Appendix B

 

 

I/O Interface Board

Table B-11. Floppy Drive Interface Pin/Signal Descriptions (J11)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pin #

Signal

Description

 

2

DRVEN0

Drive Density Select 0 – This signal indicates a low (250/300 kbps) or high (500

 

 

 

 

kbps) data rate has been selected.

 

4

NC

Not connected

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

NC

Not connected

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

INDEX

Index – Detects the drive head is positioned over the track 0.

 

10

NC

Not connected (MTR0 - Motor Control 0)

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

DS1

Drive Select 1 – Selects drive 1.

 

 

 

 

 

 

14

NC

Not connected (DS0 - Drive Select 0)

 

16

MTR1

Motor Control 1 – Selects drive motor 1.

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

DIR

Direction – Direction of head movement (0 = inward motion, 1 = outward motion).

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

STEP

Step – Low pulse for each track-to-track movement of the head.

 

22

WDATA

Write Data – Encoded data to the drive for write operations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

24

WGATE

Write Gate – Signal to the drive to enable current flow in the write head.

 

 

 

 

 

 

26

TRK0

Track 0 – Sense detects the head is positioned over track 0.

 

28

WRTPRT

Write Protect – Senses the diskette is write protected.

 

 

 

 

 

 

30

RDATA

Read Data – Raw serial bit stream from the drive for read operations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

32

HDSEL

Head Select – Selects the side for Read/Write operations (0 = side 1, 1 = side 0)

 

34

DSKCHG

Disk Change – Senses the drive door is open or the diskette has been changed

 

 

 

 

since the last drive selection.

 

1, 3, 5, 7, 9,

GND

Ground (All odd pins are grounded)

 

11, 13, 15,

 

 

 

17, 19, 21,

 

 

 

23, 25, 27,

 

 

 

29, 31, 33

 

 

Notes: The shaded area denotes power or ground. The signals marked with * indicate signal inversion.

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Ampro Corporation PCI-104 quick start Pin # Signal Description