General; Terminology; Deviations From Standard - Hitachi ic35l060avv207-0 - Deskstar 60 GB Hard Drive Specifications

7.0 General

This specification describes the host interface of the Deskstar 180GXP hard disk drive.
The interface conforms to the Working Document of Information Technology - AT Attachment with Packet
Interface Extension (ATA/ATAPI-6), Revision 3b, dated 26 February 2002, with deviations as described in
Section 7.2, "Deviations from standard" below.

7.1 Terminology

Device
Host

7.2 Deviations from standard

The device conforms to the referenced specifications with the following deviations:
Check Power Mode. Check Power Mode command returns FFh to Sector Count Register when the
device is in Idle mode. This command does not support 80h as the return value.
Hard Reset. Hard reset response is not the same as that of power on reset. Refer to Section 9.1,
"Reset Response" on page 71 for details.
The Deskstar 180GXP hard disk drive
The system to which the device is attached
Deskstar 180GXP hard disk drive specifications
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