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COMMON COMMAND SET AND DISK OPERATION

 

BYTE OFFSET

VALUE

COMMENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

(Note 4)

Alternate tracks per volume (MSB)

 

 

 

9

(Note 4)

Alternate tracks per volume (LSB)

 

 

 

 

 

A

(Note 5)

Sectors per track (MSB)

 

 

 

 

 

B

(Note 5)

Sectors per track (LSB)

 

 

 

 

 

C

(Note 6)

Bytes per sector (MSB)

 

 

 

 

 

D

(Note 6)

Bytes per sector (LSB)

 

 

 

 

 

E

(Note 7)

Interleave (MSB)

 

 

 

 

 

F

(Note 7)

Interleave (LSB)

 

 

 

10

(Note 8)

Track skew factor (MSB)

 

 

 

11

(Note 8)

Track skew factor (LSB)

 

 

 

12

(Note 9)

Cylinder skew factor (MSB)

 

 

 

 

 

Mode Select Parameter List: Page 3 Parameters for Winchester drives (cont’d)

 

BYTE OFFSET

VALUE

COMMENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

(Note 9)

Cylinder skew factor (LSB)

 

 

 

14

(Note 10)

Drive type field

 

 

 

15

(Note 11)

Reserved

 

 

 

16

(Note 11)

Reserved

 

 

 

 

 

NOTES:

1.

Tracks per zone is set to $0001 if bit 11 (track = zone flag) of

 

 

the attach packets attribute word (byte offset $10) is = 0.

 

 

Tracks per zone is set to the number of heads (attach packet

 

 

byte offset $07) if bit 11 (track = zone flag) of the attach

 

 

packets attribute word (byte offset $10) is = 1.

 

2.

Alternate sectors per zone is taken from the attach packets

 

 

alternate sectors per zone field (byte offset $1E for "old"

 

 

attach ($08), or offset $28 for "new" ATTACH ($78)).

 

3.

Alternate tracks per zone field is left as the default value as

 

 

returned from the mode sense command.

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