NEC æPD765 - Floppy Disk Controller - 8272A


	PS/2 FDC Diskette Status Register A at 3F0h

	|7|6|5|4|3|2|1|0|  3F0h  PS/2 Disk Status Register A (read-only)
	 | | | | | | | `---- direction
	 | | | | | | `----- write protect
	 | | | | | `------ index
	 | | | | `------- head 1 select
	 | | | `-------- track 0
	 | | `--------- step
	 | `---------- second drive installed
	 `----------- interrupt pending

	PS/2 FDC Diskette Status Register B at 3F1h

	|7|6|5|4|3|2|1|0|  3F1h  PS/2 Disk Status Register B (read-only)
	 | | | | | | | `---- motor enable 0
	 | | | | | | `---- motor enable 1
	 | | | | | `---- write enable
	 | | | | `---- read data (toggles w/positive transition in -RD DATA)
	 | | | `---- write data (toggles w/positive transition in WR DATA)
	 | | `---- drive select
	 `------ reserved

	FDC Digital Output Register at 3F2h  (all systems)

	|7|6|5|4|3|2|1|0|  port 3F2h  (write only)
	 | | | | | | `------ floppy drive select (0=A, 1=B, 2=floppy C, ...)
	 | | | | | `------- 1 = FDC enable, 0 = hold FDC at reset
	 | | | | `-------- 1 = DMA & I/O interface enabled  (reserved PS/2)
	 | | | `--------- 1 = turn floppy drive A motor on
	 | | `---------- 1 = turn floppy drive B motor on
	 | `----------- 1 = turn floppy drive C motor on; (reserved PS/2)
	 `------------ 1 = turn floppy drive D motor on; (reserved PS/2)

	- used to control drive motors, drive selection, and feature enable
	- PS/2 only uses bit 0 for floppy drive select; bit 1 is reserved
	- PS/2 only uses bits 5 & 4 for  motor enable; bits 7&6 are reserved
	- all DOR bits are cleared during controller reset

	FDC Main Status Register at 3F4h  (all systems)

	|7|6|5|4|3|2|1|0|  port 3F4h  (read only)
	 | | | | | | | `---- floppy drive 0 in seek mode/busy
	 | | | | | | `----- floppy drive 1 in seek mode/busy
	 | | | | | `------ floppy drive 2 in seek mode/busy (reserved PS/2)
	 | | | | `------- floppy drive 3 in seek mode/busy (reserved PS/2)
	 | | | `-------- FDC read or write command in progress
	 | | `--------- FDC is in non-DMA mode
	 | `---------- I/O direction;  1 = FDC to CPU; 0 = CPU to FDC
	 `----------- data reg ready for I/O to/from CPU (request for master)

	FDC Command Status Register 0 at 3F5h  (all systems)

	|7|6|5|4|3|2|1|0|  Command Status Register 0 at port 3F5h
	 | | | | | | `------ unit selected at interrupt (0=A, 1=B, 2=...)
	 | | | | | `------- head number at interrupt (head 0 or 1)
	 | | | | `-------- not ready on read/write or SS access to head 1
	 | | | `--------- equipment check (see note)
	 | | `---------- set to 1 when FDD completes a seek command
	 `------------- last command status (see below)

	Bits
	 76  Last Command Status
	 00  command terminated successfully
	 01  command execution started but terminated abnormally
	 10  invalid command issued
	 11  command terminated abnormally due to a change in state of
	     the Ready Signal from the FDC  (reserved on PS/2)

	- equipment check can occur if FDD signals a fault or track zero is
	  not found after 77 steps on a recalibrate command
	- PS/2 only uses bits 1-0 for drive (values are 01b and 10b)

	FDC Command Status Register 1 at 3F5h  (all systems)

	|7|6|5|4|3|2|1|0|  Command Status Register 1 at port 3F5h
	 | | | | | | | `---- FDC cannot find ID address mark (see reg 2)
	 | | | | | | `----- write protect detected during write
	 | | | | | `------ FDC cannot find sector ID
	 | | | | `------- unused (always zero)
	 | | | `-------- over-run;  FDC not serviced in reasonable time
	 | | `--------- data error (CRC) in ID field or data field
	 | `---------- unused (always zero)
	 `----------- end of cylinder; sector# greater than sectors/track

