Method of writing information relating to faults in a magnetic r

Details Method of writing information relating to faults in a magnetic r Method of writing information relating to faults in a magnetic r

1977-09-21

1979-05-01

Atkinson, Charles E.

Communications: electrical

Digital comparator systems

360 47, G06F 1110

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active

041526953

ABSTRACT:
A magnetic recording disc includes a plurality of sectors, each of which includes a plurality of data tracks and a reference zone containing information for identifying the data tracks. Some of the sectors are standby sectors containing information which would normally be contained in the sectors containing the data tracks. The reference zones of all sectors contain binary fault indicating bits which indicate whether a particular sector contains faults, and parity bits having values dependent on the location of the parity bit and the value of the fault bit at the same location as the parity bit. A data processor commands a read out head for the disc to be located at a particular position. From the command position of the data processor and the value of the fault bit, the data processor computes an expected parity bit value. The expected parity bit value is compared with the parity bit value read from the disc to provide an indication as to whether the fault bit is accurate.

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patent: 3771136 (1973-11-01), Heneghan et al.
patent: 3771143 (1973-11-01), Taylor
patent: 3781826 (1973-12-01), Beausoleil
patent: 3868646 (1975-02-01), Bergman
patent: 4016547 (1977-04-01), Page

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