excite for web servers found documents about: (Query-By-Example) - higher confidence, - lower confidence; click icons to find similar documents 100% Rewritable CD taking shape Summary: Manufacturers agree on standard platform A new compact disc platform, CD-Rewritable, (CD-RW) has been agreed upon by Hewlett-Packard, Mitsubishi, Philips, Ricoh and Sony. The companies will work together promoting compatibility of CD-RW media and drives. The format specifications, referred to as "Orange Book, Part III," have been released to manufacturers by Sony and Philips. The collaborating... 96% Ricoh shows CD-RW hardware Summary: Ricoh shows CD-RW hardware. Quickly adopting the new CD-Rewritable (CD-RW) media that can be re-recorded thousands of times, Ricoh (San Jose) has introduced the first CD-RW-capable CD-Recordable (CD-R) drive. Using both standard CD-R and the new CD-RW media, the MP6200S ($599) drive is the first on the market to have the rewritable capability and a SCSI-2 interface. Used as a CD-R drive, the... 95% Faster CD-R, enhanced MO drives highlight imag... Summary: Faster CD-R, enhanced MO drives highlight imaging at Comdex. Yamaha announced at Comdex (Las Vegas) that it will bring the world's fastest read/write CD-R to market. The Yamaha CDR400 writes at 4X and reads at 6X. Among its CD-RW drives, Ricoh's popular 2X/4X RO-1420C will feature a 2 MB buffer. Enhanced PD drive models with CD-ROM spin speeds of 6X and 8X are scheduled to ship in 1997. 92% Where we answer all your CD-R questions Summary: What is CD-Recordable? Part II refers to CD-Recordable. For a CD-ROM player or CD recorder, a 1X speed translates to 153,600 bytes per second. Therefore, a "1X" recorder writes 150 KB per second to the CD-R media. Likewise, a "2X" recorder records at 300 KB per second, a "4X" records at 600 KB per second and a "6X" records at 900 KB per second. 92% Packet writing Making desktop recording a re... Summary: Packet writing defined.) FloppyCD records under Windows 95, Windows 3.1x and DOS. In that strategy, the cache size is equal to the packet size, and a packet is written when the user-defined cache is full. Then, when the disc is put into a Windows 95 system that does not have a UDF reader, the system advises the user that the disc is in UDF, and the user has the option of installing the UDF reader... 92% CD-R's bright future Summary: Very soon ISO will release ISO 13346, the standard for incremental writing ("packet writing") of CD-R discs. The OSTA standard.osta. New products, possibilities. When fully implemented, imaging, COLD and new CD-R technologies could revolutionize this process. 91% Hot Products 4-7-97 Summary: Faster microfilm scanning. Imaging system on Web.pixel. The software features scanner controls and a batch function that allows multiwindow scanning of several images. Remittance processing scanner. 91% CDR Software & Hardware Shopping Guide Summary: duplication time. The Trans/Corder was developed because of operator dissatisfaction with the time-consuming process of duplicating CD-ROM discs. CD-R duplication. and NT support. New CD-R writer software. 90% News Shorts 3-17-97 Summary: Ricoh to market CD-RW hardware. Quickly adopting the new CD-Rewritable (CD-RW) media that can be re-recorded thousands of times, Ricoh (San Jose) has introduced the first CD-RW-capable CD-Recordable (CD-R) drive. Certifiably Artist VARs. Artist Graphics (St. There's an Acrobat in the file cabinet. 88% CD-R study disproves negative market perceptio Summary: CD-R study disproves. By Judith Lamont and Dhaval Joshi A new study provides encouraging results regarding CD-R media compatibility. The purpose of the test by Doculabs (Chicago) and the Special Interest Group on CD Applications and Technology Foundation (SIGCAT, Reston, VA) was to prove or disprove a market perception of incompatibility among CD readers, writers and media. Early users of CD-R... 88% CD-R media a global solution; read, write and ... Summary: If the system doesn't work, is it the hard drive, the recording software or the media? The same set of test files and the same procedures were used in recording each disc. All the files recorded successfully, and the test set of files also was readable. Not only did all the recorders work on all the media, but surprisingly, the discs were readable in all the CD-ROM drives used. Even for those... 87% CDR Making CD-Recordable as useful as magnetic Summary: When disc writing is complete the disc can be finalized in the 13490 file system, or (software permitting) it can be converted to comply with the ISO 9660 file system. If a file or several files are smaller than a fixed-length packet we can always pad the packet before writing it. Standard players can not read Level 3 ISO 9660 discs. Writing the packets can be a very slow process. If the files... 87% The latest news in ... CD storage technology P... Summary: Product:. DirectCD, which is available for Windows 95, enables users to write to a CD-Recorder in a similar fashion as one would write to a hard drive or floppy disk. Resellers can purchase Smart and Friendly products from Ingram Micro, MicroAge and Tech Data outfits. Product:. Product:. 87% Electronic archiving of radiology images Summary: Most 5.25-in. optical data transfer rates are between 1 and 2 MB per second, with the newer 2.6 GB drives advertising 2 to 4 MB per second. optical drives which hold 15 GBs today and cost about $600 each. The Philips drive reads data at 2.7 MB per second and writes at 1.3 MB per second. CD is the least expensive optical media ($1,000 per drive and about $15 per 600 MB platter), but the slowest... 86% Enterprise storage management: The past and the present Summary: By Michael Johnson, Business Development Manager. New product offerings in 1997 will bring on-line mountable tape file systems that will provide quick access to previously backed-up data and file systems while offering a variety of standard and unique file indexing formats. form factor becomes a less-attractive solution in a long-term archival storage strategy. Also included is a migration tool... 86% DVD arrives The advent of DVD-Video signals th... Summary: The advent of DVD-Video signals that DVD-ROM discs are just around the corner. DVD-Video drives are out, and DVD-ROM drives appear to be close to release. Encyclopedia Electronica will be bundled with DVD-ROM drives when the drives begin shipping. A number of CD-ROM replicators have established DVD production lines (See box "DVD Replicators." * DVD-R will have a smaller capacity than DVD-ROM. 86% Why attend SIGCAT Summary: CD technology has come to the rescue through innovative companies that have created "connected" CD products in conjunction with the growth of the Web. An even newer development is emerging in which the connected CD is taken one step further and becomes a Web site on a disc. Document management systems based on CD-R technology are extremely scalable. All we need are the discs. That's where CD-R... 86% Double-speed DVD Summary: Double-speed DVD. Hitachi's Storage Products Group (Brisbane, CA, 800-448-2244) has announced a double-speed DVD-ROM drive. "Systems designers and users who want maximum flexibility in optical storage can move to DVD drives immediately," said Werner Glinka, director of marketing for Hitachi's Storage Group. "They have a system compatible with the standards of today and tomorrow." The drive has... 86% CD-ROM Storage What next By Judith Lamont... Summary: CD-ROM meets the Web. Securing Web-based data. Taking a lead role in exploring how CD-ROM servers can provide secure Web sites for the federal government is SMS Data Products (McLean, VA). Some agencies will be selected for a study and will become test sites for CD-ROM Web server technology. Also, CD-ROMs of the Web site can be used as another distribution channel for the site information. 85% Hot Products 11-18-96 Summary: . Harmonious disc. However, creation must be accomplished working on a Unix or Windows workstation. CDs caught in the Crossfire. More, better, faster removable storage. serious scanning.
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