSICS
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Summary:Diskette media and drive determination in which a diskette controller attempts to read the diskette according to a variety of formats having, for instance, different data transfer rates. A successful read is registered by the controller and that format is thereafter identified with the diskette drive and the diskette media inserted in the drive.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP19850106932