100 110 / B) HSET - THE HANDLER SET MUST BE INDICATED AS EITHER UPPER (HSET= 1) OR 120 / LOWER (HSET= 0). THE HSET BIT AND LOGICAL UNIT BITS WILL BE USED TOGETHER TO 130 / DETERMINE A PORTION OF THE HANDLER NAME (SEE BELOW). 140 150 / C) IDNUM - EVERY CONTROLLER WITHIN THIS SYSTEM (KNOWN AS SASI OR SCSI) 160 / REQUIRES AN ID NUMBER OR UNIQUE TARGET DEVICE ADDRESS. THE HANDLER MUST BE 170 / ASSEMBLED FOR A KNOWN ID NUMBER WHICH WILL PARTIALLY DETERMINE THE HANDLER 180 / NAME. UP TO EIGHT ID NUMBERS (0-7) ARE ALLOWED. 190 200 / D) OFFSET - THE HANDLER CAN BE ASSEMBLED WITH NO OFFSET, I.E., IT WOULD 210 / ADDRESS THE ABSOLUTE BEGINNING OF THE DEVICE (POSSIBLY BIASED BY AN INTEGER 220 / MULTIPLE OF A POWER OF TWO BLOCKS INTO THE DEVICE) AND IS MEANT TO HAVE 230 / INDEPENDENT DOMAIN OVER THE DEVICE. THIS OPTION EXISTS FOR COMPATIBILITY WITH 240 / VARIOUS OBSOLETE MECHANISMS WHICH ARE NOT RECOMMENDED FOR CURRENT 250 / APPLICATIONS. 260 / THE PROPER MANAGEMENT OF DISK DEVICES SUCH AS ARE USUALLY ATTACHED TO 270 / THE MDC8 REQUIRES THAT A DEVICE MAINTAINENCE AREA BE RESERVED ON THE DEVICE 280 / FOR DEFECT MANAGEMENT, ETC. THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE OF THESE IS THE MENU-8 290 / UTILITY SYSTEM WHICH ALLOWS SUBORDINATE SYSTEMS (SUCH AS P?S/8) TO BE LOADED 300 / INDIRECTLY. PROPER ASSEMBLY OF THE HANDLER FOR THIS ENVIRONMENT REQUIRES 310 / SETTING THE OFFSET PARAMETER. ALL LOGICAL BLOCKS ARE CONVERTED TO PHYSICAL 320 / BLOCKS BY ADDING A SMALL FIXED OFFSET (WHICH PLACES THE AFFECTED BLOCKS PAST A 330 / PROTECTED AREA WHERE THE MENU SYSTEM RESIDES). 340 EJECT 350 / E) LOGUNIT - VARIOUS CONTROLLERS ALLOW LOGICAL UNIT VALUES TO BE ASSERTED 360 / FROM 0 THROUGH 7. CERTAIN CONTROLLERS SUPPORT THE UNIT FIELD WITHIN THE I/O 370 / COMMAND, BUT RESTRICT USEFUL ACCESS TO LOGICAL UNIT 0 ONLY. (ON THESE 380 / CONTROLLERS, OTHER LOGICAL UNIT VALUES RETURN "NOT READY", "NOT SELECTED" OR 390 / OTHER SUCH ERRORS.) 400 / THE SUPPORTED OMTI CONTROLLERS ALLOW FOUR LOGICAL UNITS (0-3), AS THE 410 / HIGH-ORDER LOGICAL UNIT BIT IS IGNORED. CONTROLLER CONFIGURATION RULES EITHER 420 / RESTRICT OR RECOMMEND (FOR COMPATIBILITY WITH MORE RESTRICTIVE CONTROLLERS) 430 / THE USE OF LOGICAL UNITS 0 AND 1 FOR WINCHESTER DISK DRIVES. OTHER UNITS MAY 440 / BE ASSIGNED TO OTHER DEVICES SUCH AS DISKETTE DRIVES, ETC.; THE CONTROLLERS 450 / GENERALLY SUPPORT ONLY TWO WINCHESTER DRIVES MAXIMUM. THE OMTI 20 SERIES 460 / CONTROLLERS RESTRICT THE USE OF LOGICAL UNITS 0 AND 1 TO WINCHESTERS ONLY, AND 470 / SPECIFY LOGICAL UNITS 2 AND 3 FOR DISKETTES. 480 / THE SUPPORTED SYQUEST 555 REMOVABLE CARTRIDGE DRIVES (WITH PROPERLY 490 / FORMATTED SQ400 CARTRIDGES) MUST BE ADDRESSED AS LOGICAL UNIT ZERO ONLY, AS 500 / THE SCSI CONTROLLER IS "IMBEDDED" IN THE HARDWARE OF THE PHYSICAL DRIVE, I.E., 510 / IT IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE DRIVE ITSELF. THE SCSI ID NUMBER MAY BE 520 / STRAPPED FOR ANY NON-CONFLICTING VALUE FROM 0 THROUGH 7 VIA JUMPERS ON THE 530 / OUTSIDE OF THE DRIVE (SEE SYQUEST DOCUMENTATION ELSEWHERE). 540 / THE LOGICAL UNIT PARAMETER, ALONG WITH THE HANDLER SET PARAMETER WILL 550 / PARTIALLY DETERMINE THE HANDLER NAME (SEE BELOW). 560 EJECT