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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 1982

Filed:

May. 14, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:

Donald J Rathbun, Andover, MA (US);

David B O'Keefe, Westford, MA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364900 ; 360 39 ;
Abstract

Digital data is recorded on the surface of a magnetic media such as a disk or diskette in the form of magnetic flux transitions identifying clock and data information in either a frequency modulation (FM) mode or a modified frequency modulation (MFM) mode. A read head senses the flux transitions which are in turn converted to digital signals. Apparatus converts the time between successive digital signals into PROM addresses. The PROM address locations store coded signals identifying the data as binary ONE or binary ZERO signals.


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