D5146H Hard Disk Unit

By admin , 15 December 2015
D5146H
Description

In November 1985, NEC announced the D5126H and D5146H which reduced average seek time from 85msec to 40msec by, among other things, changing the magnetic head movement system from a step motor to a torque motor, and using a rotary encoder as the head position detection mechanism.

Year First Manufactured
1985

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