
Q - 5 3 0    QUANTUM
NO MORE PRODUCED                                      Native|  Translation
                                                      ------+-----+-----+-----
Form                 5.25"/FH              Cylinders     512|     |     |
Capacity form/unform    27/   32 MB        Heads           6|     |     |
Seek time   / track  45.0/10.0 ms          Sector/track   17|     |     |
Controller           MFM / ST506           Precompensation   256
Cache/Buffer               KB              Landing Zone      511
Data transfer rate    0.625 MB/S int       Bytes/Sector      512
                      0.625 MB/S ext
Recording method     MFM                            operating  | non-operating
                                                  -------------+--------------
Supply voltage     5/12 V       Temperature *C        10 50    |    -40 62
Power: sleep              W     Humidity     %        20 80    |     10 95
       standby            W     Altitude    km            3.048| -0.305  9.144
       idle               W     Shock        g         5       |     30
       seek               W     Rotation   RPM      3529
       read/write         W     Acoustic   dBA
       spin-up            W     ECC        Bit
                                MTBF         h      10000
                                Warranty Month        12
Lift/Lock/Park     YES          Certificates     CSA,UL1950                   

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  +---------------------------------------------------------+
  |                                                         |XX
  |                                                         |XX J2
  |                                                         |XX
  |                                                         |XX
  |                                                     +-+ |
  |                                              Drive  | | |
  |+-+                                           Select | | |
  || |                                                  1-+ |XX
  || |P4                                        +--RN3---+  |XX
  || |                                          +--------+  |XX J1
  || |                                          Terminator  |XX
  |+-+                                                      |XX
  |                                                         |XX
  | +--E4                                                   |X1
  | +--+                                                    |
  |                 +---------P5                            |XX P3
  |                 +---------+                             |XX Power
  +---------------------------------------------------------+



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 Jumper Setting
 ==============

 Drive Select
 ------------
 Five jumpers are provided for logical drive number assignment. DS1,
 DS2, DS3, DS4 cause the drive to be selected when the active drive
 select line matches the installed jumper. Jumper G, when installed,
 causes the drive to be selected constantly. The Quantum part number
 for the jumper plug is 22-10036.

   +-------+----------------------------+
   |Drive  |        Jumper              |
   |Select |   1      2      3      4   |
   +-------+-------+------+------+------+
   |  1    | CLOSED|OPEN  |OPEN  |OPEN  |
   +-------+-------+------+------+------+
   |  2    | OPEN  |CLOSED|OPEN  |OPEN  |
   +-------+-------+------+------+------+
   |  3    | OPEN  |OPEN  |CLOSED|OPEN  |
   +-------+-------+------+------+------+
   |  4    | OPEN  |OPEN  |OPEN  |CLOSED|
   +-------+-------+------+------+------+


 Control Cable Termination
 -------------------------
 If the Model Q500 is the last drive at the end of the control signal
 cable, a 220/330 ohm terminator pack must be installed at PCB
 location RN3. The terminator must be removed from RN3 is the drive is
 not at the end of a string of drives. The Quantum part number for the
 terminator pack is 13-12302.



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 Notes on Installation
 =====================

 Space Requirements
 ------------------
 The Model Q500 is shipped with a face plate installed and shock
 mounts directly mounted to base casting.


 Mounting
 --------
 The Model Q500 drive may be mounted in any orientation and has two
 mounting brackets with integral shock mounts for this purpose.

 CAUTION
 The base casting is very close to the drive mounting bracket.
 Mounting screws lengths must be chosen so that no more than .130" of
 the screw is available to enter the mounting bracket holes. This
 length will allow full use of the mounting hole threads and avoid
 damaging or placing unwanted stress on the base casting. To avoid
 stripping the mounting hole threads the maximum torque applied to the
 mounting screws must not exceed 8 inch/pounds.
 Mounting holes: 6-32 UNC, 4 on the bottom and 2 on each side.


 DC Power Connector
 ------------------
 DC power connector (P3) is a 4 pin AMP Mate-N-Lok connector P/N
 350211-1 mounted on the solder side of the PCB. The recommended
 mating connector (J3) is AMP P/N 1-408424-0 utilizing AMP pins P/N
 350078-4 (strip) or P/N 61173-4 (loose piece). J3 pins are labeled on
 J3 connector.

     +--------------+
     |+-----J3-----+|  pin 1    +12 Volts
     || 4  3  2  1 ||  pin 2    +12 Volts Return
     |+------------+|  pin 3    + 5 Volts Return
     +--------------+  pin 4    + 5 Volts


 Interface Connectors
 --------------------
 Two interface cable connections are required by the Model Q500, a
 control cable (J1) and a signal or data cable (J2).

