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| ⚫ | '''Kalok''' was a ] manufacturer which went bankrupt in 1994.<ref name="McKendrick"/> | ||
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| ⚫ | '''Kalok''' was a ] manufacturer which went bankrupt in 1994. | ||
| One of their last offerings was a 100 |
One of their last offerings was a 100 ] 3.5-inch disk drive using a ] head ] (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 ], and was commonly found in very inexpensive generic PCs. | ||
| In the early 1990s, Kalok also designed hard disks for ]<ref name="usp5446609"/><ref name="usp5886850"/> who used them as part of a removable hard disk drive system,<ref name="hdd0040"/> which was also sold under the Kalok name. After Kalok failed in 1994, ] (JTS) hired its founder as their chief technical officer, and licensed the patents involved from TEAC and ].<ref name="jts-1996-s4"/> | |||
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| <ref name="McKendrick">{{Cite web |url=http://isic.ucsd.edu/demandbased.html |title=Sustaining Competitive Advantage in Global Industries: Technological Change and Foreign Assembly in the Hard Disk Drive Industry |last=McKendrick |first=David |date=November 1997 |accessdate=2011-08-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209155900/http://isic.ucsd.edu/demandbased.html |archive-date=2014-02-09}}</ref> | |||
| <ref name="usp5446609">{{Ref patent |country=US |number=5446609 |status=patent |title=Low profile disk drive assembly |gdate=1995-08-29 |fdate=1992-10-15 |assign1=TEAC Corporation |assign2=Pont Peripherals Corporation |class=G11B 5/012}}</ref> | |||
| <ref name="usp5886850">{{Ref patent |country=US |number=5886850 |status=patent |title=High capacity, low profile disk drive system |gdate=1999-03-23 |fdate=1995-05-15 |assign1=TEAC Corporation |assign2=DZU Corporation |class=G11B 5/012}}</ref> | |||
| <ref name="hdd0040">{{cite web |url=http://www.teac.com/DSPD/pdf/hdd0040a.pdf |title=SD3250N, SD3360N, SD3540N (Removable Hard Disk Drives) - Installation guides and CMOS setup parameters}}</ref> | |||
| <ref name="jts-1996-s4">{{cite web |url=http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/941167/0000950153-96-000413.txt |title=Form S-4: Registration under the Securities Act of 1933: JTS Corporation |date=1996-06-22 |access-date=2008-01-25}}</ref> | |||
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Kalok was a hard disk drive manufacturer which went bankrupt in 1994.
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
- McKendrick, David (November 1997). "Sustaining Competitive Advantage in Global Industries: Technological Change and Foreign Assembly in the Hard Disk Drive Industry". Archived from the original on 2014-02-09. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
- US patent 5446609, "Low profile disk drive assembly", issued 1995-08-29, assigned to TEAC Corporation and Pont Peripherals Corporation
- US patent 5886850, "High capacity, low profile disk drive system", issued 1999-03-23, assigned to TEAC Corporation and DZU Corporation
- "SD3250N, SD3360N, SD3540N (Removable Hard Disk Drives) - Installation guides and CMOS setup parameters" (PDF).
- "Form S-4: Registration under the Securities Act of 1933: JTS Corporation". 1996-06-22. Retrieved 2008-01-25.
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