List of floppy disk formats
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This is a list of different floppy disk formats.
Physical formats
| Size | Density | Sides | Tracks | tpi | bpi | Sectoring | Coercivity | Unformatted capacity per side |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 inch Video Floppy | 52 | 256 | >800 kB or 50 fields of analog video[1] | |||||
| 2 inch LT-1 | Double | 80 | 245 | |||||
| 2Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄2 inch | Single | 16[2][3] | 48[2] | 64 kB | ||||
| 3 inch QuickDisk | ||||||||
| 3.25 inch | Single | 1 | 80[4] | 140 | 4,625 | 250 kB | ||
| Double | 9,250 | 500 kB | ||||||
| 3Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄2 inch | Single | 2 | 40[5] | 67.5 | 8,650 | Soft | 665 Oe | 250 kB[citation needed] |
| Double | 80 | 135 | 8,717 | 665 Oe[6] | 500 kB[citation needed] | |||
| High | 80 | 135 | 17,434 | 720-750 Oe | 1 MB | |||
| Extended | 80 | 135 | 34,868 | 900 Oe | 2 MB | |||
| Triple[7] | 240[8] | 406.5[8] | 36,700[8] | 6.5 MB | ||||
| 4 inch DemiDiskette | 1[9] | |||||||
| 5Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄4 inch | Single/Double | 2 | 40 | 48 | 5,876 | Soft or hard | 300 Oe | 250 kB |
| Quad | 77 | 100 | 300 Oe | 500 kB (Micropolis-compatible) | ||||
| Quad | 80 | 96 | 5,922 | 300 Oe | 500 kB | |||
| High | 80 | 96 | 9,646 | Soft | 600 Oe | 833 kB | ||
| EH[10] | 104 | 125 | 29,560 | 6.5 MB[11] | ||||
| 5Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄4 inch
Apple FileWare |
Double | 2 | 80 | 62.5 | Soft | 851 kiB[12] | ||
| 8 inch | Single | 77 | 48 | 3,268-3,408 | Soft or hard (inner edge) | 300 Oe | 1 MB | |
| Double | 6,816 | 1 MB | ||||||
| HD[13] | 154 | 96 | 20,560 | 600 Oe | 9.6 MB[14] | |||
| 8 inch Memorex FD | 650 | 1[15] | 50[15] | 2,400 | Hard (outer edge) | 1.5 Mb[15] | ||
| 651 | 64[16] | 3,100 | 2.5 Mb[16][17] | |||||
| 8 inch Burroughs | Double | 2 | 139 | 150 | 7,100 | 2[18] |
Logical formats
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, many different logical disk formats were used, depending on the hardware platform.
| Platform | Size | Density | Sides | Tracks/ side | Sectors/ track | Bytes/ sector | Sectoring | Capacity | rpm | Encoding | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acorn | 5Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄4 inch | Single | 1 | 40 | 10 | 256 | Soft | 100 kB | 300 | FM | |
| 80 | 200 kB | ||||||||||
| Double | 1 | 40 | 16 | 256 | 160 kB | MFM | |||||
| 80 | 320 kB | ||||||||||
| 2 | 640 kB | ||||||||||
| 3Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄2 inch | Double | 2 | 80 | 16 | 256 | 640 kB | 300 | MFM | Format L: MOS (Electron, Master Compact) | ||
| 5 | 1024 | 800 kB | Page Template:Plainlist/styles.css has no content.
