Abstract: A method for generating digital actual velocity signals in a positioning system for the write/read heads of a magnetic disk storage utilizes a position signal received from a servo-head to derive digital signals having edges marking the data track centers. Reset signals for a digital counter counted up by clock pulses are formed from the digital position signals and, upon recognition of a zero passage of the position signal, the content of the counter is sampled and the counter is reset. The position signal is then compared with a stored optimum deceleration curve and a coil is operated through a series of gates to appropriately position the write/read heads.

Abstract: A circuit arrangement provides a slow, constant forward or reverse movement of the write/read heads in a cylinder memory and includes a regulating circuit which comprises a track difference register, a digital/analog converter connected to the track difference register, an arrangement for providing a sign for the analog signal, and a function generator for receiving the analog signal. In the digital portion of the regulating circuit one or more of the low-value bits is activated in order to produce a slow, constant speed of the write/read heads.

Abstract: A circuit arrangement offsets the data heads of a data cylinder memory by a determinate amount from the mid-position of the data cylinder and uses a fine regulating circuit and a coarse regulating circuit. The circuit arrangement includes a track difference register, a digital/analog converter connected to the track difference register, and arrangement for forming the sign and a function generator, in which the amount of the desired track offset is input, in digital form, into the track difference register, and which is converted into an analog value by the subsequently connected digital/analog converter. The sign of the offset is produced in the coarse regulating circuit which has an arrangement provided for normal positioning. An analog switch is connected between the input and output of the function generator and linearizes the function generator when the same is closed when the regulating circuit is transferred to fine regulation.