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765 FDC

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µPD765 - Floppy Disc Controller (used in DDI-1 and CPC 664/6128).

The ports used by Amstrad and compatible interfaces use:

  • Port FA7Eh - Floppy Motor On/Off Flipflop
  • Port FB7Eh - FDC 765 Main Status Register (read only)
  • Port FB7Fh - FDC 765 Data Register (read/write)

The Vortex disc interface uses other ports - exactly how this works has not yet been discovered.

IC Models used in CPC

More than one manufacturer made 765 compatible ICs. These are the ones known to be used in the CPC by looking at pictures of CPC mainboards.

All should operate almost identically.

The following data seperators are used:

  • FDC9216
  • SED9420C

Accessing the FDC 765

The Data Register (Port FB7Fh) is used to write Commands and Parameters, to read/write data bytes, and to receive result bytes. These three operations are called Command-, Execution-, and Result-Phase. The Main Status Register signalizes when the FDC is ready to send/receive the next byte through the Data Register.

a. Command Phase

A command consists of a command byte (eventually including the MF, MK, SK bits), and up to eight parameter bytes.

b. Execution Phase

During this phase, the actual data is transferred (if any). Usually that are the data bytes for the read/written sector(s), except for the Format Track Command, in that case four bytes for each sector are transferred.

c. Result Phase

Returns up to seven result bytes (depending on the command) that are containing status information. The Recalibrate and Seek Track commands do not return result bytes directly, instead the program must wait until the Main Status Register signalizes that the command has been completed, and then it must (!) send a Sense Interrupt State command to 'terminate' the Seek/Recalibrate command.

FDC Command Table

Command     Parameters              Exm Result               Description
02+MF+SK    HU TR HD ?? SZ NM GP SL <R> S0 S1 S2 TR HD NM SZ read track
03          XX YY                    -                       specify spd/dma
04          HU                       -  S3                   sense drive state
05+MT+MF    HU TR HD SC SZ LS GP SL <W> S0 S1 S2 TR HD LS SZ write sector(s)
06+MT+MF+SK HU TR HD SC SZ LS GP SL <R> S0 S1 S2 TR HD LS SZ read sector(s)
07          HU                       -                       recalib.seek TP=0
08          -                        -  S0 TP                sense int.state
09+MT+MF    HU TR HD SC SZ LS GP SL <W> S0 S1 S2 TR HD LS SZ wr deleted sec(s)
0A+MF       HU                       -  S0 S1 S2 TR HD LS SZ read ID
0C+MT+MF+SK HU TR HD SC SZ LS GP SL <R> S0 S1 S2 TR HD LS SZ rd deleted sec(s)
0D+MF       HU SZ NM GP FB          <W> S0 S1 S2 TR HD LS SZ format track
0F          HU TP                    -                       seek track n
11+MT+MF+SK HU TR HD SC SZ LS GP SL <W> S0 S1 S2 TR HD LS SZ scan equal
19+MT+MF+SK HU TR HD SC SZ LS GP SL <W> S0 S1 S2 TR HD LS SZ scan low or equal
1D+MT+MF+SK HU TR HD SC SZ LS GP SL <W> S0 S1 S2 TR HD LS SZ scan high or eq.

Parameter bits that can be specified in some Command Bytes are: 

 MT  Bit7  Multi Track (continue multi-sector-function on other head)
 MF  Bit6  MFM-Mode-Bit (Default 1=Double Density)
 SK  Bit5  Skip-Bit (set if secs with deleted DAM shall be skipped)

Parameter/Result bytes are: 

 HU  b0,1=Unit/Drive Number, b2=Physical Head Number, other bits zero
 TP  Physical Track Number
 TR  Track-ID (usually same value as TP)
 HD  Head-ID
 SC  First Sector-ID (sector you want to read)
 SZ  Sector Size (80h shl n) (default=02h for 200h bytes)
 LS  Last Sector-ID (should be same as SC when reading a single sector)
 GP  Gap (default=2Ah except command 0D: default=52h)
 SL  Sectorlen if SZ=0 (default=FFh)
 Sn  Status Register 0..3
 FB  Fillbyte (for the sector data areas) (default=E5h)
 NM  Number of Sectors (default=09h)
 XX  b0..3=headunload n*32ms (8" only), b4..7=steprate (16-n)*2ms
 YY  b0=DMA_disable, b1-7=headload n*4ms (8" only)

Format Track: output TR,HD,SC,SZ for each sector during execution phase Read Track: reads NM sectors (starting with first sec past index hole) Read ID: read ID bytes for current sec, repeated/undelayed read lists all IDs Recalib: walks up to 77 tracks, 80tr-drives may need second recalib if failed Seek/Recalib: All read/write commands will be disabled until succesful senseint Senseint: Set's IC if unsuccesful (no int has occured) (until IC=0)

FDC Status Registers

The Main Status register can be always read through Port FB7E. The other four Status Registers cannot be read directly, instead they are returned through the data register as result bytes in response to specific commands.

