A-11
A
The remaining 24 bytes that are transferred during the DATA OUT phase for
the mode select command are the page 3 parameters.
Mode Select Parameter List: Page 3 Parameters for Winchester drives
BYTE OFFSET
VALUE COMMENTS
Mode Select Header
000Reserved
1 00 Media type
200Reserved
3 08 Block descriptor length
Block Descriptor
000Reserved
1 00 Number of blocks (MSB)
2 00 Number of blocks
3 00 Number of blocks (LSB)
400Reserved
5 00 Block length (MSB)
6(Note)Block length
7 (Note) Block length (LSB)
NOTE:
The block length is taken from the attach packet,
byte offset $1C, bytes per block.
BYTE OFFSET
VALUE COMMENTS
0 3 Page code
116Page length
2 (Note 1) Tracks per zone (MSB)
3 (Note 1) Tracks per zone (LSB)
4 (Note 2) Alternate sectors per zone (MSB)
5 (Note 2) Alternate sectors per zone (LSB)
6 (Note 3) Alternate tracks per zone (MSB)
7 (Note 3) Alternate tracks per zone (LSB)