FLEXIBLE MAGNETIC DISK DRIVE USING A RIGID CARTRIDGE

摘要

A magnetic disk drive includes a Bernoulli plate fixed in the drive with an edge thereof in proximity to an opening in the drive through which a cartridge is inserted, so that the edge of the plate enters the cartridge through an edge thereof to position the flexible disk against the plate, a magnetic head, and means for rotating the disk against the plate in a read/write relationship with the magnetic head. Also provided is the combination of a magnetic disk drive and a disk cartridge comprising a rigid box forming the cartridge and a flexible magnetic disk enclosed in the box.