	- bit 0 of Status Register 1 and bit 4 of Status Register 2 are
	  related and mimic each other

	FDC Command Status Register 2 at 3F5h  (all systems)

	|7|6|5|4|3|2|1|0|  Command Status Register 2 at port 3F5h
	 | | | | | | | `---- missing address mark in data field
	 | | | | | | `----- bad cylinder, ID not found and Cyl Id=FFh
	 | | | | | `------ scan command failed, sector not found in cylinder
	 | | | | `------- scan command equal condition satisfied
	 | | | `-------- wrong cylinder detected
	 | | `--------- CRC error detected in sector data
	 | `---------- sector with deleted data address mark detected
	 `----------- unused (always zero)

	- bit 0 of Status Register 1 and bit 4 of Status Register 2 are
	  related and mimic each other

	FDC Command Status Register 3 at 3F5h (FDD status, all systems)

	|7|6|5|4|3|2|1|0|  Floppy Disk Drive Status at port 3F5h
	 | | | | | | `------ FDD unit selected status (0=A, 1=B, 2=...)
	 | | | | | `------- FDD side head select status (0=head 0, 1=head 1)
	 | | | | `-------- FDD two sided status signal
	 | | | `--------- FDD track zero status signal
	 | | `---------- FDD ready status signal
	 | `----------- FDD write protect status signal
	 `------------ FDD fault status signal

	PS/2 FDC Digital Input Register at 3F7h

	|7|6|5|4|3|2|1|0|  3F7h  PS/2 Digital Input Register (read only)
	 | | | | | | | `--- high density select
	 | `-------------- reserved
	 `--------------- diskette change

	PS/2 FDC Configuration Control Register at 3F7h

	|7|6|5|4|3|2|1|0|  3F7h  PS/2 Config. Control Register (write only)
	 | | | | | | `---- DRC1, DRC0  (see below)
	 `--------------- reserved

	DRC1 DRC0
	  0   0    500000 bit per second mode
	  0   1    reserved
	  1   0    250000 bit per second mode
	  1   1    reserved


	- Digital Input Register is used to sense the state of the
	  (-diskette change) and the (-high density select) signals
	- Configuration Control Register is used to set the transfer rate


FDC Programming Considerations


	Three phases of command execution:

	1.  Command phase; commands are sent from the CPU to the FDC via
	    port 3F5h;	bit 6 of the Status Register at 3F4h must be zero
	2.  Execution phase; FDC executes instruction & generates INT 6
	3.  Result phase; status and other information is available to CPU;
	    INT 6 sets bit 7 of BIOS Data Area location 40:3E which can
	    be polled for completion status


	Example of a read operation:

	1. turn disk motor on and set delay time for drive spin up
	2. perform seek operation;  wait for disk interrupt
	3. prepare DMA chip to move data to memory
	4. send read command and wait for transfer complete interrupt
	5. read status information
	6. turn disk motor off


Floppy Diskette Controller Operations (15 commands)


	Read Data	   D7  D6  D5  D4  D3  D2  D1  D0

	command byte 0:    MT  MF  SK	0   0	1   1	0
	command byte 1:     ?	?   ?	?   ?  HD  US1 US0
	command byte 2:    cylinder number
	command byte 3:    head number
	command byte 4:    sector number
	command byte 5:    bytes per sector
	command byte 6:    end of track (last sector in track)
	command byte 7:    gap 3 length
	command byte 8:    data length (if cmd byte 5==0)
	result byte 0:	   status register 0
	result byte 1:	   status register 1
	result byte 2:	   status register 2
	result byte 3:	   cylinder number
	result byte 4:	   head number
	result byte 5:	   sector number
	result byte 6:	   bytes per sector

	Read Deleted Data  D7  D6  D5  D4  D3  D2  D1  D0

	command byte 0:    MT  MF  SK	0   1	1   0	0
	command byte 1:     ?	?   ?	?   ?  HD  US1 US0
	command byte 2:    cylinder number
	command byte 3:    head number
	command byte 4:    sector number
	command byte 5:    bytes per sector
	command byte 6:    end of track (last sector in track)
	command byte 7:    gap 3 length
	command byte 8:    data length (if cmd byte 5==0)
	result byte 0:	   status register 0
	result byte 1:	   status register 1
	result byte 2:	   status register 2
	result byte 3:	   cylinder number
	result byte 4:	   head number
	result byte 5:	   sector number
	result byte 6:	   bytes per sector