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| High | 10 | 1,600 kB | Format F: RISC OS 3 and later. Archimedes models before the A5000 require an upgraded floppy drive. | ||||||||
| Agat | 5Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄4 inch | Double | 2 | 80 | 21 | 256 | 840 kB | 300 | MFM | [NB 1] | |
| Amiga | 5Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄4 inch | Double | 2 | 40 | 11 | 512 | Soft | 440 kB[NB 2] | 300 | MFM | [NB 3] |
| Quad | 80 | 880 kB[NB 4] | |||||||||
| 3Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄2 inch | Double | 880 kB | |||||||||
| High | 19 | 1,520 kB | GCR | [NB 5] | |||||||
| 22 | 1,760 kB | 150 | MFM | [NB 3] | |||||||
| Amstrad CPC/PCW | 3 inch | Double | 1 | 40 | 9 | 512 | 180 kB | 300 | MFM | Single head drive, but double-sided floppy discs (total of 360 kB per floppy) | |
| Amstrad PCW8512/9512 | 3 inch | Double | 2 | 80 | 9 | 512 | 720 kB | 300 | MFM | 720 kB mode uses both sides - ensure disc inserted correct way up. | |
| Apple II | 5Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄4 inch | Double | 1 | 35 | 13 | 256 | Soft | 113.75 kB | 300 | GCR | [NB 6] |
| 1 | 16 | 140 kB | |||||||||
| 3Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄2 inch | Double | 1 | 80 | Variable (8-12) | 512 | 400 kB | 394 - 590 | GCR | [NB 7] | ||
| 2 | 800 kB | ||||||||||
| High | 2 | 80 | 18 | 512 | 1,440 kB | 300 | MFM | [NB 8] | |||
| Apple Lisa | 5Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄4 inch FileWare | Double | 2 | 46 | Variable (15-22) | 512 | Soft | 851 kB | 218 - 320[19] | GCR | |
| Apple Lisa 2/Macintosh XL,
Macintosh |
3Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄2 inch | Double | 1 | 80 | Variable (8-12) | 512 | Soft | 400 kB | 394 - 590 | GCR | |
| Macintosh | 2 | 800 kB | |||||||||
| High | 2 | 80 | 18 | 512 | 1,440 kB | 300 | MFM | ||||
| Atari 8-bit | 5Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄4 inch | Single | 1 | 40 | 18 | 128 | Soft | 90 kB | 288 | FM | [NB 9] |
| Dual | 26 | 128 | 130 kB | MFM | |||||||
| Double | 18 | 256 | 180 kB | ||||||||
| Double | 2 | 18 | 256 | 360 kB | 300 | ||||||
| Atari ST/TT/Falcon | 3Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄2 inch | Double | 1 | 80 | 9 | 512 | Soft | 360 kB | 300 | MFM | |
| 2 | 720 kB | ||||||||||
| High | 18 | 1,440 kB | |||||||||
| Burroughs MD122 | 8 inch | Double | 2 | 139 | 44 | 256 | Soft | 6.26 MB[18] | 524 | MFM | |
| Coleco ADAM | 5Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄4 inch | Double | 1 | 40 | 8 | 512 | soft | 160 kB | 300 | MFM | |
| Commodore 64 (8-bit) | 5Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄4 inch | Double | 1 | 35 | Variable (17-21) ZCAV | 256 | Soft | 170 kB | 300 | GCR | [NB 10] |
| 2 | 340 kB | ||||||||||
| Quad | 1 | 77 | Variable (23-29) ZCAV | 521 kB | |||||||
| 2 | 1,042 kB | ||||||||||
| 3Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄2 inch | Double | 2 | 80 | 10 | 512 | 800 kB | MFM | ||||
| Commodore 128 (CP/M) | 5 1/4 | Double | 2 | 40 | 26 | 128 | Soft | 260K | 300 | MFM | Commodore 1571 [20] |
| 16 | 256 | 320K | |||||||||
| 9 | 512 | 360K | |||||||||
| 5 | 1,024 | 400K | |||||||||
| Commodore 900 | 5Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄4 inch | High | 2 | 80 | 13-16 | 512 | Soft | 1,200kB | ? | GCR | [21] |
| DEC RX01 | 8 inch | Single | 1 | 77 | 26 | 128 | 250 kB | 360 | FM | ||
| DEC RX02 | 8 inch | Double | 1 | 77 | 26 | 256 | 500 kB | 360 | FM/MFM | ||
| DEC RX50 | 5Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄4 inch | Quad | 1 | 80 | 10 | 512 | 400 kB | 300 | MFM | ||
| HP 110 | 3Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄2 inch | Double | 2 | 76 | 9 | 512 | 710kB[22] | 600 | MFM | HP 9114A | |
| HP 80 9800 1000 and 3000 | 8 inch | Double | 2 | 77 | 30 | 256 | 1.18 MB[23] | 360 | MFM | HP 9895A | |
| HP 86 | 5Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄4 inch | Double | 2 | 35 | 16 | 256 | 280 kB[24] | 300 | MFM | HP 9130K | |
| IBM 33FD | 8 inch | Single | 1 | 77 | 26 | 128 | 240.5 kiB | 360 | FM | Diskette 1[25] | |
| 15 | 256 | 277.5 kiB | |||||||||
| 8 | 512 | 296 kiB | |||||||||
| IBM 43FD | 2 | 26 | 128 | 481 kiB | Diskette 2[25] | ||||||
| 15 | 256 | 555 kiB | |||||||||
| IBM 53FD | Double | 26 | 256 | 962 kiB | MFM | Diskette 2D[25] | |||||
