---------------------------------------------------------------------------
T H I S I S A D O C U M E N T I N A S C I I - F O R M A T ! ! !
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
To see the document in correct way under Windows
1. You must have installed a font with full ASCII-Character-Set
(like TERMINAL)
2. Use a DOS-Editor like EDIT from original DOS-Version.
EDIT filename.txt
3. Switch to DOS-Box and type in
TYPE filename.txt | MORE
4. Switch to DOS-Box and print the file
COPY filename.txt LPT1
TYPE filename.txt > LPT1
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
T H I S I S A D O C U M E N T I N A S C I I - F O R M A T ! ! !
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
******************************************************************************
P C - D I S K The Harddisk Information Database
DCI AG, Germany www.pc-disk.de
******************************************************************************
S T 1 3 8 - 1 SEAGATE
NO MORE PRODUCED Native³ Translation
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄ
Form 3.5"/HH Cylinders 615³ ³ ³
Capacity form/unform 32/ 38 MB Heads 6³ ³ ³
Seek time í / track 28.0/ 8.0 ms Sector/track 17³ ³ ³
Controller MFM / ST412 Precompensation 65535
Cache/Buffer KB Landing Zone
Data transfer rate 0.625 MB/S int Bytes/Sector 512
0.625 MB/S ext
Recording method MFM operating ³ non-operating
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
Supply voltage 5/12 V Temperature øC 10ö50 ³ -40ö60
Power: sleep W Humidity % 8ö80 ³ 5ö90
standby W Altitude km -0.305ö 3.050³ -0.305ö 9.150
idle W Shock g 10 ³ 60
seek W Rotation RPM 3600
read/write 8.0 W Acoustic dBA
spin-up W ECC Bit
MTBF h 150000
Warranty Month
Lift/Lock/Park YES Certificates CSA,FCC,IEC435,TUV,UL478,VDE
P C - D I S K The Harddisk Information Database
DCI AG, Germany www.pc-disk.de
**********************************************************************
L A Y O U T
**********************************************************************
SEAGATE ST124/125/138/138R/157R PRODUCT MANUAL 36045-006, REV.F
ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿
³ 1ÚÄ¿ ³²² DATA
³ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄį ³ ³J7 ³²² Connector
³ ³ Configuration³ ³ ³²² 20-pin
³ alternate ³ Jumper block ÀÄÙ ³²² J2
³ Position 1ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄ¿ ³
³ of J7 ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ Termination³ ³ ³²²
³ Resistor ³ ³ ³²²
³ Pack ÀÄÙ1 ³²²
³ ³²²
³ ³²² Connector
³ ³²² 34-pin
³ ³²² J1
³ ³²²
³ ³
³ ³ÛÛ
³ ³ÛÛ Power J3
ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ
Alternate Location On Drive PC Board of the User Configuration
Jumper. Note position of Pin 1 on both configurations. Jumper blocks
in either position are identical in function.
P C - D I S K The Harddisk Information Database
DCI AG, Germany www.pc-disk.de
**********************************************************************
J U M P E R S
**********************************************************************
SEAGATE ST125/ST138/ST138R/ST157R PRODUCT MANUAL 36045-006, REV.F
Jumper setting
--------------
J7 Radial/Daisy-Chain Mode
----------------------------
1- 2 CLOSED Radial mode
1- 2 OPEN Daisy-Chain mode
This drive can be configured in either Radial or Daisy-Chain mode.
Radially-selected drives are allways selected. The Radial option is
enabled by shorting pins 1-2 at the User Configuration block. The
resistor termination pack must remain installed on any radially-
selected drive. In a Daisy-Chain, the last drive on the chain must
have the resistor pack installed.
NOTE: Termination resistors on the ST124 are NOT REMOVABLE!
J7 Not used
-------------
3- 4 OPEN Not used
J7 Write Fault Latch
----------------------
Write Fault is indicated by a latched signal on the interface. It can
be cleared by deselecting the drive or with a power-off/on cycle.
