M-811 Magnetic Disk Unit

By admin , 15 December 2015
M-811
Description

Announced in 1968, this was Mitsubishi Electric's first fixed head magnetic disk unit. The unit achieved high-reliability at an extremely low price by adopting a floating head and simplifying the mechanism. It was used with office computers, minicomputers and other small computers, as well as with automatic testers.

Year First Manufactured
1968

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