	Write Data	   D7  D6  D5  D4  D3  D2  D1  D0

	command byte 0:    MT  MF   0	0   0	1   0	1
	command byte 1:     ?	?   ?	?   ?  HD  US1 US0
	command byte 2:    cylinder number
	command byte 3:    head number
	command byte 4:    sector number
	command byte 5:    bytes per sector
	command byte 6:    end of track (last sector in track)
	command byte 7:    gap 3 length
	command byte 8:    data length (if cmd byte 5==0)
	result byte 0:	   status register 0
	result byte 1:	   status register 1
	result byte 2:	   status register 2
	result byte 3:	   cylinder number
	result byte 4:	   head number
	result byte 5:	   sector number
	result byte 6:	   bytes per sector

	Write Deleted Data D7  D6  D5  D4  D3  D2  D1  D0

	command byte 0:    MT  MF   0	0   1	0   0	1
	command byte 1:     ?	?   ?	?   ?  HD  US1 US0
	command byte 2:    cylinder number
	command byte 3:    head number
	command byte 4:    sector number
	command byte 5:    bytes per sector
	command byte 6:    end of track (last sector in track)
	command byte 7:    gap 3 length
	command byte 8:    data length (if cmd byte 5==0)
	result byte 0:	   status register 0
	result byte 1:	   status register 1
	result byte 2:	   status register 2
	result byte 3:	   cylinder number
	result byte 4:	   head number
	result byte 5:	   sector number
	result byte 6:	   bytes per sector

	Read a Track	   D7  D6  D5  D4  D3  D2  D1  D0
	(Diagnostic)
	command byte 0:     0  MF  SK	0   0	0   1	0
	command byte 1:     ?	?   ?	?   ?  HD  US1 US0
	command byte 2:    cylinder number
	command byte 3:    head number
	command byte 4:    sector number
	command byte 5:    bytes per sector
	command byte 6:    end of track (last sector in track)
	command byte 7:    gap 3 length
	command byte 8:    data length (if cmd byte 5==0)
	result byte 0:	   status register 0
	result byte 1:	   status register 1
	result byte 2:	   status register 2
	result byte 3:	   cylinder number
	result byte 4:	   head number
	result byte 5:	   sector number
	result byte 6:	   bytes per sector

	Read ID 	   D7  D6  D5  D4  D3  D2  D1  D0

	command byte 0:     0  MF   0	0   1	0   1	0
	command byte 1:     ?	?   ?	?   ?  HD  US1 US0
	result byte 0:	   status register 0
	result byte 1:	   status register 1
	result byte 2:	   status register 2
	result byte 3:	   cylinder number
	result byte 4:	   head number
	result byte 5:	   sector number
	result byte 6:	   bytes per sector

	Format a Track	   D7  D6  D5  D4  D3  D2  D1  D0
	(Write Sector IDs)
	command byte 0:     0  MF   0	0   1	1   0	1
	command byte 1:     ?	?   ?	?   ?  HD  US1 US0
	command byte 2:    bytes per sector
	command byte 3:    sectors per track
	command byte 4:    gap 3 length
	command byte 5:    filler pattern to write in each byte
	result byte 0:	   status register 0
	result byte 1:	   status register 1
	result byte 2:	   status register 2
	result byte 3:	   cylinder number
	result byte 4:	   head number
	result byte 5:	   sector number
	result byte 6:	   bytes per sector

	Scan Equal	   D7  D6  D5  D4  D3  D2  D1  D0

	command byte 0:    MT  MF  SK	1   0	0   0	1
	command byte 1:     ?	?   ?	?   ?  HD  US1 US0
	command byte 2:    cylinder number
	command byte 3:    head number
	command byte 4:    sector number
	command byte 5:    bytes per sector
	command byte 6:    end of track (last sector in track)
	command byte 7:    gap 3 length
	command byte 8:    scan test (1=scan contiguous, 2=scan alternate)
	result byte 0:	   status register 0
	result byte 1:	   status register 1
	result byte 2:	   status register 2
	result byte 3:	   cylinder number
	result byte 4:	   head number
	result byte 5:	   sector number
	result byte 6:	   bytes per sector

