CompuServe Thread

Here are the Toshiba specs: Toshiba XM-3401B (I think other 3401 models have the same specs) —————- Capacity Mode 1 599 MB Mode 2 683 MB User Data/Block Mode 1 2048 bytes Mode 2 2336 bytes Number of Blocks/Disk 333,000 (74 mins.) Error Rates Mode 1 (unrecoverable) less than 1 in 10^12 Mode 2 (unrecoverable) less than 1 in 10^9 Seek less than 1 in 10^6 Rotational Speed (rpm) 1x approx. 200 to 530 2x approx. 440 to 1170 Data Transfer Rate Mode 1, 1x, sustained 150 kB/sec Mode 1, 2x, sustained 330 kB/sec Mode 2, 1x, sustained 171 kB/sec Mode 2, 2x, sustained 376 kB/sec Burst 1.5 MB/sec (ASYNC.) SCSI Interface 4.2 MB/sec (SYNC.) Access Time (typical) * Random Access, 1x 310 ms * Random Access, 2x 200 ms ** Full Stroke, 1x 420 ms ** Full Stroke, 2x 330 ms Buffer Size 256 kB Interface SCSI-2 Power Consumption Average 4 Watt Maximum 6 Watt ———————————————————————- Some other features listed in the text on the paper are, and I quote, "CD-DA transfer through SCSI bus" "Use of 12 cm and 8 cm CD's" "Software volume control (L/R channel independent)" "Closed enclosure" [eh?] "Emergency eject for caddy" "Media removal prevent function" "High MTBF 50,000 power-on hours" "Multi-media PC compliant" [obviously!] "Kodak Photo CD compliant (multisession)" "With all of the above features and more you have the ability to read CD's for CD-ROM XA, CD-DA, CD-I, CD-I bridge plus headphone and line out connector for audio."