Main Status Register (Port FB7E) 

 b0..3  DB  FDD0..3 Busy (seek/recalib active, until succesful sense intstat)
 b4     CB  FDC Busy (still in command-, execution- or result-phase)
 b5     EXM Execution Mode (still in execution-phase, non_DMA_only)
 b6     DIO Data Input/Output (0=CPU->FDC, 1=FDC->CPU) (see b7)
 b7     RQM Request For Master (1=ready for next byte) (see b6 for direction)

Status Register 0 

 b0,1   US  Unit Select (driveno during interrupt)
 b2     HD  Head Address (head during interrupt)
 b3     NR  Not Ready (drive not ready or non-existing 2nd head selected)
 b4     EC  Equipment Check (drive failure or recalibrate failed (retry))
 b5     SE  Seek End (Set if seek-command completed)
 b6,7   IC  Interrupt Code (0=OK, 1=aborted:readfail/OK if EN, 2=unknown cmd
            or senseint with no int occured, 3=aborted:disc removed etc.)

Status Register 1 

 b0     MA  Missing Address Mark (Sector_ID or DAM not found)
 b1     NW  Not Writeable (tried to write/format disc with wprot_tab=on)
 b2     ND  No Data (Sector_ID not found, CRC fail in ID_field)
 b3,6   0   Not used
 b4     OR  Over Run (CPU too slow in execution-phase (ca. 26us/Byte))
 b5     DE  Data Error (CRC-fail in ID- or Data-Field)
 b7     EN  End of Track (set past most read/write commands) (see IC)

Status Register 2 

 b0     MD  Missing Address Mark in Data Field (DAM not found)
 b1     BC  Bad Cylinder (read/programmed track-ID different and read-ID = FF)
 b2     SN  Scan Not Satisfied (no fitting sector found)
 b3     SH  Scan Equal Hit (equal)
 b4     WC  Wrong Cylinder (read/programmed track-ID different) (see b1)
 b5     DD  Data Error in Data Field (CRC-fail in data-field)
 b6     CM  Control Mark (read/scan command found sector with deleted DAM)
 b7     0   Not Used

Status Register 3 

 b0,1   US  Unit Select (pin 28,29 of FDC)
 b2     HD  Head Address (pin 27 of FDC)
 b3     TS  Two Side (0=yes, 1=no (!))
 b4     T0  Track 0 (on track 0 we are)
 b5     RY  Ready (drive ready signal)
 b6     WP  Write Protected (write protected)
 b7     FT  Fault (if supported: 1=Drive failure)

Motor On/Off Flipflop

Writing 00h to Port FA7Eh turns all disk drive motors off, writing 01h turns all motors on. It is not possible to turn on/off the motor of a specific drive separately.

An exception are the Vortex F1-S, F1-D, M1-S and M1-D drives. (How are they different?)

Notes

Before accessing a disk you should issue a recalibrate command to the drive to move the head backwards until the track zero signal from the drive is sensed by the FDC. The FDC will also set its track counter for that drive to zero.

On an 80-track drive you may need to repeat that twice because some models of the FDC stop after 77 steps so if recalibrating from track 78 or above the controller might not reach track zero.

In order to format, read or write a sector on a specific track you must first seek that track using command 0Fh. That'll move the read/write head to the physical track number. If you don't do that then the FDC will attempt to read/write data from/to the current physical track, irrespective of the specified logical track ID.

The track, sector, and head IDs are logical IDs only. These logical IDs are defined when formatting the disk and aren't required to reflect the physical track, sector, or head numbers. However, when reading or writing a sector you must specify the same IDs that have been used during formatting.

Despite the name, a sector with a Deleted data Address Mark (DAM) is not deleted; the DAM-flag is just another ID bit. 'Deleted' sectors can be read/written just like normal data sectors and if that ID bit is specified correctly in the command.

At the end of a successful read or write command, the program should send a Terminal Count (TC) signal to the FDC. However, in the CPC the TC pin isn't connected to the I/O bus, making it impossible for the program to confirm a correct operation. For that reason, the FDC will assume that the command has failed, and it'll return both Bit 6 in Status Register 0 and Bit 7 in Status Register 1 set. The program should ignore this error message.

The CPC doesn't support floppy DMA transfers, and the FDCs Interrupt signal isn't used in the CPC.

Usually single sided 40-track 3" disk drives are used in CPCs. For practical purposes, 42 tracks could be used — the limit is specific to the drive and some support more tracks but 42 is a good maximum. The FDC controller can be used to control 80-tracks and/or double sided drives, though AMSDOS doesn't support such formats. AMSDOS supports a maximum of two disk drives only.

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