Chapter 5 | ATAPI Interface |
Mode Medium Partition Page
The following table describes the Mode Medium Partition Page layout.
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0 | Page Code | 11h | Medium Partition Page |
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1 | Page Length | 06h | 6 Bytes of Information |
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2,3 | Maximum Additional Partitions, | 00h,00h | Not Supported |
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4 | FDP (bit 7), reserved | 80h | Fixed Data Partitions |
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5 | Medium Format Recognition | 03h | Format and Partition Recognition |
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6,7 | Reserved | 00h,00h | — |
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None of the Medium Partition Page (11h) parameters can be changed.
Mode Capabilities and Mechanical Status Page
The following table describes the Mode Capabilities and Mechanical Status Pages
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0 | Page Code | 2Ah | Capabilities and Mechanical Status Page |
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1 | Page Length | 12h | 18 Bytes of Information |
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2,3 | Reserved | 00h,00h | — |
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4 | SPREV (bit 5), RO (bit 0) | 20h | Space Reverse supported, bit 0 = Write |
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| Protect status |
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5 | QFA (bit 5) | 20h | QFA supported |
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6 | ECC (bit 6) | 40h | ECC supported |
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7 | BLK1024 (bit 1), BLK512 (bit 0) | 03h | 512 byte blocks (1024 if floppy tape) |
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8,9 | Maximum Speed Supported | 600. | 1,000 Kbytes/sec Maximum |
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10,11 | Maximum Stored Defect List | 0000h | — |
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12,13 | Continuous Transfer Limit (blocks) | 0034h | 52 blocks per Read/Write command |
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14,15 | Current Speed Selected (Kbytes | NNNN | Current transfer rate |
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16,17 | Buffer Size (in 512 bytes) | 02D8h | 14 frames of 52 blocks = 728 |
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Reserved | 00h | — | |
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None of the Mode Capabilities and Mechanical Status Page (2Ah) parameters can be changed.
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