When the Radial jumper (pin 1-2 shorted at user configuration jumper
block) is used, the drive is continuously selected and requires a
power-on/off cycle to clear Write-Fault.
5- 6 OPEN The Write Fault signal can only be cleared by a
power on/off cycle. Use of this option in conjunc-
tion with the DC-unsafe option is not recommended.
5- 6 CLOSED The Write Fault signal can be cleared by deselecting
the drive. When the drive is deselected and the
fault condition is corrected, the Write Fault signal
will be false.
These options allow the user to configure the Write Fault reset to
specific system requirements.
JP1/J7 Write Fault Options
---------------------------
Implementation of the Write Fault Option (Pins not illustrated)
is by factory order only. Jumper pins must be factory-installed.
JP1 has three jumper pads, and is located adjacent to the 34-pin J1
connector.
Standard: 1 and 2 jumpered on JP1
Write Fault will be cleared when Write Gate is false.
A Write Fault will only occur when Write Gate is true.
Latched: 2 and 3 jumpered on JP1
This option will maintain Write Fault true after Write
Gate goes false and is recommended for controllers that
do not edge-detect Write Fault. The latched option has two
configurations which are provided at the User Configura-
tion block, pins 5-6.
J7 Factory test
-----------------
7- 8 OPEN This is a test function used during the manufactu-
ring process and is not recommended for field use.
When shorted, the actuator will continuously seek
between Track 0 and the maximum data cylinder, ig-
noring control signals sent via the interface.
J7 Drive select
-----------------
ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿
³Drive Select ³ 9-10 ³ 11-12 ³13-14 ³15-16 ³
³ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´
³Drive 4 ³ CLOSED³ OPEN ³ OPEN ³ OPEN ³
³Drive 3 ³ OPEN ³ CLOSED³ OPEN ³ OPEN ³
³Drive 2 ³ OPEN ³ OPEN ³ CLOSED³ OPEN ³
³Drive 1 ³ OPEN ³ OPEN ³ OPEN ³ CLOSED³
ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ
The Drive Select line enables the controller to select and adress
the drive. Control cable interface options may use either a daisy-
chain or radial configuration.
JP2 DC-Unsafe Option
---------------------
Implementation of the DC-unsafe option is by factory order only.
JP2 has two jumper pads, and when a jumper is installed, a DC-
unsafe condition will cause a Write Fault to be sent to the
interface.
J3 DC Power and pin connector assignments
-------------------------------------------
ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ pin 1 +12 VDC
³ 1 2 3 4 ³ pin 2 +12 Volts Return
ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ pin 3 + 5 Volts Return
pin 4 + 5 VDC
P C - D I S K The Harddisk Information Database
DCI AG, Germany www.pc-disk.de
**********************************************************************
I N S T A L L
**********************************************************************
SEAGATE ST124/125/138/ST138R/ST157R PRODUCT MANUAL 36045-006, REV.F
Notes on installation
=====================
Drive mounting
--------------
horizontally vertically
ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿
³ ³ ³ ÃÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄÄÄÄ´ ³ ³ ³ x
³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ xÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿x
ÚÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄ¿ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³³x x³³
ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³³ x x ³³
³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³³ x x ³³
x x ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³³ x x ³³
ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄxÄÄÄÄÄÄxÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ ÃÄÄÄÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÄÄ´ ³ ³³ xx ³³
ÀÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄxÄÄxÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÙ ÀÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÙ ³³ x x ³³
³ xx ³ ³³ x x ³³
³ x x ³ ³³ x x ³³
ÀÄÄÄxÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄxÄÄÄÄÙ ³x x³
x x xÀÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÙx
UNACCEPTABLE! UNACCEPTABLE!
Never install PC board on the Top!
The drive may be mounted horizontally with the PC board down or on
either side. Mounting vertically on either end is a prohibited orienÄ
tation.
The drive should not be tilted front or back, in any position, by
more than 5ø. For optimum performance, the drive should be formatted
in the same position as it will be mounted in the host system.
