5_25_floppy_drives:chinon_fr_506
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Table of Contents
| Manufacturer | Chinon | ||||
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| Model | FR-506 | ||||
| Density | HD, DD/2D, SD/1D1) | ||||
| Sides | DS/2S, SS/1S | ||||
| Rotation speed | 300, 360 | ||||
| Maximum seekable tracks | 84 | ||||
| Interface | Shugart (PC-AT compatible) |
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| Data Connnector | 34 position card edge | ||||
| Power Connnector | 4 pin Molex | ||||
| Head movement | Leadscrew | ||||
| Head loading | Mechanical | ||||
| Disk loading | Lever | ||||
| Known colors |
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Chinon FR-506
The FR-506 is a 5.25“ double sided high density floppy drive made by Chinon. All variants use leadscrews to facilitate head movement and lock disk with a lever. Head loading is either done with via mechanical linkage. The drive can read and write at high density and double density and only read at single density.
Revisions
Rev B
Description
The revision B uses the 399F1ACSEP01 control board and the Samsung DMFSEC05B, JVC SS02 or Sankyo SB94A motor board.
Pictures
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Jumper settings
399F1ACSEP01
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