WDXT-GEN Hard Disk/Floppy Controller Settings and Configuration
WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION
WDXT-GEN
Data bus: 8-bit, PC/XT
Size: Half-length, full-height card
Hard drives supported: Two MFM ST506/412 drives
Floppy drives supported: None
Maximum heads/cyl.: 8 heads and 1024 cylinders
CONNECTIONS | |
34-pin control cable connector-hard drive | J1 |
20-pin data cable connector-drive 0 | J2 |
20-pin data cable connector-drive 1 | J3 |
HARD DRIVE CONFIGURATION | ||||||
Feature# | Form. Cap. | Heads | Cylinders | Precomp | RWC | StepRate |
F300/F320 | 21MB | 4 | 615 | 307 | None | 30 m sec |
F335 | 32MB | 5 | 733 | 367 | None | 18 m sec |
F336 | 32MB | 6 | 640 | 210 | 210 | 18 m sec |
F340 | 42MB | 6 | 820 | 410 | None | 18 m sec |
MISCELLANEOUS TECHNICAL NOTES |
This controller has no jumpers. The controller feature number determines the boards formatted capacity. See the chart above for feature number specifications. This controller has a built-in low-level format program. Run the DEBUG utility supplied with DOS and at the prompt enter: G=C800:5. |
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