Chapter 5
ATAPI Interface
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STT20000A Product Manual
ATAPI interface
The following table lists the ATAPI interface commands for the drive. In this table,
DSC restrictive means that the host should wait for DSC to be set before issuing the
command for minimum IDE bus overhead. Note that all ATAPI commands are 12
bytes in length. The command descriptions show only the first 6 or 10 bytes of these
commands, even though the commands are actually 12 bytes long.
Code
DSC
Restrictive
Command
Comments
00h
Y
TEST UNIT
READY
Not DSC restrictive on some other drives.
01h
Y
REWIND
03h
N
REQUEST
SENSE
Null status if DSC not set.
08h
buffer
READ
Delay occurs if first READ is not READ 0 blocks.
0Ah
buffer
WRITE
Write 0 not required to initialize DSC.
10h
Y
WRITE
FILEMARK
Flush always. WFM 0 to flush.
11h
Y
SPACE
Space forward/reverse Filemarks and space to
EOD only.
12h
N
INQUIRY
DSC not affected.
15h
—
MODE
SELECT
Select speed, FDP, page 2B updates only.
19h
Y
ERASE
Constitutes a logical erase; accepted at BOP0/1
or EOD only.
1Ah
—
MODE
SENSE
1Bh
Y
LOAD/UNL
OAD
UNLOAD to make not ready; LOAD to return to
Ready. LOAD w/Retension any time. (All LOADS
imply REWIND and select partition 0.)
2Bh
Y
LOCATE
Locates logically only; can also select partition.
34h
Y
READ
POSITION
Also used to wait for previous command done.
3Bh
—
WRITE
BUFFER
Use for download only. Drive must be "unloaded".
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