Shock and vibrations
--------------------
All shock and vibration specifications assume that the drive is moun-
ted in an approved orientation with the input levels at the drive
mounting screws.
Shipping Zone
-------------
When the read/write heads are positioned in the shipping zone, all
portions of the head/slider assembly park inboard of the maximum data
cylinder.
ALL DRIVES EXCEPT ST124: The read/write heads automatically move to
the shipping zone at power-down.
The read/write heads may be parked by issuing a seek command to any
cylinder between 614 and 666.
When power is applied, the heads will recalibrate to Track 0. If the
heads are parked while power is applied, any step pulse will cause
the unit to recalibrate to Track 0.
Input Noise
-----------
Maximum permitted input noise ripple: 100 mV (peak-to-peak)
Maximum permitted input noise: 20 MHz.
Ripple measured at the host system power supply across an equivalent
20ê resistive load on the +12 V line and an equivalent 8ê load on the
+5 V line.
FCC Verification
----------------
These drives are devices which are intended to be contained solely
within a personal computer or similar enclosure and not attached to
an external device. As such, they are considered to be subassemblies
even when individually marketed to the customer.
As a subassembly, no Federal Communications Commission authorization,
verification or certification of the drive is required.
Seagate Technology, Inc. has tested these devices in an enclosure as
described above to ensure that the total assembly (enclosure, disk
drive, motherboard, power supply, etc.) does comply with the limits
for a Class B computing device. Operation with non-certified assem-
blies is likely to result in interference to radio and television
reception.
Recording Method
----------------
The ST124, ST125 and ST138 drives are designed to operate with the
ST412 interface with MFM encoding at 5.0 Mbits/sec. transfer rate.
Caution: Operation of an MFM-certified drive with an RLL controller
is not approved by Seagate and may void your warranty.
The ST138R and ST157R are designed to operate with the ST412 inter-
face with Run Length Limited (2,7) encoding at 7.5 megabits/sec.
data transfer rate.
Handling and Static-Discharge Precautions
-----------------------------------------
After unpacking, and prior to system integration, the drive may be
exposed to potential handling and ESD hazards. It is mandatory that
you observe standard static-discharge precautions. A grounded wrist-
strap is preferred. Handle the drive by the frame only and always
rest the drive on a padded surface until it is mounted in the host
system.
DC Power specifications
-----------------------
Power may be applied or removed in any sequence without loss of data
or damage to the drive, except during a write operation. Typical
current and power specifications assume nominal voltages applied,
25øC ambient temperature, sea level and spindle rotating.
Voltage tolerance (incl. ripple): ñ5%
Precompensation
---------------
The drive family does not require precompensation
Auto Truncation
---------------
If the controller issues an exessive number of step pulses that would
place the read/write heads outside Track 0, or inside the maximum
track, the drive enters auto-truncation mode.
Shipping
--------
When transporting or shipping a drive, a Seagate-approved container
MUST BE USED. SHIPPING A DRIVE IN A NON-APPROVED CONTAINER WILL VOID
THE DRIVE WARRANTY!
Drive configuration
-------------------
SET DRIVE TERMINATION RESISTORS
Daisy-Chain: A daisy-chain configuration allows connection of a
maximum of two drives on a common control cable. A separate data
cable is required for each drive. The last drive in the chain (phy-
sically farthest from the controller) reauires termination. All other
drives should not be terminated. Maximum permitted cable length,
measured from the controller to the last drive is 30.5 cm.
Radial: Each radially connected drive has its own control and data
cable. This configuration is not required for PC applications.
ATTACH CONTROL AND DATA CABLES
On most cables a colored stripe down one side designates pin 1. This
should be aligned with pin 1 on the drive and controller connectors.
SET DRIVE SELECT AND CHECK CONTROL CABLE PINS
If pins 25 through 29 on the wide control cable are twisted, then
both drives should be set to Drive Select 2. If these pins are not
twisted on the command cable, the boot drive should be set to Drive
Select 1, while the second drive (if present) should be set to Drive
Select 2. In all cases, the boot drive must be physically located at
the end of the drive cable.
