1. Introduction
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Interrupts
The Floppy Disk Controller (FDC) communicates status to the host processor via an
interrupt. This interrupt is routed through a group of jumpers to select the appropriate
backplane interrupt to drive. Standard bussed interrupts are supported, as well as the
slot-specific interrupt for STD 32 backplanes. By default, the floppy disk controller drives
INTRQ2* on the backplane, which is normally connected on the host CPU to IR6.
Floppy Disk Controller
The Floppy Disk Controller used on the ZT 8954 supports all DOS-compatible floppy
disk drives through either a 0.1" 34-pin header or a 1-millimeter 26-pin connector. Data
rates of 250 Kbytes, 300 Kbytes, 500 Kbytes, and 1 Mbytes per second are supported
through program control. Perpendicular recording mode is supported for 2.88 Mbyte
floppy disk drives. An on-board 16-byte FIFO provides increased bus-latency tolerance.
The FDC is fully compatible with the IBM-AT, IBM-PS/2
®
, and EISA architectures. The
FDC supports up to two disk drives directly.
Floppy Disk Drive
The ZT 8954 supports a variety of floppy disk drives. Two types of connectors are
provided for interfacing to the different styles of floppy drives. A 34-pin 0.1" header
interfaces to older style 5¼" and 3½" drives. For newer 3½" slimline drives, a 26-pin
1 mm FPC connector is provided.
External Floppy Interface
The ZT 8954 supports remote mounted floppy drives through an onboard 34-pin 0.1"
header.
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