GE CT-9800

GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS CT 9800 QUICK SYSTEM
Rev. 1 Direction 18000
8-5-9
DRIVE STATUS
ERROR
0
DATA
LATE
1
REWIND
ING
2
ILLEGAL
3
HIGH
DENSITY
4
PARITY
ERROR
5
END OF
TAPE
6
END OF
FILE
7
BEGIN
OF TAPE
8
9
TRACK
9
BAD
TAPE
10
SEND
CLOCK
11
FIRST
CHAR
12
WRITE
LOCK
13
ODD
CHAR
14
UNIT
READY
15
Bits Name Meaning when 1
0 Error One or more of the bits 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 14 is 1.
1 Data Late The data channel failed to respond in time to a data channel request.
2 Rewinding The selected transport is currently rewinding.
3 Illegal A Start command was issued to the selected transport when one of the following
conditions existed:
1. The transport was not ready.
2. The command was Space Reverse and the tape was at the beginning of
tape leader.
3. The command was Write, Write End Of File or Erase when the tape was
write-protected.
4 High Density The selected NRZI transport is set to Read or Write at 800bpi. This bit is always
1 for PE transports (1600bpi).
5 Parity Error One or more bytes in the record did not have the correct parity, or in NRZI, tapes
the LPCC read from the tape after the record did not match the character
calculated by the controller.
6 End Of Tape The transport has reached or passed the End of Tape mark. Executing either a
Space Reverse or a Rewind operation will set this bit to 0.
7 End Of File The transport has encountered an End Of File mark in reading, spacing or after
writing an EOF mark.
8 Begin Of Tape The tape is at the beginning of tape mark.
9 9-Track The selected transport is set to Read or Write a 9- Track tape. This bit is always
1 for PE transports.
10 Bad Tape The section of tape just processed is of poor quality.
11 Send Clock Used for maintenance.
12 First Used for Maintenance
Character