What are the Atari 810, 815, 1050, and XF551 Disk Drives?
Section includes contributions by Andreas Magenheimer, TXG. The Atari Disk Drives provide storage and retrieval of programs and data on 5.25″ floppy disks. ==> Atari 810 — a 5.25″ floppy disk drive The least common denominator for the Atari. One mode of operation: 1) Single-Sided, Single-Density– FM 40 tracks x 18 sectors/track x 128 byte/sector = 90K capacity 19.2Kbps transfer rate. 288RPM. The 810 includes a 6507 microprocessor. Shipped with DOS 1 (very early) or DOS 2.0S earlier MPI version- push button door opening for disk access later Tandon version- lift door, like a garage door disk access two SIO ports accessories from Atari: CX8100 Atari 810 Blank Diskettes (5 per box) CX8111 Atari 810 Formatted Diskettes II (5 per box) CX8202 Atari 810/815 Blank Diskettes (5/box, certified for double density) Third-party upgrades for the 810: 810 Archiver — copy many copy-protected programs Happy 810 — Happy Backup, Warp Speed 52Kbps, 18 sector buffer 810 Fast Chip by Binary 10%-40% fas
