General Description
1.3 System Configuration
Figures 1.5 and 1.6 show the PC AT interface system configuration. The interface
can be directly connected to the 40-pin AT-compatible IDE interface.
Host system
(Host interface)
Figure 1.5 System configuration with one optical disk drive
Host system
(Host interface)
Figure 1.6 System configuration with two optical disk drives
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HA
(
Host adapter)
AT bus
HA
(Host adapter)
AT bus
IDE interface
The PC AT interface will not meet the specification if two optical
disk drives not conforming to the ATA are connected.
The host adapter (HA) consists of an address decoder, driver, and
receiver. ATA stands for AT Attachment. This drive supports the
ATA interface.
ODD
IDE interface
ODD
ODD
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