2.2System Configuration
2.2.1ATA interface
Figures 2.2 and 2.3 show the ATA interface system configuration. The drive has a 40-pin PC AT interface connector and supports the PIO transfer till 16.6 MB/s (PIO mode 4), the DMA transfer till 16.6 MB/s (Multiword DMA mode 2), the ultra DMA transfer till 66.6 MB/s (Ultra DMA mode 4), and the ultra DMA transfer till 100 MB/s (Ultra DMA mode 5).
2.2.21 drive connection
Host
HA
(Host adaptor)
Disk drive
AT bus | ATA interface |
(Host interface) |
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Figure 2.2 1 drive system configuration
2.2.32 drives connection
Host
HA
(Host adaptor)
AT bus
(Host interface)
Disk drive #0
Disk drive #1
ATA interface
Note:
When the drive that is not conformed to ATA is connected to the disk drive is above configuration, the operation is not guaranteed.
Figure 2.3 2 drives configuration
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