CMOS configuration
------------------
Basic information about the drive must be entered into the host
system CMOS, so that it may properly access the drive for reading
and writing data. The number of heads, cylinders and sectors per
track are specific to each drive and collectively define the drive's
geometry. CMOS configuration is system dependent and is usually
accomplished through a utility such as SETUP.
If the controller has an onboard BIOS, the drive type should be set
to type zero, or the "no drive installed" option.
If your system CMOS does not offer an exact match to the geometry
listed, set the drive to a type which closely matches the drive geo-
metry, BUT DOES NOT EXCEED THE HEAD AND CYLINDER COUNT SPECIFIED. A
drive type which matches the number of heads exactly with a cylinder
count less than or equal to the number of cylinders specified is pre-
ferred.
After the drive has been properly configured for the system, and the
correct drive type has been specified to the system CMOS, the drive
should be low-level formatted.
Low Level Formatting
--------------------
After the drive has properly configured for the host system, it may
need to be low-level formatted. The low-level format writes the
sector boundaries and track information to the drive. This provides
the system with head positioning and defect management information.
You will need to boot the system to the floppy drive. Run the DEBUG
utility provided with DOS to access the low-level format program
present on the controller card. Refer to the controller for the spe-
cific address needed to initiate the low-level format routine. The
most common command to initiate this routine is: g=C800:5. Verify
the address (C800) and the offset with your controller manual. If a
hard-error map has been provided with the drive, make shure the
errors are specified to the utility during the low-level format pro-
cess.
If the controller does not have a ROM BIOS, you need a third-party
software package such as Ontrack's Disk Manager or IBM's Advanced
Diagnostics for low-level formatting the drive.
Partitioning
------------
A drive can be subdivided into "partitions", which behave as indivi-
dual drives within the system. Earlier versions of DOS have a limi-
tation on maximum drive capacity and consequently require high capa-
city drives to be divided into smaller partitions. For DOS users,
each partition will be assigned a different letter, i.e., C: and D:
for a drive with two partitions.
Drive partitioning in DOS is done by using the FDISK utility. After
the drive has been configured, defined in CMOS and low-level format-
ted (if necessary), the user must boot the system to the floppy drive
with a bootable DOS diskette. The user must then run the FDSIK util-
ity to partition the drive. Refer to your DOS manual for instruction
on using FDISK.
Many UNIX based operating systems allow partitioning of the drive for
use by DOS applications. In UNIX, drive formatting and partitioning
are both done by a single operating system utility. Refer to your
system documentation for instructions.
High level formatting
---------------------
High-level formatting verifies the information written by the low-
level format and establishes drive access information used by the
operating system.
High-level formatting in DOS creates the File Allocation Table used
by DOS for all drive access. The high-level format is initiated in
DOS by the FORMAT command.
High-level formatting in UNIX creates the I-NODE used by the system
for file access information. In UNIX, drive formatting and partitio-
ning are both done by a single operating system utility.
P C - D I S K The Harddisk Information Database
DCI AG, Germany www.pc-disk.de
**********************************************************************
F E A T U R E S
**********************************************************************
SEAGATE ST124/125/138/ST138R/ST157R PRODUCT MANUAL 36045-006, REV.F
Media Defects
-------------
A media defect is a read error when the data, which has been
correctly written, cannot be recovered within 16 retries.
A label is fixed to the drive listing the location of any media
defects by cylinder, head and bytes from index.
ST124/ST125
There will be no more than twenty-one (21) defects total per drive.
Cylinders 0, 1, 2 and 3 are free of defects.
ST138
There will be no more than forty-nine (49) defects total per drive.
Cylinders 0, 1 and 2 are free defects.
ST138R
There will be no more than thirty-two (32) defects total per drive.
Cylinders 0, 1 and 2 are free of defects.