| 15 | 512 | 1.08 MiB | |||||||||
| 8 | 1,024 | 1.16 MiB | |||||||||
| IBM PC compatibles[26] | 8 inch | Single | 1 | 77 | 26 | 128 | Soft | 250.25 kB[NB 11][26][27][28] | 360 | FM | [NB 12] |
| 2 | 500.5 kB[NB 11][26][27][28] | ||||||||||
| Double | 1 | 8 | 1,024 | 616 kB[NB 11][27][28] | MFM | ||||||
| 2 | 1,232 kB[NB 11][26][27][28] | ||||||||||
| 5Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄4 inch | Double | 1 | 40 | 8 | 512 | 160 kB[NB 11] | 300 | MFM | |||
| 2 | 320 kB[NB 11] | ||||||||||
| 1 | 9 | 180 kB[NB 11] | |||||||||
| 2 | 360 kB[NB 11] | ||||||||||
| Quad[NB 13] | 1 | 80 | 8 | 320 kB[NB 11] | 300 | ||||||
| 2 | 640 kB[NB 11] | ||||||||||
| High | 2 | 80 | 15 | 1,200 kB[NB 11] | 360 | ||||||
| 3Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄2 inch | Double | 1 | 80 | 8 | 512 | 320 kB[NB 11] | 300 | MFM | |||
| 9 | 360 kB[NB 11] | ||||||||||
| 2 | 8 | 640 kB[NB 11] | |||||||||
| 9 | 720 kB[NB 11] | ||||||||||
| High | 18 | 1,440 kB[NB 11] | |||||||||
| 21 | 1,680 kB[NB 11] | DMF[NB 14] | |||||||||
| 82 | 1,720 kB[NB 11] | ||||||||||
| Extended | 80 | 36 | 2,880 kB[NB 11] | ||||||||
| Memorex 650 | 8 inch | Single | 1 | 50 | 8 | 3,500 b | Hard | 1.4 Mb[15] | 375 | FM | |
| Memorex 651 | Single | 64 | 32 | 1.056 b | 2.2 Mb[17] | ||||||
| MGT SAM Coupé | 3Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄2 inch | Double | 2 | 80 | 10 | 512 | 800 kB | 300 | MFM | ||
| NEC PC-98 | 8 inch | Single | 1 | 77 | 26 | 128 | 250.25 kB[NB 11] | 360 | FM | ||
| Double | 2 | 77 | 8 | 1,024 | 1,232 kB[NB 11] | MFM | |||||
| 5Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄4 inch | Double | 2 | 80 | 8 | 512 | 640 kB[NB 11] | 360 | MFM | |||
| 9 | 720 kB[NB 11] | ||||||||||
| High | 15 | 1,200 kB[NB 11] | |||||||||
| 77 (80)[NB 15] | 8 | 1,024 | 1,232 (1,280) kB[NB 11][NB 15] | [NB 15] | |||||||
| 3Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄2 inch | Double | 2 | 80 | 8 | 512 | 640 kB[NB 11] | 360 | MFM | |||
| 9 | 720 kB[NB 11] | ||||||||||
| High | 15 | 1,200 kB[NB 11] | 3-mode[NB 16][NB 15] | ||||||||
| 77 (80)[NB 15] | 8 | 1,024 | 1,232 (1,280) kB[NB 11][NB 15] | ||||||||
| 80 | 18 | 512 | 1.44 MB[NB 11] | 300 | |||||||
| Triple | 240 | 38 | 512 | 9,120 kB | 360 | NEC PC-88 VA3 2TD drive only[8][7] | |||||
| Osborne 1[29] | 5Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄4 inch | Single | 1 | 40 | 10 | 256 | Soft | 100 kB | 300 | FM | |
| Double | 5 | 1,024 | 200 kB | MFM | |||||||
| Sega SF-7000 | 3 inch | Single | 2 | 40 | 16 | 256 | 160 kB | ? | ? | Expansion unit for SC-3000 home computer. Capacity is per side. | |
| SHARP X68000 | 5Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄4 inch | High | 2 | 77 | 8 | 1,024 | 1,232 kB[NB 11] | 360 | MFM | ||
| 3Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄2 inch | |||||||||||
| SHARP CE-1600F, CE-140F | 2Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄2 inch[2][3] | Single | drive: 1, diskette: 2 (flippable) | 16 | 8 | 512 | 2× 64 kB | 270 | GCR (4/5) | Internally based on FDU-250 Micro Floppy Disk Drive Unit[2] | |
| Tandy TRS-80 | 5Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄4 inch | Single | 1 | 35 | 10 | 256 | Soft | 88 kB | 300 | FM | Model 1/3/4 |
| 5Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄4 inch | Double | 1 | 40 | 18 | 256 | 180 kB | MFM | Model 1/3/4P | |||
| 5Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄4 inch | Double | 2 | 40 | 18 | 256 | 360 kB | MFM | Model 4D | |||
| 8 inch | Double | 1 | 77 | 26 | 256 | 500 kB | MFM | Model 2 | |||
| 3Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄2 inch | Single | 1 | 40 | 2 | 1,280 | 100 kB[31] | FM | Tandy Portable Disk Drive (aka Brother FB-100, knitking FD-19) | |||
| 3Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄2 inch | Single | 1 | 80 | 2 | 1,280 | 200 kB[32] | FM | Used only in Tandy Portable Disk Drive 2 | |||
| 5Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄4 inch | Double | 1 | 35 | 18 | 256 | 157 kB[33] | MFM | Color Computer | |||
| Thomson | 5Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄4 inch | Single | 1 | 40 | 16 | 128 | 80 kB | 300 | FM | Thomson UD90.070 | |
| Double | 2 | 256 | 320 kB | MFM | Thomson DD90-320[NB 17] | ||||||