	Scan Low or Equal  D7  D6  D5  D4  D3  D2  D1  D0

	command byte 0:    MT  MF  SK	1   1	0   0	1
	command byte 1:     ?	?   ?	?   ?  HD  US1 US0
	command byte 2:    cylinder number
	command byte 3:    head number
	command byte 4:    sector number
	command byte 5:    bytes per sector
	command byte 6:    end of track (last sector in track)
	command byte 7:    gap 3 length
	command byte 8:    scan test (1=scan contiguous, 2=scan alternate)
	result byte 0:	   status register 0
	result byte 1:	   status register 1
	result byte 2:	   status register 2
	result byte 3:	   cylinder number
	result byte 4:	   head number
	result byte 5:	   sector number
	result byte 6:	   bytes per sector

	Scan High or Equal D7  D6  D5  D4  D3  D2  D1  D0

	command byte 0:    MT  MF  SK	1   1	1   0	1
	command byte 1:     ?	?   ?	?   ?  HD  US1 US0
	command byte 2:    cylinder number
	command byte 3:    head number
	command byte 4:    sector number
	command byte 5:    bytes per sector
	command byte 6:    end of track (last sector in track)
	command byte 7:    gap 3 length
	command byte 8:    scan test (1=scan contiguous, 2=scan alternate)
	result byte 0:	   status register 0
	result byte 1:	   status register 1
	result byte 2:	   status register 2
	result byte 3:	   cylinder number
	result byte 4:	   head number
	result byte 5:	   sector number
	result byte 6:	   bytes per sector

	Recalibrate	   D7  D6  D5  D4  D3  D2  D1  D0

	command byte 0:     0	0   0	0   0	1   1	1
	command byte 1:     ?	?   ?	?   ?	0  US1 US0
	returns nothing

	Sense Interrupt    D7  D6  D5  D4  D3  D2  D1  D0
	    Status
	command byte 0:     0	0   0	0   1	0   0	0
	result byte 0:	   status register 0
	result byte 1:	   present cylinder number

	Specify Step &	   D7  D6  D5  D4  D3  D2  D1  D0
	  Head Load
	command byte 0:     0	0   0	0   0	0   1	1
	command byte 1:    step rate time | head unload time
	command byte 2:    ------head load time------	ND
	returns nothing

	Sense Drive	   D7  D6  D5  D4  D3  D2  D1  D0
	  Status
	command byte 0:     0	0   0	0   0	1   0	0
	command byte 1:     ?	?   ?	?   ?  HD  US1 US0
	result byte 0:	   status register 3

	Seek		   D7  D6  D5  D4  D3  D2  D1  D0

	command byte 0:     0	0   0	0   1	1   1	1
	command byte 1:     ?	?   ?	?   ?  HD  US1 US0
	command byte 2:    new cylinder number
	returns nothing

	æPD765 Version	   D7  D6  D5  D4  D3  D2  D1  D0

	command byte 0:     ?	?   ?	1   0	0   0	0
	result byte 0:	   status register 0
			   90h = æPD765B;  80h = æPD765A or æPD765A-2

	Invalid Command

	result byte 0:	   status register 0 (value of 80h)


	Key to Abbreviations
	HD = Head Number Selected	SK = SKip Deleted-data address mark
	MT = Multi-Track		US0 = drive select bit 0
	MF = MFM mode			US1 = drive select bit 1
	ND = Non-DMA mode

	Head Load Time = 2 to 254ms in 2ms increments
	Head Unload Time = 16 to 240ms in 16ms increments
	Step Rate Time = 1 to 16ms in 1ms increments


	- PS/2 systems use the 8272A diskette controller which is software
	  and port compatible with the NEC æPD765
	- accessed through ports 3F0h-3F7h;  NEC æPD765 is accessed through
	  ports 3F2h, 3F4h and 3F5h;   the 8272A uses ports 3F0h, 3F1h,
	  3F2h, 3F4h, 3F5h and 3F7h
	- data, command and status registers are all accessed through
	  port 3F5h a register stack with one address presented to the bus
	- bit 7 of BIOS Data Area byte 40:3E can be polled to determine
	  if a disk operation has completed;  this bit is set by the
	  interrupt handler when the operation has completed;  it should
	  be reset before continuing on with the next FDC operation

	- see  BIOS Data Area   INT TABLE   INT 13