The JU-570-2 is the drive used in the SFD-1001 drive. These are quad
density, 2-sided drives. This format is not supported on many systems
since the PC market went with high density instead.
Matsushita is the parent company of Panasonic. They sell drive mechanisms
under both names.
On Mon, 4 Mar 2002, Richard Atkinson wrote:
> Hi all. I have just acquired (well, paid for) a small quantity of unused
> Matsushita 5 1/4" disk drive mechanisms. They came from a source with a
> history of CBM involvement so I suspect they may be replacements for
> Commodore drives; however I do not recognise them from any of the serial
> or TCBM ranges. I think they're double sided drives from the number of
> bundles going to the head assembly.
>
> There was talk of SFD-1001s here a while ago, so I was wondering whether
> anyone could tell me if these are the mechanisms used in SFD-1001s. There
> is "JU-570-2" on a label on the back of the mechanism and there is another
> label on the platter on the underside of the mechanism which says "TYPE
> DDF5-21D-34F".
>
>
> Richard
>
>
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