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Toshiba M30-35 manual Tests and Diagnostics Floppy Disk Test

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3 Tests and Diagnostics

3.8 Floppy Disk Test

Select the number of the subtest you want to execute and press Enter. The following message will appear during the floppy disk test.

FLOPPY DISK IN PROGRESS XXXXXXX

xxxDIAGNOSTIC TEST VX.XX [Ctrl]+[Break] : test end

[Ctrl]+[C]

: key stop

SUB-TEST

: XX

ERROR COUNT : XXXXX

PASS COUNT

: XXXXX

WRITE DATA

: XX

READ DATA

: XX

ADDRESS

: XXXXXX

STATUS

: XXX

3.When the subtest 04 or 05 is selected, the following messages will appear on the screen. Select the test data (subtest 04 only), track number and head number you want to test.

Test data

?? (subtest 04 only)

Track No.

??

Head No.

?

Subtest 01

Sequential read

 

This subtest performs a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) that continuously

 

reads all the tracks (track: 0 to 39/0 to 79) on a floppy disk.

Subtest 02

Sequential read/write

 

This subtest continuously writes data pattern B5ADADh to all the tracks

 

(track: 0 to 39/0 to 79) on a floppy disk. The data is then read and compared

 

to the original data.

Subtest 03

Random address/data

 

This subtest writes random data to random addresses on all tracks (track: 0 to

 

39/0 to 79) on a floppy disk. The data is then read and compared to the

 

original data.

Subtest 04

Write specified address

 

This subtest writes the data specified by an operator to a specified track, head,

 

and address.

Subtest 05

Read specified address

 

This subtest reads data from a track, head, and address specified by an

 

operator.

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M30-35 specifications

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