{{METATOC}} ~~NOTOC~~ \\ ^ Manufacturer | Digital Systems / \\ J.P.N. / \\ Safronic | ^ Model | DS-53A | ^ Density | High Density (HD), Double Density (DD/2D) | ^ Sides | Double Sided (DS/2S), Single Sided (SS/1S) | ^ Rotation speed | 300, 360 | ^ Maximum seekable tracks | 84 | ^ Interface | Shugart \\ (PC-AT compatible) | ^ Data Connnector | 34 position card edge | ^ Power Connnector | 4 pin Molex | ^ Head movement | Metal belt | ^ Head loading | Mechanical | ^ Disk loading | Lever | ^ Known colors | | | Light Beige \\ (PS/2 Beige) | | | Dark Beige \\ (PC-AT Gray) | | ====== Digital Systems/J.P.N./Safronic DS-53A ====== The DS-53A is a 5.25" double sided high density floppy drive made by Digital Systems, J.P.N. and Safronic. It uses a metal belt to facilitate head movement and locks the disk with a lever. Head loading is done with via mechanical linkage. It uses the [[#mdk34v-0|MDK34V-0]] control board and the Kumagaya SMK355 motor board. ===== Pictures ===== | {{:5_25_floppy_drives:digital_systems_j.p.n._safronic_ds-53a:back.jpg?200 |}} | {{:5_25_floppy_drives:digital_systems_j.p.n._safronic_ds-53a:top.jpg?200 |}} | {{:5_25_floppy_drives:digital_systems_j.p.n._safronic_ds-53a:bottom.jpg?200 |}} | | {{:5_25_floppy_drives:digital_systems_j.p.n._safronic_ds-53a:front1.jpg?200 |}} \\ {{:5_25_floppy_drives:digital_systems_j.p.n._safronic_ds-53a:front2.jpg?200 |}} | ::: | ::: | | {{:5_25_floppy_drives:digital_systems_j.p.n._safronic_ds-53a:pcb.jpg?200 |}} | ::: | ::: | ===== Jumper settings ===== ==== MDK34V-0 ==== {{ :5_25_floppy_drives:digital_systems_j.p.n._safronic_ds-53a:mdk34v-0.pdf |}} ++++View PDF| {{pdfjs 100%,800px>:5_25_floppy_drives:digital_systems_j.p.n._safronic_ds-53a:mdk34v-0.pdf?page-width}} ++++