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- From: am291@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jim Skourlis)
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- Subject: -----Sony Magneto-Optical Drive: Sony C/D501-----
- Date: 23 Jan 1993 15:05:57 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
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- SONY Magneto-Optical Drive (SMO-C/D501)---$1750 w/cartriges
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- Interface: SCSI-1
- Average Seek Time: 95ms - it may be faster than this?
- it may be closer to 65ms. I'm not sure so I'm
- posting the worst case.
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- Short seek Time +-64 tracks: 22ms
- Read Speed(Kb/sec): 680
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- Formatted capacity: 650 MB per disk 325MB per side,
- need to flip disk to access full 650MB.
- Formats to 650MB @ 1K bytes/sector or
- 594MB @ 512 bytes/sector.
- ISO standard media.
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- Form factor: 5.25"
- Has latest ROM version.
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- This comes in a brand new and very sturdy external
- enclosure with SCSI cable. Also included is:
- (3) 512 Bytes/Sector cartriges (< 4 months)
- (1) 1024 Bytes/Sector cartrige
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- This drive can be used with virtually any computer
- accepting a SCSI interface (Mac, NeXT, PC, etc.) although
- an interface card may be required. I am using an Amiga
- 2000 and driving this beastie with a GVP Series II board
- and latest FaaaastROM and have no problems with it.
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- thanks,
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- -=jim=-
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