Burst data transfer rate

16.7 MB (1 MB is approximately 1 000

 

000 bytes of data) per second (ATA PIO

 

Mode 4) 16.7 MB per second (ATA

 

multi-word DMA Mode 2)

 

 

Average access time (including latency)

110 ms (14-32x, CAV)

 

 

Cache memory (Read/Write)

8 MB

 

 

Disc diameter

12 cm (4.7 in.) (8cm [3 in.] read-only)

 

 

Rotational speed

5000 rpm

 

 

Rotational speed (CD-ROM/CD-R)

7000

 

 

Mean time between failures (MTBF)

120 000 POH (duty 10%)

 

 

The following table summarizes the CD format capabilities of the Easy CD Creator 4 program. Refer to the Adaptec software online user’s guide for the most recent information on CD format capabilities.

Format

Copy capability

Create

 

 

capability

 

 

 

CD-DA (Red Book)

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

CD+G

No

No

 

 

 

CD TEXT

Yes

No

 

 

 

CD-ROM (Yellow Book)

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

CD-ROM XA (Mode 2)

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

CD-l (Green Book)

Yes

No

 

 

 

CD-l Bridge

No

No

 

 

 

Video CD (White Book)

Yes

No

 

 

 

CD-R (Orange Book P II)

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

CD-RW (Orange Book P III)

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

Multisession CD

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

CD Extra (Blue Book)

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

Photo CD

Yes

No

 

 

 

Mixed-Mode CD

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

Bootable CD

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

Disc at Once

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

Track at Once

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

Session at Once

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

The CD-RW drive uses the following methods to write files to CDs:

Appendix A. Product specifications

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IBM 10K3786 manual CD-RW drive uses the following methods to write files to CDs