8 Inch Floppy Disk Drive Mitsubishi M2896 - 63 Old Stock Computer NOS Tech
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8 inch floppy disk drive Mitsubishi M2896-63 New Old Stock computer NOS techWe are pleased to offer a New Old Stock Mitsubishi Flexible Disk Drive, model M2896-63-02U. It was purchased from an old time manufacturing shop which had several of these as backstock (they had Zenith and PDP-11 rack mount systems there, perhaps for those systems).
We removed this example from the original manufacturer's box (original box not included, but photo of side taken for reference), a...nd have not removed it from it's original anti-static packaging - images of the serial number are taken through the anti-static packaging. We will ship it in it's original foam manufacturer's container, in a box with additional packaging so it gets to you as we found it.
Although we have no way to test this unit, it has every appearance of having never been used. It would be perfect for anyone restoring a vintage system, or running one. As you know, finding unusued parts this old are rare.
PLEASE CHECK COMPATIBILITY WITH YOUR NEEDS BEFORE ORDERING. We are not experts on this, but have made every attempt to provide accurate information to assist in your buying decision.
Bitsavers has a digitized PDF original oem manual for this disk drive. For the convenience of those trying to decide on whether it will work for them, we copied the following information from it. The manual version is TJ2-30255 A from January 1984.“The Mitsubishi M2896 Flexible Disk Drives is a half-height double-side, disk drive employing a high-performance, economical, standard 8-inch diskette, providing the device with high reliability' and the medium with a long service life to meet customer requirements.
Main Features -o Half-high thickness and reduced depth as compared to standard 8-inch drive, keeping high performance double-sided double-density operations of M2894. o Brush-less and belt-less direct-drive DC spindle motor with no AC power supply, for simpler maintenance. o High quality and long life Mn-Zn read/write heads, requiring less or no write precompensation, enables interchangeability with IBM systems. o Enhanced tracking ability of the medium surface provided by a new type patented circular gimbal spring suspension of the read/write heads with lower loading pressure, same as the Mitsubishi M2894 FDD. -o Equipped with head load/unload mechanism, and life reaching many hundr~ds of thousand operations for the same point of a track. unloaded for both sides during waiting, unnecessary contact with medium. media tap-tap load/unload Heads are eliminating o Media need not be specifically specified or designated by a special brand name. Diskette quality variation affects the performance of the drive only negligibly. o Reliable media interchangeability by larger window timing and off-track margins, and full coverage of environmental temperature and humidity ranges. o Further high reliability employing control logic by LSI.
General Description o The M2896 flexible disk drive is the 1 to 1.2 megabyte formatted memory capacity disk drive, employing two magnetic heads for recording on both sides of the medium, at double density, thus providing a capacity four times higher than 250 kilobytes offered by conventional single-side, standard density drives. o The M2896 reads and writes on an 8-inch diskette, either one or both sides, and in signle or double density, and media-compatible with IBM. diskettes 1, 2 and 20 or equivalent. o The M2896 is plug-compatible to the Industrial Standard interface and same options with Shugart SA850/850R.o The M2896 provides a stabilized, soft media contact by suing an entirely new circular gimbal spring in the mechanism for holding the magnetic heads with lower loading pressure. Thus, excellent read/write operation and a long service life are offered. This mechanism significantly reduces the effects of jacket deformation or variations in thickness, thereby stabilizing read and write performance. Thus, it is unnecessary to select a special maker's product any more. o The magnetic read/write heads core are consisted of Mn-Zn ferrites, enabling a higher performance. The slider has a high-precision, pinhole-free sliding surface. The four corners and edges of the slider are smoothly blended and finished so that no stress is given to the medium, providing wear resistance and thus a prolonged service life. o The M2896 head loading mechanism uses a closed-loop electronic damping system employing a magnetic sensor. The magnetic heads load on the medium surface so softly that almost no scratchin is caused by repeated loading and unlRading (tap-tap). (Many hundreds of thousands of tap-tap tests at the same point on the same track cause no error on the track and adjacent tracks.) o The M2896 can be mounted in a standard 19-inch RETMA rack as a set of parallel units. o Two M2896's can be mounted in a standard 8 inch FDD space." Please see photos for condition and some content. Keywords: cA00 LR scientific instruments instrument science tech technology
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We removed this example from the original manufacturer's box (original box not included, but photo of side taken for reference), a...nd have not removed it from it's original anti-static packaging - images of the serial number are taken through the anti-static packaging. We will ship it in it's original foam manufacturer's container, in a box with additional packaging so it gets to you as we found it.
