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.
It uses the Samsung DMFSEC05B, JVC SS02 or Sankyo SB94A motor board.
Revisions
Rev B
Description
The revision B uses the 399F1ACSEP01 control board.
Pictures
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Jumper settings
319FXXXSEP01(X)
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