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Table 17  –  Description of Command Symbols 
SYMBOL
MT 
NAME
Multi-Track 
Selector 
DESCRIPTION
When set, this flag selects the multi-track operating mode.  In this 
mode, the FDC treats a complete cylinder under head 0 and 1 as a 
single track.  The FDC operates as this expanded track started at the 
first sector under head 0 and ended at the last sector under head 1.  
With this flag set, a multitrack read or write operation will 
automatically continue to the first sector under head 1 when the FDC 
finishes operating on the last sector under head 0.          
Sector Size Code This specifies the number of bytes in a sector.  If this parameter is 
"00", then the sector size is 128 bytes.  The number of bytes 
transferred is determined by the DTL parameter. Otherwise the 
sector size is (2 raised to the "Nth" power) times 128.  All values up 
to "07" hex are allowable.  "07"h would equal a sector size of 16k.  It 
is the user's responsibility to not select combinations that are not 
possible with the drive. 
N  SECTOR SIZE 
 128 Bytes 
 256 Bytes 
 512 Bytes 
1024 Bytes 
…               … 
07   16K Bytes 
New Cylinder 
Number 
Non-DMA Mode 
Flag 
Overwrite 
The bits D0-D3 of the Perpendicular Mode Command can only be 
modified if OW is set to 1.  OW id defined in the Lock command. 
Present Cylinder 
Number 
Status command. 
Polling Disable 
When set, the internal polling routine is disabled.  When clear, polling 
is enabled. 
Precompensation 
Start Track 
Number 
Sector Address 
The sector number to be read or written.  In multi-sector transfers, 
this parameter specifies the sector number of the first sector to be 
read or written. 
Relative Cylinder 
Number 
Seek command. 
Number of 
Sectors Per Track 
command.  The number of sectors per track to be verified during a 
Verify command when EC is set.                  
Skip Flag 
When set to 1, sectors containing a deleted data address mark will 
automatically be skipped during the execution of Read Data. If Read 
Deleted is executed, only sectors with a deleted address mark will be 
accessed.  When set to "0", the sector is read or written the same as 
the read and write commands. 
Step Rate Interval The time interval between step pulses issued by the FDC.  
Programmable from 0.5 to 8 milliseconds in increments of 0.5 ms at 
the 1 Mbit data rate.  Refer to the SPECIFY command for actual 
delays. 
Status 0 
Status 1 
Status 2 
Status 3 
N 
NCN 
The desired cylinder number. 
ND 
Write ‘0’.  This part does not support non-DMA mode.
OW 
PCN 
The current position of the head at the completion of Sense Interrupt 
POLL 
PRETRK 
Programmable from track 00 to FFH. 
R 
RCN 
Relative cylinder offset from present cylinder as used by the Relative 
SC 
The number of sectors per track to be initialized by the Format 
SK 
SRT 
ST0 
ST1 
ST2 
ST3 
Registers within the FDC that store status information after a 
command has been executed.  This status information is available to 
the host during the result phase after command execution.