D5655 Hard Disk Unit

By admin , 15 December 2015
D5655
Description

In May 1988, NEC announced the D5655 5-inch, high-capacity, high-speed hard disk unit for OEM.This unit improved performance of the magnetic recording media, increased recording density by using 2-7RLL (Run Length Limited) code, which has a minimum magnetization reversal 1.5 times that of MFM (Modified Frequency Modulation), and achieved a memory capacity of 179.8MB, the highest in Japan for a 5.25-inch thin hard disk unit.

Year First Manufactured
1988

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