ST157R
There will be no more than forty-nine (49) defects total per drive.
Cylinders 0 and 1 are free defects.
Bit Jitter
----------
Bit jitter reduction determines the relationship between the leading
edge of read data and the center of the data window.
The specified read error rates are based on the following bit jitter
specifications: the data separator must provide at least -40dB of
bit jitter reduction at 2F with an offset of less than 1.5 nsec.
shift from the center of the data window.
Seek Time Definition and Timing
-------------------------------
Seek time is defined as the time from leading egde of the first step
pulse received to Seek Complete, including settling.
All seek times are true statistical averages and are calculated with
a step pulse of 10 æsec., nominal power, sea level and 25øC ambient
temperature.
Important Note: Early ST125, ST138 and ST157 drives offered Dash-0
and Dash-1 versions. All drives currently produced feature the Dash-1
seek times.
³ ST124 ³ ST125-0³ ST125-1³
³ ³ ST138-0³ ST138-1³
³ ³ST138R-0³ST138R-1³
³ ³ST157R-0³ST157R-1³
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´
Track-to-Track msec. typ. ³ 12 ³ 8 ³ 8 ³
msec. max. ³ 15 ³ 10 ³ 10 ³
Average msec. typ. ³ 38 ³ 38 ³ 28 ³
Average msec. max. ³ 40 ³ 40 ³ 30 ³
Full-Stroke msec. typ. ³ 90 ³ 90 ³ 70 ³
msec. max. ³ 95 ³ 95 ³ 70 ³
Latency msec. avg. ³ 8.33 ³ 8.33 ³ 8.33³
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ
DC Power Specifications
-----------------------
Power may be applied or removed in any sequence without loss of data
or damage to the drive.
UL/CSA Listing
--------------
The St157 drive family is listed in accordance with UL 478 and CSA
C22.2 (0-M1982), and meets all applicable sections if IEC 380 and
VDE 0806/08.81, as tested by TUV-Rheinland, North America.
P C - D I S K The Harddisk Information Database
DCI AG, Germany www.pc-disk.de
**********************************************************************
G E N E R A L
**********************************************************************
SEAGATE ST412 MFM/RLL
ST412 Interface (MFM and RLL)
===================================================================
ST412 Interface (MFM and RLL) ST-506 was predecessor without buffered
seek
2 Cables: 1 each 34-pin Command Cable and 1 each 20-pin Data Cable
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Command Cable Description
J1 (34-pin Command) Host/Drive Pin Assignments
GROUND RTN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL
PIN
_____________________________________________________
3
1 2 -HEAD SELECT 2
2
3 4 -HEAD SELECT 2
5 6 -WRITE GATE
7 8* -SEEK COMPLETE
9 10* -TRACK 0
11 12* -WRITE FAULT
0
13 14 -HEAD SELECT 2
15 16 -RESERVED
1
17 18 -HEAD SELECT 2
19 20* -INDEX
21 22* -READY
23 24 -STEP
25 (29)** 26 (28) -DRIVE SELECT 1 (2)
27 (27) 28 (26) -DRIVE SELECT 2 (1)
29 (25) 30 -DRIVE SELECT 3
31 32 -DRIVE SELECT 4
33 34 -DIRECTION IN
* STATUS ENABLED WITH DRIVE SELECT
** TWISTED CABLE IN PARENTHESES
J2 (20-pin Data) HOST/DRIVE PIN ASSIGNMENTS
GROUND RTN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL NAME
PIN
_____________________________________________________________
2 1 -DRIVE SELECTED
4 3 RESERVED
6 5 RESERVED
8 7 RESERVED
10 9 RESERVED
12 11 GROUND
13 +MFM (RLL) WRITE DATA
14 -MFM (RLL) WRITE DATA
16 15 GROUND
17 +MFM (RLL) READ DATA
18 -MFM (RLL) READ DATA
20 19 GROUND
Seagate Technology Desk Reference July 17 2000