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Texas Instruments WD800 Installation And Operation Manual (178 pages)

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Table of Contents
9
Title Page
10
WD800/WD800A System Kit Description
15
General
15
Kit Components
17
TPBI Board
17
Peripheral Bus Cable
17
1.2.3 WD800 Chassis
18
Winchester Disk Drive
18
1.2.3.2 Magnetic Tape Cartridge Transport
19
Front Panel Controls and Indicators
19
Card Cage
19
Power Supply
19
General
21
Peripheral Bus Interface (PBI)
21
Formatter Function
23
System Initialization
23
Winchester Disk Subsystem Operations
23
Tape Transport Operations
23
Status Monitoring and Reporting
23
F~Mctional Specifications
28
TILINE Peripheral Bus Interface
33
System Operational Description
33
Tiline
35
TPBI Operations
35
Peripheral Bus Interface
36
TILINE Communication
37
TILINE Peripheral Control Space Addressing
37
TPBI Command and Status Structure
39
Command Completion
39
Command Completion Without Interrupts
39
Command Completion with Interrupts
39
TPBI Disk Control and Status Word Formats
40
WO - Attention
40
W1 - Commands
42
W2 - Self-Test Errors
43
W3 - Maintenance Commands
43
W4 - Transfer Byte Count
44
W5 - Memory Address (LSB)
44
W6 - Unit Select and Memory Address (MSB)
44
W7 - Command Completion Status
45
TPBI Tape Control and Status Word Formats
46
WO - Rewind Status
46
W2 - Self-Test Status and Internal Address
48
W3 - Maintenance Commands
48
W4 - Transfer Byte Count
48
W5 - Memory Address (LSB)
48
W7 - Command Completion Status
50
TPBI Installation
51
Preparation for Use
51
Unpacking
51
Inspection
52
TPBI Board Switch Setting
52
990 Computer Chassis Preparation for the TPBI
53
Selecting a Chassis Slot for the Controller
53
TILINE Philosophy
54
Preparing a 990 Chassis Slot Location for the TPBI
54
Interrupt Connections
62
Installation of TPBI Board in El-Slot or 13-Slot Chassis
68
Installation of TPBI Board in 17-Slot Chassis
68
TPBI Verification
69
FAULT Indicator
69
TILINE Indicator
69
Busy Leds a and B
69
WDSOO Chassis Installation and Programming
71
General
71
Installation
71
Site Preparation
71
Unpacking
74
Shipping Configuration
74
Unpacking Procedure
74
Chassis Preparation
76
Chassis Installation in an EIA Cabinet
79
Chassis Stand-Alone Power-Up and Unit Select
85
Chassis Power-Up
85
Unit Select
87
Tape System Verification
88
Programming
89
General
89
Disk Programming
89
Disk Command Summary
89
Disk Control and Status Block - Summary
90
Disk Control and Status Word Formats
90
WO - Disk Status
92
W1 - Command and Head Address
92
W2 - Sectors Per Record and Sector Address
94
3.3.3.4 W3 - Cylinder Address or Maintenance Commands
94
W4 - Transfer Byte Count
95
W7 - Command Completion Status
95
Detailed Disk Command Descriptions
96
Normal Commands
96
Extended Mode Commands
100
Maintenance Commands (W1 = > 87XX)
101
Tape Programming
101
Tape Command Summary
101
Tape Control and Status Block - Summary
102
3.3.6 Tape Control and Status Word Formats
103
WO - Tape Status
103
W1 - Read Overflow
105
W2 - Self-Test Status and Internal Address
105
W3 - Read Offset or Maintenance Command
105
W4 - Byte/Record Count
105
3.3.6.6 W6 - Command
105
W7 - Command Completion Status
106
Detailed Tape Command Descriptions
107
Normal Commands
107
Special Commands
112
WD800 System Kit Installation
113
General
113
Installation
113
General Overview
113
Configuring the WD800 Terminator Packs and Grounds
114
Configuring the WD800 Terminator Packs
114
Configuring the WD800 Grounds
116
Installing the PBI Cable
117
Installing the Power Cord
120
Power-Up and System Test
120
Power-Up
121
System Start-Up
121
System Diagnostics
122
Power-Down
126
Operation
127
General
127
Controls and Indicators
127
Ac Power Switch
127
TEST STATUS/TAPE UNLOAD Switch
127
DISK WRITE-PROTECT Switch
130
Indicators
130
Tape Status Indicator (TAPE READY)
130
System Status Indicator (SYSTEM READY)
131
Disk Status Indicator (DISK READY)
131
Test Status Indicator (TEST MODE)
131
Indicator Secondary Functions
132
Operating Procedures
132
Disk Subsystem Operation
132
Tape Subsystem Operation
132
Media Requirements
133
Cartridge Handling
133
Tape Write-Protection
133
Cartridge Insertion
133
Cartridge Unloading and Removal
134
Air Filter Cleaning
138
Fault Analysis
141
Sample 990 Device Service Routines
159

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