H-8589-1 Magnetic Disk Drive

By admin , 15 December 2015
H-8589-1
Description

The H-8589-1 disk drive was developed as a large capacity magnetic disk unit for Hitachi mainframes.
This unit achieved higher speed and precision in head positioning by employing a voice coil motor for the positioning drive mechanism and a servo control system for head positioning control, and using a closed loop control system from the previous open control system.

Year First Manufactured
1973

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