Product Features; Functional/Interface; Zone Density Recording; Read/Write Multiple Mode - Maxtor 87000D8 Installation And Use Manual

Product Features

Functional / Interface
Maxtor DiamondMax™ 1750 hard drives contain all necessary mechanical and electronic parts to interpret control signals and
commands from an AT-compatible host computer. See Section 3, Product Specifications, for complete drive specifications.

Zone Density Recording

The disk capacity is increased with bit density management – common with Zone Density Recording. Each disk surface is
divided into 16 circumferential zones. All tracks within a given zone contain a constant number of data sectors. The
number of data sectors per track varies in different zones; the outermost zone contains the largest number of data sectors
and the innermost contains the fewest.

Read/Write Multiple Mode

This mode is implemented per ANSI ATA/ATAPI-4 specification. Read/Write Multiple allows the host to transfer a set
number of sectors without an interrupt request between them, reducing transfer process overhead and improving host
performance.

UltraDMA - Mode 2

Maxtor DiamondMax 1750 hard drives fully comply with the new UltraDMA protocol, which greatly improves overall
AT interface performance by significantly improving burst and sustained data throughput.

Multi-word DMA (EISA Type B) - Mode 2

Supports multi-word Direct Memory Access (DMA) EISA Type B mode transfers.

Sector Address Translation

All DiamondMax 1750 drives feature a universal translate mode. In an AT/EISA-class system, the drive may be
configured to any specified combination of cylinders, heads and sectors (within the range of the drive's formatted capacity).
DiamondMax 1750 drives power-up in a translate mode:
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