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8050 * 8250 DISK DRIVES
PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS

GENERAL DESCRIPTION The 8050 and 8250 are dual, 5-1/4 inch floppy disk drive units. The 8050 uses a 77 track, 100 TPI, single headed drive. The 8250 has double the amount of tracks, 154, with a 100 TPI double headed drive. They are intelligent devices containing their own microprocessors, RAM, ROM and operating system software.
MAXIMUM STORAGE
8050 - 1.05 Megabytes of data (formatted).
Free Blocks - 2052
8250 - 2.12 Megabytes of data (formatted).
Free Blocks - 4133
MEDIA 5-1/4 inch floppy disk.
8050 - single sided, double density
8250 - double sided, double density
INPUT/OUTPUT IEEE Interface
CONTROLLERS 2 MOS 6502 microprocessors - 1 MHz clock
MEMORY DATA 4K RAM, 16K ROM
TRANSFER RATE 400 Bytes/sec
FILE TYPES Program, sequential, relative, random-access and user
COMPUTERS PET, 4000 series, 8000 series, B128
POWER REQUIREMENTS 120 Volts AC, 60Hz - integral power supply with external 1 Amp fuse
POWER CONSUMPTION 50 Watts maximum - 8050
60 Watts maximum - 8250


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