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Connection to the computer
PC Card cable or Cardbus card cable via PC Card slot (PCMCIA, Type II)
Voltage
DC + 5V± 5%
Data Buffer
512 kB
Access Time
DVD: 130 ms (average)
CD: 95 ms (average)
Maximum Speed
CD-Mode: 24x CD speed (3,600 KB/s)
DVD-Mode: 8x DVD speed (10,816 KB/s)
Media Formats
The external drive reads formats according to the following CD (compact disc) and DVD (digital
versatile disc) standards :
Storage Capacity
•MS-DOS
® operating system data
CDs (High Sierra, Mode 1 & Mode
2 complying with ISO 9660)
• Kodak Photo CDs (single- and
multi-session)
• CDI, CDI-Ready, CD-Midi,
CD-R, CD-RW, CD Plus
• Data-CDs (Joliet) • UDF (Universal Disc Format)• CD-TEXT, CD-EXTRA
• CD-ROM XA • Audio CDs • Video CDs
• Mixed Mode CDs • CD-Digital Audio • DVD-ROM, DVD-R
• Enhanced CD • i-trax CD •DVD-Video
DVD-ROM type description DVD-5 DVD-9 DVD-10 DVD-18
Capacity according to the manufacturer 4.7 GB 8.5 GB 9.4 GB 17 GB
Actual capacity 4.38 GB 7.96 GB 8.75 GB 15.92 GB
Written sides 1122
Layers per side (referring to the
information-carrying layer of the disc) 1212
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