Micropolis Floppy Disk Drive Micropolis 1043 II, Specifications, Support, Specs, Manual, Images

Micropolis 1043 II

Floppy Disk Drive

Overview

Model Capacity Size Height Media Type
Micropolis 1043 II 315K 5.25" Full Single Sided, Double Density / 100TPI

Complete MetaFloppy™ single-disk subsystem with a total of 315KB of formatted on-line storage. Includes one disk drive, S-100/8080/Z80 compatible controller (Model 1071), drive enclosure, interface cable A and power supply.

The 1043-II is the single-drive version of the 1053-II dual-drive. It is a single head / single-sided drive. The roman numeral "II" indicates it operates at 77 tracks / 100 TPI. This drive only accepts hard-sectored media when used with the bundled Micropolis 1071 controller.

As model 1043 Mod II is a master module, a very common setup was to have one 1043-II and the sister add-on module 1023-II, both driven by a Micropolis 1071 controller card and connected with interface cable A.

Another possible setup would be to have two 1043-II subsystem kits, one "drive 0" master drive, usually in the form of a "1015-II F" drive mechanic with another 1043-II, internally a 1015-II, as "drive 1". Both of these setups would be an alternative to dual-drive model 1053-II.

There's another variant of the 1043-II, the 1041-II, which has no power supply or regulator/ heat-sink-package but a bundled power cable instead and a leaner enclosure so it can be used in desk-top-mode or installed in a chassis.

Pictures

Micropolis 1043-II Micropolis 1043-II side view Micropolis 1043-II and 1023-II stacked

Note on Micropolis' floppy drive naming convention

If you ask yourself what the meaning of the Roman numeral literals in disk drive names is, here's the explanation: Labeling convention for the Micropolis floppy disk drives from the 1040/1050 series is that each model number is followed by either the notation "Mod I" or "Mod II". These notations indicate whether the system operates at a track density of 48 TPI (35 tracks total) or 100 TPI (77 tracks total). "Mod I" storage modules have a black disk load actuator and "Mod II" modules have a blue disk load actuator.