excite for web servers found documents about: (Query-By-Example) - higher confidence, - lower confidence; click icons to find similar documents 100% Source code fetches $7.5 million Adaptec ripen Summary: Source code fetches $7.5 million. The Macintosh technology was originally developed in Germany and distributed here through an agreement with Astarte. In addition to the source code, Adaptec will gain Toast's team of developers. And what about Adaptec's DVD plans? Ulmer says Adaptec has already been looking toward DVD for its Windows products, but adds that the Toast relationship will facilitate... 96% 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:. 94% 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% 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. 91% What makes DVD compelling for users? Summary: What makes DVD compelling for users? Out of 1,199 respondents, 73% said that they would be compelled to buy a DVD-ROM drive if software other than movies or games was available on DVD-ROM discs. When faced with a list of 25 companies, the largest percentage of users (22%) said they would choose Sony (Park Ridge, NJ) if they were to buy a DVD-ROM drive today. The first in the DVD family of drives... 90% 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... 90% 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. 90% The latest news in ... DVD technology Summary: The latest news in ... DVD technology. DVD has first appeared--as expected--in the entertainment industry. As manufacturers bring out DVD recorders to play full-length feature films, expect to see production studios such as WOWdvd of WOW Digital Color (New York) begin to offer services. WOWdvd will be fully operational by May, but its services will not be exclusively devoted to entertainment... 88% 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. 88% 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... 87% CD-ROM and DVD comparison Summary: Imaging World, April 21st, 1997 CD-ROM and DVD comparison Specifications CD-ROM DVD Disc diameter 120mm 120mm Disc thickness 1.2mm 1.2mm Disc structure single substrate two bonded .6mm substrates Laser wavelength 780 nms--infrared 650 nms and 635 nms (red) Numerical aperture .45 .60 Track pitch 1.6 microns .74 micron Shortest pit length .83 micron .4 micron Reference speed 1.2 msec constant linear... 87% New optical storage solution Summary: (Wednesday, January 15, 1997, 2:21 pm) Elektroson's (Campbell, CA, http://www.elektroson.com) mastering technology meets the management software of Software Architects (Bothell, WA, http://www.com) in the product development of TopGear, the first digital video disc (DVD) recordable premastering software application. The DVD-Rom will enable the mastering and premastering of universal disc format... 87% Ricoh to market CD-RW hardware Summary: (Posted: Tuesday, April 01, 1997, 12:11 AM) Quickly adopting the new CD-Rewritable (CD-RW) media that can be re-recorded thousands of times, Ricoh (San Jose, http://www.ricoh.com) has introduced the first CD-RW-capable CD-Recordable (CD-R) drive. 87% Floppy space saver Summary: Floppy space saver. The company's variable packet-writing approach allows a compliant CD-Recorder to write thousands of "sessions" while producing a CD that can be read in current and next-generation CD drives. The caching scheme removes the need for additional hardware or excessive hard disk space, the company says. Fully backward-compatible, Floppy CD allows a CD-R disc to be used in the same... 87% 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... 87% 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. 86% 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... 85% Seminar series promotes benefits of CD-R Summary: of CD-R. Focus on variable packet writing technology Smart Storage (Andover, MA) and JVC Information Products (Irvine, CA) have launched a seminar series addressing how advances in CD-R technology, in particular variable packet writing, apply to network storage. "Together with JVC, we'll demonstrate the benefits and advances in CD-R technology," said Gary Brach, president of Smart Storage. The... 85% Hot Products Summary: Next generation in image-processing toolkits. Sales force automation software. No pricing information was available at press time. The base price for a full-speed model is $14,000. CD-Recorders continue price descent. 85% 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. 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