Quantum Audio Travan 40 Tape Drive STT3401A User Manual

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ATAPI Interface

Chapter 5

Seagate Travan 40 Product Manual

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PREVENT: If the PREVENT bit is set, the device defaults to the Prevent state after
power-up.

LOCKED: If the LOCKED bit is set, the volume is locked.

LOCK: If the LOCK bit is set, the device supports locking the volume using the
PREVENT/ALLOW MEDIA REMOVAL command.

BLK1024: If the BLK1024 bit is set, the device is capable of using a 1024-byte block
size.

BLK512: If the BLK512 bit is set, the device is capable of using a 512-byte block
size.

Maximum Speed Supported: This field indicates the maximum data rate the device
supports. This value is the maximum sustained native data transfer rate of the
device returned in 1000 byte per second units.

Continuous Transfer Limit: This field indicates the number of blocks (of the current
block size) that can be transferred without delay due to a buffer limitation. When
DISCONNECT is set to 0, transfers restricted to the Continuous Transfer Limit will
result in efficient use of the bus. When DISCONNECT is set to 1, this field is ignored.

Current Speed Selected: This field indicates the actual data rate the device is
currently using. This value is returned in 1000 byte per second units.

Buffer Size: This field is an estimate of the read and write buffer size in 512-byte
units.

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