Seagate MARATHON 810, Product Manual

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Introduction
The Marathon
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810 (ST9816AG) provides high storage capacity in a
small, low-profile hard disc drive.
Key features:
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SafeRite
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shock protection
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Low power consumption
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Compact, MCC-compatible form-factor
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Quiet operation
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Advanced partial-response, maximum-likelihood (PRML) read channel
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Supports logical block addressing
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Supports PIO modes 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4, and DMA modes 0, 1 and 2.
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High instantaneous data-transfer rates (up to 16.6 Mbytes per second
using PIO mode 4 and DMA mode 2).
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Fast microprocessor for lower command overhead
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120-Kbyte multisegmented adaptive cache
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Advanced caching and on-the-fly error-correction algorithms
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Supports Read Multiple and Write Multiple commands
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Supports autodetection of master/slave drives using cable select and
DASP– signals.
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