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In 1994 Kalok went bankrupt and David B. Pearce moved on to found ], another hard disk drive manufacturer with ] and Tom Mitchel. In 1994 Kalok went bankrupt and David B. Pearce moved on to found ], another hard disk drive manufacturer with ] and Tom Mitchel.


== Products == == Models ==

=== KL-230 ===

=== KL-320/330/332 ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto"
!Model no.
!Gen.
!Released
!Capacity
!Cache
!Speed
!Interface
!Feature set
!Sector Size
!Notes
!Product Page
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|'''KL-230'''
|1
|2003
|20 ]
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|3600 RPM
|], ]
|–
|512 bytes
|–
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|-
|'''KL-320'''
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|21 MB
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|], ]
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|-
|'''KL-330'''
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|33 ]
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|], ]
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|-
|'''KL-332'''
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|36 MB
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|]
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|-
|'''KL-340'''
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|43 MB
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|], ]
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|-
|'''KL-341'''
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|43 MB
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|]
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|-
|'''KL-342'''
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|43 MB
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|], ]
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|-
|'''KL-343'''
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|43 MB
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|], ]
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|-
|'''KL-360'''
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|66 MB
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|], ]
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|-
|'''KL-381'''
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|85 MB
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|]
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|-
|'''KL-383'''
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|85 MB
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|], ]
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|-
|'''KL-3100'''
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|105 MB
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|]
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|-
|'''KL-3120'''
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|121 MB
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|]
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|-
|'''P5-125A'''
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|126 MB
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|]
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|-
|'''P5-125S'''
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|126 MB
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|]
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|-
|'''P5-250A'''
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|252 MB
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|]
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|-
|'''P5-250S'''
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|252 MB
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|]
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|'''K-Stor 250'''
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|250 MB
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|]
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|-
|'''K-Stor 360'''
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|360 MB
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|]
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|'''K-Stor 540'''
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|540 MB
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|]
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|}


==Services== ==Services==

Revision as of 19:37, 22 September 2021

Kalok Corporation
Company typePrivate
Defunct1994
Key peopleSteven L. Kaczeus - Founder David B. Pearce
ProductsHard Drives

The Kalok Corporation was a hard disk drive manufacturer that was first incorporated in 1987 in Sunnyvale, California by Steven L. Kaczeus.


History

In 1994 Kalok went bankrupt and David B. Pearce moved on to found JT Storage, another hard disk drive manufacturer with Sirjang Lal Tandon and Tom Mitchel.

Models

KL-230

KL-320/330/332

Model no. Gen. Released Capacity Cache Speed Interface Feature set Sector Size Notes Product Page
KL-230 1 2003 20 MB 3600 RPM MFM, ST412 – 512 bytes – Specifications
KL-320 21 MB MFM, ST506
KL-330 33 MB RLL, ST506
KL-332 36 MB ESDI
KL-340 43 MB MFM, ST506
KL-341 43 MB SCSI-1
KL-342 43 MB RLL, ST506
KL-343 43 MB RLL, ST506
KL-360 66 MB RLL, ST506
KL-381 85 MB SCSI-1
KL-383 85 MB RLL, ST506
KL-3100 105 MB Parallel ATA
KL-3120 121 MB Parallel ATA
P5-125A 126 MB Parallel ATA
P5-125S 126 MB SCSI-2
P5-250A 252 MB Parallel ATA
P5-250S 252 MB SCSI-2
K-Stor 250 250 MB Parallel ATA
K-Stor 360 360 MB Parallel ATA
K-Stor 540 540 MB Parallel ATA

Services

One of their last offerings was a 100 megabyte 3.5-inch disk drive using a stepper motor head actuator (rather than the servo-based voice coil operated actuators used on most drives of that density) and was very limited in both access speed and reliability. The drive was manufactured in India, and was commonly found in very inexpensive generic PCs.

In the early 1990s, Kalok also designed hard disks for TEAC who used them as part of a removable hard disk drive system, which was also sold under the Kalok name. After Kalok failed in 1994, JT Storage (JTS) hired its founder as their chief technical officer, and licensed the patents involved from TEAC and Pont Peripherals.

References

  1. McKendrick, David (November 1997). "Sustaining Competitive Advantage in Global Industries: Technological Change and Foreign Assembly in the Hard Disk Drive Industry". The Information Storage Industry Center, Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California. Report 97-06. Archived from the original on 2014-02-09. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
  2. US patent 5446609, "Low profile disk drive assembly", issued 1995-08-29, assigned to TEAC Corporation and Pont Peripherals Corporation 
  3. US patent 5886850, "High capacity, low profile disk drive system", issued 1999-03-23, assigned to TEAC Corporation and DZU Corporation 
  4. "SD3250N, SD3360N, SD3540N (Removable Hard Disk Drives) - Installation guides and CMOS setup parameters" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-11-11.
  5. "Form S-4: Registration under the Securities Act of 1933: JTS Corporation". 1996-06-22. Retrieved 2008-01-25.

External links

  • "Kalok". Hardware Collection (in Chinese and English). Archived from the original on 2017-03-28. Retrieved 2017-03-28. (NB. An (incomplete) list of hard disk drives produced by Kalok.)
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