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==Specifications (FASTRAND II)== Storage capacity: 22,020,096 36-bit words = 132,120,576 6-bit FIELDATA characters = 99 megabytes (8-bit bytes) per device<br> Drum rotation rate: 880 [[revolutions per minute|RPM]] (14.7 rotations per second)<br> [[Disk read-and-write head|Heads]]: 64<br> [[Disk read-and-write head|Sector]] size: 28 36-bit words<br> [[:Image:Cylinder Head Sector.svg|Track]] size: 64 sectors (1,792 36-bit words)<br> Track density: 105 tracks per inch<br> Average Access time ([[seek time]] plus [[rotational latency]]): 92 milliseconds<br> Data transfer rate: 26,283 36-bit words per second = 118 kilobytes per second (8-bit bytes) on 1100 series machines<br> [[Computer storage density|Recording density]], one-dimensional: 1,000 bits per inch (along one track)<br> Recording density, two-dimensional: 105,000 bits per square inch of drum surface<br> Max FASTRAND [[Peripheral device|devices]] (drum units) per controller: 8<br> [[Disk controller|Controller]] price: $41,680 (1968 US dollars)<br> FASTRAND device price: $134,400 (1968 dollars, equivalent to ${{Formatprice|{{Inflation|US|134400|1968}}}} in {{inflation-year|US}} dollars)<br> Weight per FASTRAND device: 4,500 pounds<br> Weight per kilobyte: {{convert|6|oz}}
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