Rana Systems Elite Series User Manual

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ELITE SERIES USER MANUAL

APPEN. B - DOS NOTES

The high four bits (7-4) of each entry are the

drive type code, the next three bits (3-1) are

the seek rate code, and the low bit (0) is the

single phase per cylinder flag.

0000 XXXX = Disk II

0001 XXYX = Elite One

0010 XXXX = Elite Two

0011 XXXX = Elite Three

XXXX 000X = Spiral Cam Seek Rate

XXXX 001X = Lead Screw Seek Rate

XXXX 0l0X = Band Pulley Seek Rate

XXXX XXX0 = Two Phases per Cylinder

XXXX XXX1 = One Phase per Cylinder

An additional piece of information can also be

obtained by using the [AY] pointer returned by

the enhanced DOS. That is the version number of

the enhancements applied to the DOS in use. It

is stored as a word at location [AY]+$1C and

[AY]$ iD, low byte first, high byte last. The

version is kept in binary coded decimal (BCD) in

which the hexadecimal digits $WXYZ would repre-

sent the version number WX.YZ. The low byte (YZ)

is the minor revision number, and the high byte

(WX) is the major revision number.

P a g e B — 5

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