Patent ID: 6710961
Filing Date: 2004-03-23
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A floppy disc drive apparatus comprising:a spindle motor that rotatably drives a floppy disc at a rotational speed of 600 rpm or more; a magnetic head that reads and records data on the floppy disc; a drive mechanism having an actuator that scans the magnetic head in a radial direction of the floppy disc; a mechanism controller coupled to the drive mechanism to control the drive mechanism to thereby rotate the spindle motor and to read and record specified data on the floppy disc; a floppy disc controller coupled to the mechanism controller to transfer and receive data to and from the mechanism controller at a transfer rate of 1 Mbit/s or greater; and a universal serial bus interface that allows the floppy disc controller to transfer and receive data at a data transfer rate of 1 Mbit/s or greater.