 Connection to J1 is through a 34 pin pronted circuit board (PCB) edge
 connector. The pins are numbered 1 through 34 with the even pins
 located on the component side of the PCB and odd pins located on the
 solder side of the PCB. Pin 2 is located on the end of the PCB
 connector closest to the DC connector and is labeled. A key slot is
 provided between pins 4 and 6. The recommended mating connector for
 P1 is AMP ribbon connector P/N 88373-3.


 Connection to J2 is through a 20 pin PCB edge connector. The pins are
 numbered 1 through 20 with the even pins located on the component
 side of the PCB. The recommended mating connector for P2 is AMP
 ribbon connector P/N 88373-6. A key slot is provided between pins 4
 and 6.


 Ventilation
 -----------
 The Model Q500 operates without a cooling fan provided the ambient
 air temperature does not exceed 122*F (50*C). Any user designed
 cabinet should provide adequate air circulation so that this maximum
 air temperature is not exceeded.


 Introduction
 ------------
 The Model Q500 has two interface connectors: one for control signals
 which are TTL in nature and one for data transfer signals which are
 differential in nature.

 The control signals are both input, those originating external to the
 drive and output, those originating within the drive. The control
 signals could also be divided into two types: those intended to be
 multiplexed in a multi-drive system and those intended to do the
 multiplexing. The control signals that do the multiplexing are DRIVE
 SELECT 1, DRIVE SELECT 2, DRIVE SELECT 3, and DRIVE SELECT 4 which
 are input signals. The multiplexed signals are: STEP, DIRECTION,
 HEAD SELECT and WRITE GATE input signals, TRACK 000, INDEX, READY,
 WRITE FAULT and SEEK COMPLETE output signals. Up to four drives may
 be connected in a daisy-chain configuration using a single control
 signal cable. The last drive in the chain requires the terminator to
 be installed at PCB location RN3. The maximum recommended cable
 length is 20 feet (6m).

 The input lines have the following electrical specifications:

 Logic "0" = True  = 0.0 VDC to 0.4  VDC at I in = -40MA (MAX) = LO
 Logic "1" = False = 2.5 VDC to 5.25 VDC at I in = 250 uA (OPEN
                                                   COLLECTOR) = HI

 The output lines are driven with a TTL open collector output stage
 capable of sinking a maximum of 40 MA at the logic "0" or TRUE state
 with a maximum voltage of 0.4 VDC measured at the driver. When the
 line driver is in the logic "1" or FALSE state driver transistor is
 off and the collector cutoff current is 250 microamperes.



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 General Description
 ===================
 Quantum Model Q500 Disk Drive is a random access storage device
 using two, three, or four non-removable 5 " rigid disk platters as
 storage media.

 - Storage capacity of 20, 30, 40 megabytes
 - Winchester design reliability
 - Same physical size and mounting as ST412 drives
 - Airlock (TM) Proprietary Automatic Actuator Lock
 - Propritary, high resolution, quiet, rotary head position actuator
 - 5.00 Mbits/second transfer rate
 - Microprocessor controlled positioner, using an embedded wedge servo
 - Uses the same DC voltages and currents as ST412 drives


 Seek Time
 ---------
       +----------------------------------+--------+
       |                                  | Q500   |
       +----------------------------------+--------+
       |Track-to-Track         msec. typ. |  10    |
       +----------------------------------+--------+
       |Average                msec. typ. |  45    |
       |                       msec. max. |  49    |
       +----------------------------------+--------+
       |Full Stroke            msec. typ. |  80    |
       |                       msec. max. |  90    |
       +----------------------------------+--------+
       |Latency                msec. avg. |   8.5  |
       +----------------------------------+--------+


 Media Quality Criteria
 ----------------------
 Each drive that Quantum ships will meet or exceed the following
 standards of media quality:

 1. Cylinder zero (0) will be free of defect areas.
 2. No surface will have more than 10 defect areas.
 3. No surface will have more than 4 tracks with mutiple defect areas.
 4. No drive will have more than 1 error per megabyte of unformatted
    storage capacity.

 Quantum defines a defect area as an area equal to or less than 16
 bits in length. Hence a defcet area 17 bits in length counts as 2
 defect areas and a defect area of 16 bits in length counts as 1
 defect area.

 Quantum uses a unique analog media test system which measures both
 the amplitude and phase disortion of each bit that can be recorded on
 all tracks of all surfaces. The test system provides a defect map
 which is shipped with each drive. The defect location is identified
 on the map by cylinder number, head number, number of bytes from
 index, and number of bits in length. The numbers are given in both
 decimal and hexadecimal notation for user convenience.


