Read/Write Optical
16-Oct-89 19:51:24
Sb: #23228-Read/Write Optical
Fm: Richard Rae 72177,3516
To: David Hamm 76357,2667
Supplements to Larry's message:
A representative sampling of Magneto-Optical drives:
MANUFACTURER MODEL MB/SIDE ACCESS, mSEC PRICE
HITACHI OD112-1 322 75 5000
MAXTOR TAHITI 322/500 35 9900
RICOH RO-5030E 297 71 3800
SONY SMO-D501 325 95 4650
SONY SMO-S501 325 95 5250
These are all SCSI drives. All the capacities are for the ANSI/ ISO MO
standard. The Maxtor drive also does Z-CAV format, which provides the
higher storage number. I *think* all these numbers are for 1K sectors, so
on the Amiga you might get slightly less. Hope this gives you a rough idea
of what's available and the price/performance range.