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Medalist Pro 6450/6451 Product Manual, Rev. B

When using IORDY, the drives operate at programmed timing specifica- tions, as shown below.

Address valid

IOCS16

DIORor DIOW

IORDY

Write data valid

Read data valid

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T8

 

 

 

 

 

T1

 

 

 

 

T7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T2

 

 

 

 

T6

 

T9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T3

T5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T4

 

 

 

 

 

 

T10

 

T11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 9. Programmed I/O timing with IORDY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Min

 

Max

T0

Cycle time

 

 

 

 

 

 

120 nsec

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T1

Address valid until IOCS16– is asserted

 

 

 

30 nsec

T2

Drive address (CS1FX–, CS3FX–,

 

 

 

25 nsec

 

 

DA0, DA1 and DA2) valid before DIOR–

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

or DIOW– setup

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T3

IORDY setup time

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T4

DIOW– or DIOR– pulse width (8-bit)

 

 

 

70 nsec

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIOW– or DIOR– pulse width (16-bit)

 

 

 

70 nsec

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T5

IORDY pulse width

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,250

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

nsec

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T6

DIOW– data setup

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20 nsec

 

T7

DIOR– data setup

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20 nsec

 

T8

DIOR– data hold

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5 nsec

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T9

DIOW– data hold

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10 nsec

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T10

DIOW– or DIOR– to address valid hold

 

 

 

5 nsec

 

T11

Address valid until IOCS16– is negated

 

 

 

25 nsec

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Seagate 6451, 6450 manual Programmed I/O timing with Iordy

6451, 6450 specifications

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