| 摘要 |
A process and apparatus for configuring a motherboard or host computer, to operate direct memory transfer mode, such as Ultra-DMA or Ultra-ATA, in accordance with the particular type of cable-IDE or 40-conductor cable being used. The 80-conductor cable has one particular conductor which is cut between the host connector and the device connectors and which corresponds to a terminal which the device releases when it receives a reset pulse. On the host side the terminal is internally connected to ground. A sampling of the logical state carried by the particular terminal is performed during a reset pulse transmitted to the device(s), in order to determine the type of cable, and configure the Ultra-DMA mode accordingly. The invention is well adapted for the 80-conductor detection by testing pin 34 carrying the PDIAG# signal.
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