page_title: Floppy-disk controller
hierarchical_section_title: Floppy-disk controller
caption_attribution_description: English: Original 5 1/4 Diskette Drive Adapter found on the IBM PC (IBM 5150)
context_page_description: A floppy-disk controller is a special-purpose chip and associated disk controller circuitry that directs and controls reading from and writing to a computer's floppy disk drive. The concepts may or may not be applicable to, or illustrative of, other controllers or architectures.
context_section_description: A floppy-disk controller (FDC) is a special-purpose chip and associated disk controller circuitry that directs and controls reading from and writing to a computer's floppy disk drive (FDD). This article contains concepts common to FDCs based on the NEC µPD765 and Intel 8272A or 82072A and their descendants, as used in the IBM PC and compatibles from the 1980s and 1990s. The concepts may or may not be applicable to, or illustrative of, other controllers or architectures.
caption: 5-1/4 Diskette Drive Adapter found on the IBM PC (IBM 5150)
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