HP 9885M Disc Drive

By admin , 15 December 2015
9885
Description

The 9885M was a modular eight inch floppy disc drive originally introduced for the 9825A. The 9885M accepted SS/DD discs and had a maximum storage capacity of 458K. It had an average access time of 267ms and a data transfer rate of 23K bytes per second. The 9885M included a built-in controller. The 9885S (slave) drive, without the controller, was priced at $2500. Up to three slave drives could be connected to a 9885M. 9885S drives were connected via the 09885-61607 cable.

Year First Manufactured
1976

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