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[oc] ATA-3 or General ATA Questions



I'm looking to program an FPGA to read a byte stream from a DVD-ROM drive (DVD-R Disc) and output the byte stream at 2MHz rate to a output bus.  All I want to do is to start the DVD reading and let it run until there is no more data.  Looking at the ATA-3 core it appears that I need to reset the system, use identify packet device to program timing registers, and then start reading data.  Is this correct? Any suggestions would be appreciated.  Do I need to worry about the DVD providing data faster than what I am using (is there some sort of timeout on the DVD end) ?

Scott Morris
Research Engineer
Battelle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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