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- From: peterson@choctaw.csc.ti.com (Bob Peterson)
- Subject: Re: Info on CD-ROM Drives
- Message-ID: <1992Nov5.190105.24565@csc.ti.com>
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- Organization: Texas Instruments
- References: <1d7j5vINNjhk@agate.berkeley.edu>
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 19:01:05 GMT
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- In article <1d7j5vINNjhk@agate.berkeley.edu> rab@sprite.berkeley.edu (Robert A. Bruce) writes:
- >
- >I am trying to put together a matrix of information for all cdrom drives.
- >It is still pretty incomplete, so I would like some help in filling in all
- >the info. If you have any specs, if you know the latest prices, or if you
- >would like to recommend yes/no for a drive, please send me email.
- ...
- >Column
- >A. Manufactuer
- >B. Model Number
- >C. Internal/External
- >D. Caddies N=No, S=Sony, P=Philips, X=NEC, O=Other
- >E. Seek time in milliseconds
- >F. Transfer rate in kilobytes/second
- >G. SCSI - Y/N
- >H. CDROM XA / PhotoCD compatable (N=No, S=Single-Session, M=multi-session)
- >I. OS/2 Compatible - Y/N
- >J. Windows NT Compatible - Y/N
- >K. MPC Compatible - Y/N
- >L. Quicktime Compatible - Y/N
- >M.
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- M. Telephone number type: V - Voice; B - BBS
-
- >N. Approximate Street Price, in US dollars
- >O. Recommended #yes/#no (Send email to recommend either yes or no)
- >P. Phone #
- >Q. Comments
- >
- > A B C D E F G H I J K L M N 0 P Q
- >===== ======== = = === === = = = = = = = === === ============ ==========
- >Pioneer DRM-600 E O --- --- Y - - - - - - 925 1/0 ------------ jukebox(x6)
- Pioneer DRM-600 E O 600 150 Y S - - - - B 925 2/0 408 748 2105 jukebox(x6)
- 800ms max seek
- 600ms avg seek (your key doesn't say which one you wanted)
-
- While I've not (yet) attempted to read Photo CDs on my DRM-600, the
- following message claims the device will read at least single session
- Photo CD disks.
-
- > Article: 4505 of alt.cd-rom
- > From: rwm@cup.portal.com (Richard DARYL Millett)
- > Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom,comp.periphs.scsi
- > Subject: Re: PhotoCD filesystem differences affecting driver
- > Message-ID: <66487@cup.portal.com>
- > Date: 23 Sep 92 23:14:02 GMT
- > References: <buzfmb.4vf@wang.com>
- > Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- >
- > There is one subtle difference in MSCDEX that needs to be taken care of to
- > support XA discs. Bit 10 of the drive status is listed as reserved in
- > the specifications. However, if you read the last question in the Q&A
- > section you find out that bit 10 means the drive supports XA. If you
- > do not set this bit, MSCDEX will report CDR errors.
- >
- > Note: This limitation does not apply to the SUN and OS/2. I can read Photo
- > CDs on my DRM-600 and my DRM-604x. At 600 KB/Sec, the DRM-604X is nice
- > on my Mac Quadra!
- >
- > Richard
-
- Bob
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