Specifications

Table 6-9

 

CD-ROM Drive

 

 

 

Applicable disk

CD-ROM (Mode 1, 2, and 3)

 

CD-XA ready (Mode 2, Form 1 and 2)

 

CD-I ready (Mode 2, Form 1 and 2)

 

CD-R (read only)

 

 

CD Plus

 

 

Photo CD (single/multisession)

 

CD-Extra

 

 

Video CD

 

 

CD-WO (fixed packets only)

 

CD-Bridge

 

 

 

 

Center hole diameter

1.5 cm

.59 in

 

 

 

Disk diameter

12 cm, 8 cm

 

 

 

 

Disk thickness

1.2 mm

.047 in

 

 

 

Track pitch

1.6 µm

 

 

 

 

Access time

 

 

Random

< 150 ms

 

Full stroke

< 300 ms

 

 

 

 

Cache buffer

128 KB

 

 

 

 

Data transfer rate

 

 

Sustained, 16X

150 KB/s at 1X

 

Variable

1500 to 3600 KB/s (10X to 24X)

Normal PIO Mode 4 (single burst)

16.66 KB/s

 

 

 

 

Startup time

< 8 seconds

 

 

 

 

Stop time

< 4 seconds

 

 

 

 

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1500, N1020V specifications

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