General; Introduction; Terminology - Hitachi 7K100 - Travelstar - Hard Drive Specifications

8.0 General

8.1 Introduction

This specification describes the host interface of the Travelstar 7K100.
The interface conforms to the Working Document of Information Technology, AT Attachment with Packet Interface
Extension (ATA/ATAPI-6) Revision 3b, dated 26 February 2001, with certain limitations described in Section 9.0,
"Deviations from standard" on page 57.
The drive supports the following functions as Vendor Specific Functions:
• Address Offset Feature
• Format Unit Function
• SENSE CONDITION command

8.2 Terminology

Device
Host
First Command
INTRQ
The Travelstar 7K100 drive
Host indicates the system to which the device is attached
The first command which is executed immediately after the power on reset (also
known as hard reset) when the initial power mode at power on is the Standby mode
Interrupt request (Device or Host)
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