Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval – Automatic control of a recorder mechanism – Controlling the head
Patent
1982-10-12
1985-04-23
Stellar, George G.
Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval
Automatic control of a recorder mechanism
Controlling the head
360135, G11B 546
Patent
active
045133310
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for checking performance and alignment of a disk drive designed for use with a floppy disk having a motor driven linear positioning mechanism for locating the read/write transducer over the diskette circular tracks. A digitally prerecorded diagnostic diskette has a series of precisely located special diagnostic tracks providing reference data for various alignment and response characteristics, both mechanical and electronic. A first group of tracks have sector ID blocks followed by progressively offset data blocks interspersed therein, with the range of the offset greater than the width of the track for which the disk drive is designed, which guarantees a read failure upon reading any track. These tracks are distributed radially across the surface of the diskette at positions corresponding to each rotational phase position of the transducer stepper motor. A pair of indexed timing tracks having a fixed number of byte transitions permits testing of both the alignment of the index transducer and skew of the linear positioning device. A pair of special timing tracks affords reference data for head compliance measurement. A plurality of alternate offset tracks located centrally of the recording band provides reference data for measuring the eccentricity of the drive spindle.
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Baker Bradley D.
Kelly Richard L.
Dysan Corporation
Stellar George G.
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