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Preliminary CompactFlash Memory Card Product Manual

6.1.5.1 Word 0: General Configuration

This field informs the host that this is a non-magnetic,

hard sectored, removable storage device with a transfer

rate greater than 10 mb/sec and is not MFM encoded.

6.1.5.2 Word 1: Default Number of Cylinders

This field contains the number of translated cylinders in

the default translation mode. This value will be the same

as the number of cylinders.

6.1.5.3 Word 3: Default Number of Heads

This field contains the number of translated heads in the

default translation mode.

6.1.5.4 Word 4: Number of Unformatted Bytes per

Track

This field contains the number of unformatted bytes per

translated track in the default translation mode.

6.1.5.5 Word 5: Number of Unformatted Bytes per

Sector

This field contains the number of unformatted bytes per

sector in the default translation mode.

6.1.5.6 Word 6: Default Number of Sectors per Track

This field contains the number of sectors per track in the

default translation mode.

6.1.5.7 Words 7-8: Number of Sectors per Card

This field contains the number of sectors per

CompactFlash Memory Card. This double word value is

also the first invalid address in LBA translation mode.

6.1.5.8 Words 10-19: Memory Card Serial Number

The contents of this field are right justified and padded

with spaces (20h).

6.1.5.9 Word 20: Buffer Type

This field defines the buffer capability with the 0002h

meaning a dual ported multi-sector buffer capable of

simultaneous data transfers to or from the host and the

CompactFlash Memory Card.

6.1.5.10 Word 21: Buffer Size

This field defines the buffer capacity of 2 sectors or 1

kilobyte of SRAM.

6.1.5.11 Word 22: ECC Count

This field defines the number of ECC bytes used on

each sector in the Read and Write Long commands.

6.1.5.12 Words 23-26: Firmware Revision

This field contains the revision of the firmware for this

product.

6.1.5.13 Words 27-46: Model Number

This field contains the model number for this product

and is left justified and padded with spaces (20h).