Status Register A (SRA)
Address 3F0 READ ONLY
This register is read-only and monitors the state of the internal interrupt signals and several disk
interface pins in PS/2 and Model 30 modes. The SRA can be accessed at any time when in PS/2
mode. In the PC/AT mode the data bus pins D0 - D7 are held in a high impedance state for a read of
address 3F0.
PS/2 Mode
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
INT
nDRV2 STEP nTRK0 HDSEL nINDX nWP DIR
PENDING
RESET
0
1
0
N/A
0
N/A N/A
0
COND.
BIT 0 DIRECTION
Active high status indicates the direction of head movement. A logic "1" indicates inward direction; a
logic "0" indicates outward direction.
BIT 1 nWRITE PROTECT
Active low status of the WRITE PROTECT disk interface input. A logic "0" indicates that the disk is
write protected.
BIT 2 nINDEX
Active low status of the INDEX disk interface input.
BIT 3 HEAD SELECT
Active high status of the HDSEL disk interface input. A logic "1" selects side 1 and a logic "0" selects
side 0.
BIT 4 nTRACK 0
Active low status of the TRK0 disk interface input.
BIT 5 STEP
Active high status of the STEP output disk interface output pin.
BIT 6 nDRV2
This function is not supported in the LPC47U33x. This bit is always read as a “1”.
BIT 7 INTERRUPT PENDING
Active high bit indicating the state of the interrupt Floppy Disk Interrupt signal.
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