Seagate ST-4096

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Channel: douro20 · 2013 · Entertainment

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Startup and shutdown of a Seagate ST-4096 hard disk from the mid-1980s.  One of the first Seagate drives with a voice coil head actuator.  

Specs:
Interface: Shugart ST412 compatible
Encoding: MFM
Capacity: 96MB unformatted, 80MB average formatted
1024 cylinders
9 heads
17 sectors/track
5 platters
3600 rpm
8.5ms access time

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