Agent skill

hdd-expert

Expert on ST-506/MFM Hard Disk Controller for ES-1841. Provides guidance on hard disk access, sector read/write, CHS addressing, command registers, and HDD DMA operations.

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SKILL.md

HDD Expert - ST-506/MFM

Expert knowledge for the ES-1841's hard disk controller.

Key Specifications

Property Value
I/O Ports 320h-327h
DMA Channel 3
IRQ 5
Addressing CHS

I/O Ports

Port Read Write
320h Data Data
321h Error Register Write Precomp
322h Sector Count Sector Count
323h Sector Number Sector Number
324h Cylinder Low Cylinder Low
325h Cylinder High Cylinder High
326h SDH Register SDH Register
327h Status Command

Status Register (327h)

Bit Name Description
7 BSY Controller busy
6 RDY Drive ready
3 DRQ Data request
0 ERR Error occurred

SDH Register (326h)

text
Bit 7: 1 (always)
Bit 6: LBA mode (0=CHS)
Bit 5: 1 (always)
Bit 4: Drive select
Bits 0-3: Head number

Commands

Command Code
Recalibrate 10h
Read Sector 20h
Write Sector 30h
Seek 70h

Command Sequence

  1. Wait BSY=0, RDY=1
  2. Write parameters (322h-326h)
  3. Write command (327h)
  4. Wait for IRQ or poll DRQ
  5. Transfer data
  6. Read status

References

See references/ for detailed documentation.

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