Although we have no way to test this unit, it has every appearance of having never been used. It would be perfect for anyone restoring a vintage system, or running one. As you know, finding unusued parts this old are rare.
PLEASE CHECK COMPATIBILITY WITH YOUR NEEDS BEFORE ORDERING. We are not experts on this, but have made every attempt to provide accurate information to assist in your buying decision.
Bitsavers has a digitized PDF original oem manual for this disk drive. For the convenience of those trying to decide on whether it will work for them, we copied the following information from it. The manual version is TJ2-30255 A from January 1984.“The Mitsubishi M2896 Flexible Disk Drives is a half-height double-side, disk drive employing a high-performance, economical, standard 8-inch diskette, providing the device with high reliability' and the medium with a long service life to meet customer requirements.
Main Features -o Half-high thickness and reduced depth as compared to standard 8-inch drive, keeping high performance double-sided double-density operations of M2894. o Brush-less and belt-less direct-drive DC spindle motor with no AC power supply, for simpler maintenance. o High quality and long life Mn-Zn read/write heads, requiring less or no write precompensation, enables interchangeability with IBM systems. o Enhanced tracking ability of the medium surface provided by a new type patented circular gimbal spring suspension of the read/write heads with lower loading pressure, same as the Mitsubishi M2894 FDD. -o Equipped with head load/unload mechanism, and life reaching many hundr~ds of thousand operations for the same point of a track. unloaded for both sides during waiting, unnecessary contact with medium. media tap-tap load/unload Heads are eliminating o Media need not be specifically specified or designated by a special brand name. Diskette quality variation affects the performance of the drive only negligibly. o Reliable media interchangeability by larger window timing and off-track margins, and full coverage of environmental temperature and humidity ranges. o Further high reliability employing control logic by LSI.
General Description o The M2896 flexible disk drive is the 1 to 1.2 megabyte formatted memory capacity disk drive, employing two magnetic heads for recording on both sides of the medium, at double density, thus providing a capacity four times higher than 250 kilobytes offered by conventional single-side, standard density drives. o The M2896 reads and writes on an 8-inch diskette, either one or both sides, and in signle or double density, and media-compatible with IBM. diskettes 1, 2 and 20 or equivalent. o The M2896 is plug-compatible to the Industrial Standard interface and same options with Shugart SA850/850R.o The M2896 provides a stabilized, soft media contact by suing an entirely new circular gimbal spring in the mechanism for holding the magnetic heads with lower loading pressure. Thus, excellent read/write operation and a long service life are offered. This mechanism significantly reduces the effects of jacket deformation or variations in thickness, thereby stabilizing read and write performance. Thus, it is unnecessary to select a special maker's product any more. o The magnetic read/write heads core are consisted of Mn-Zn ferrites, enabling a higher performance. The slider has a high-precision, pinhole-free sliding surface. The four corners and edges of the slider are smoothly blended and finished so that no stress is given to the medium, providing wear resistance and thus a prolonged service life. o The M2896 head loading mechanism uses a closed-loop electronic damping system employing a magnetic sensor. The magnetic heads load on the medium surface so softly that almost no scratchin is caused by repeated loading and unlRading (tap-tap). (Many hundreds of thousands of tap-tap tests at the same point on the same track cause no error on the track and adjacent tracks.) o The M2896 can be mounted in a standard 19-inch RETMA rack as a set of parallel units. o Two M2896's can be mounted in a standard 8 inch FDD space." Please see photos for condition and some content. Keywords: cA00 LR scientific instruments instrument science tech technology
International Buyers - Please Note:
Import duties, taxes, and charges are not included in the item price or shipping cost. These charges are the buyer's responsibility.
Please check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding or buying.
We do not misrepresent content or value of items on customs forms.
We are not responsible for any customs delays, custom fees and any other related custom issues that may occur. If you have any questions, please ask before bidding.
We package well so your items get there in good shape.
We will happily ship other methods, if required, at additional cost.
Items shipped to paypal verified addresses only.
Delivery timefame can only be estimated and will depend on the service used
and shipping origin and destination.
Combine shipping with other auctions to save money!
MA residents please add 6.25% MA tax. All payments in US dollars. Payment must be received within 5 days. All items are non-returnable unless not as described.
Kuenzig Books:
We are members of ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America),
SNEAB (Southern New England Antiquarian Booksellers),
and IOBA (The Independent Online Booksellers Association).
All items come from a non-smoking, no-pets business.
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