| 3Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄2 inch | Double | 1 | 80 | 16 | 256 | 320 kB | 300 | MFM | Thomson TO9, Thomson DD09-350 | ||
| Double | 2 | 640 kB | Thomson TO8D, TO9+, Thomson DD90-352[NB 18] | ||||||||
| Victor 9000 / ACT Sirius 1[34] | 5Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄4 inch | Single | 1 | 80 | 11-19 (variable) | 512 | 612 kB[35] | 252-417 (variable) | GCR | Disks varied sectors/track and disk speed to keep consistent bit density across tracks[34] | |
| Double | 2 | 512 | 1,196 kB[35] | ||||||||
| Vtech Laser210/VZ200 | 5Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄4 inch | Single | ? | 40 | 16 | ? | Soft | 78 kB | ? | FM | RPM: 75. |
| Platform | Size | Density | Side | Track | Sector | Byte | Sectoring | Capacity | RPM | Encoding | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBM PC Compatible | 5 1/4 | Quad | 2 | 80 | 31 | 512 | Soft | 2.5MB | 300 | MFM | Rana 2000 with Rana controller card |
See also
- Zip drive (floppy-like, but incompatible medium using different technology)
- PocketZip (floppy-like, but incompatible medium using different technology)
- SuperDisk (floppy-like with drives also compatible with 3.5" floppy disks)
- Magneto-optical drive (floppy-like, but incompatible medium using different technology)
- List_of_Ecma_standards (ECMA standards 54, 59, 66, 69, 70, 78, 99, 100, 125 and 147)
Notes
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- ^ Custom controller with unique track layout.[1]
- ^ This format was used by the Amiga 1020 external floppy drive and some third-party drives connected to the normal Amiga floppy drive bus.
- ^ a b Though the Amiga used MFM, the format places sectors too close together for a standard IBM PC compatible floppy disk controller to read (appearing as one 5632-byte physical sector per track).
- ^ Format used by rare third-party drives with quad density disks; such drives were usually switchable between 80-track and 40-track (A1520/PC-compatible) operation.
- ^ Format used by third-party gcrdisk.device driver in order to use PC-standard HD floppy drives (which rotated at a fixed 300 rpm) via the Amiga floppy drive bus. The Amiga's floppy controller could not keep up with the data rate needed for MFM recording on HD floppies without reducing rotational speed, so the third party driver used an alternate GCR mode.
- ^ 16 sector filesystems require a compatible disk controller (PROM update) and Apple DOS 3.3 or later.
- ^ Apple II double-density 3Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄2-inch (90 mm) drives use variable sectors sizes (tracks 00-15: 12 sectors, tracks 16-31: 11 sectors, tracks 32-47: 10 sectors, tracks 48-63: 9 sectors, tracks 64-79: 8 sectors), 394 rpm to 590 rpm. [2]
- ^ Apple II high-density 3Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄2-inch (90 mm) drives require a compatible disk controller and ProDOS 8.
- ^ Third party drives offer up to 1440 KB.
- ^ Commodore floppy drives used a fixed rotation speed with variable sector density (see: Zone bit recording).
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae The calculated formatted capacity is based on FAT12 format.
- ^ While IBM didn't include an 8-inch floppy drive option on any of their PCs and PC DOS, MS-DOS 1.25 supported 8-inch disks and added support for higher capacities in version 2.0. MS-DOS' predecessor 86-DOS used 8-inch diskettes as well.
- ^ Rare format appearing on some early PC/XT clones using quad-density disks.
- ^ These variations are known as DMF diskettes, used for a time to pack more data on to each disk for software distribution.
- ^ a b c d e f Inner 3 tracks of 8 sectors/track format are unused.
- ^ The PC98 3Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄2-inch (90 mm) formats are also known as "3 Mode" floppy disks, usable on IBM PC compatibles with a 3-mode floppy drive.
- ^ The two sides are managed as two independent 160 KB disks
- ^ The two sides are managed as two independent 320 KB disks
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- Page Template:Sister-inline/styles.css has no content.Script error: No such module "Sister project logo". Media related to Script error: No such module "Commons link". at Wikimedia Commons
- Floppy Disk Formats at the Museum of Obsolete Media