Path: utzoo!attcan!telly!ziebmef!mcp From: mcp@ziebmef.uucp (Marc Plumb) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: A590 w/Panasonic 11meg FD Message-ID: <1989Aug12.114626.26909@ziebmef.uucp> Date: 12 Aug 89 15:46:24 GMT References: <89080709104894@masnet.uucp> Reply-To: mcp@ziebmef.UUCP (Colin Plumb) Organization: Ziebmef Public Access Unix, Toronto, Ontario Lines: 24 The Panasonic 11 Meg drive is, as far as I know, real. Some claimed specs: 640 tracks per side, 35,000 bits per inch 16 MB unformatted, 11 MB formatted 2 Mbits/s transfer rate SCSI interface, self-formatting Average seek <60 ms; track-to track 10 ms Can read (but not write) 1MB and 2MB disks "micro-stepping" motors give high speed and 2 um tracking accuracy Evaluation units supposedly available in July, and a list price of $250. The info I have has this address attached, but it's not labeled as a "contact address" or anything: Panasonic Industrial Co. Memory Systems Division 1600 McCandless Drive Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262-2200 -- -Colin Plumb