Interpretation Schemes
Disc drives released...
AFTER January 1, 1999 - ATA Disc Drives | SCSI Disc Drives
BEFORE January 1, 1999 - Seagate Disc Drives | Conner Disc Drives
Seagate ATA Disc Drives
(Products released after January 1, 1999)
|
S T |
3 |
17241 |
A |
|
Seagate Technology |
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| Form Factor |
 |
| 3 |
3.5-inch, Low-Profile (LP), 1-inch high |
| Capacity |
|
| Formatted capacity in Mbytes |
| Interface |
|
| A |
ATA, Ultra ATA, Ultra ATA/66 (IDE/EIDE) |
Seagate SCSI Disc Drives
(Products released after January 1, 1999)
|
S T |
3 |
18275 |
LW |
|
Seagate Technology |
|
|
|
| Form Factor |
|
| 1 |
3.5-inch, half-height, 1.6-inch high |
| 3 |
3.5-inch, low-profile (LP), 1-inch high |
| Capacity |
|
| Formatted capacity in Mbytes |
| Interface |
 |
|
| DC |
Differential, 80-pin Single Connector Attachment (SCA) |
| FC |
Fibre Channel, 40-pin SCA |
| FCV |
Same as FC, but with an increased cache size
(Recommended for Video applications and applications with large file formats) |
| LC |
Low Voltage Differential, 80-pin SCA |
| LCV |
Same as LC, but with an increased cache size
(Recommended for Video applications and applications with large file formats) |
| LW |
Low Voltage Differential, 68-pin Wide SCSI Connector |
| LWV |
Same as LW, but with an increased cache size
(Recommended for Video applications and applications with large file formats) |
| N |
SCSI, 50-pin Narrow SCSI Connector |
| ND |
Differential, 50-pin Narrow SCSI Connector |
| W |
SCSI, 68-pin Wide SCSI Connector |
| WC |
SCSI, 80-pin SCA (Hot Swapable) |
| WD |
Differential, 68-pin Wide SCSI Connector |
Seagate Disc Drives
(Products released before January 1, 1999)
|
S T |
3 |
9173 |
N |
PR |
- |
X |
|
Seagate Technology |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Form Factor |
|
| 1 |
3.5-inch, half-height, 1.6-inch high |
| 2 |
5.25-inch, half-height, 1.6-inch high |
| 3 |
3.5-inch, low-profile (LP), 1-inch high |
| 4 |
5.25-inch, full height |
| 5 |
3.5-inch, 0.75-inch high |
| 6 |
9-inch |
| 7 |
1.8-inch |
| 8 |
8-inch |
| 9 |
2.5-inch, 0.75-inch high |
| Capacity |
|
Formatted capacity of the drive in Mbytes
(Some models made before 1994 show Unformatted capacity) |
| Interface |
|
| A |
ATA, Ultra ATA (IDE/EIDE) |
| AG |
ATA w/SafeWrite Shock Protection |
| DC |
Differential, 80-pin Single Connector Attachment (SCA) |
| E |
ESDI Interface |
| FC |
Fibre Channel, 40-pin SCA |
| J |
SMD/SME-E Interface |
| K |
IPI-2 Interface or Part of a Kit |
| LC |
Low Voltage Differential, 80-pin SCA |
| LW |
Low Voltage Differential, 68-pin Wide SCSI Connector |
| N |
SCSI, 50-pin Narrow SCSI Connector |
| ND |
Differential, 50-pin Narrow SCSI Connector |
| NM |
SCSI, 50-pin Narrow SCSI Connector, Macintosh Compatible |
| NV |
SCSI, 50-pin Narrow SCSI Connector, Netware Ready |
| P |
PCMCIA (PC Card) Interface |
| R |
ST412/RLL Interface |
| S |
Synchronized Spindle or Synchronous SCSI |
| W |
SCSI, 68-pin Wide SCSI Connector |
| WC |
SCSI, 80-pin SCA (Hot Swapable) |
| WD |
Differential, 68-pin Wide SCSI Connector |
| X |
XT Bus (IDE) |
| Unspecified |
ST412/MFM Interface |
| Option |
|
| PR |
Drive shipped with installation software and a Seagate controller or host adapter. |
| Access Time |
|
| 0 |
Standard |
| 1 |
Faster |
Conner Disc Drives
(Products released before January 1, 1999)
| Form Factor / Type |
|
| C |
Conner |
| CP2 |
2.5-inch |
| CP3 |
3.5-inch |
| CFA |
Conner Advantage, 3.5-inch |
| CFL |
Low Profile, 3.5-inch |
| CFN |
Notebook, 3.5-inch |
| CFP |
Performance, 3.5-inch |
| CFS |
Filepro Series, 3.5-inch |
| Capacity |
|
Approximate Formatted Capacity in Mbytes
(Can be 3 or 4 digits) |
| Interface |
|
| 4 |
ATA (PC/AT/IDE) |
| 0 |
SCSI, 50-pin Narrow SCSI Connector |
| A |
ATA (PC/AT/IDE) |
| D |
Differential SCSI |
| E |
SCSI, 80-pin SCA |
| S |
SCSI, 50-pin Narrow SCSI Connector |
| U |
Ultra SCSI |
| V |
Audio/Video Optimized |
| W |
SCSI, 68-pin Wide SCSI Connector |
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