[comp.sys.sun] Sony erasable optical

david@ics.com (02/02/90)

We've had a Sony "Big MO" drive for a few months.  It has the advantages
of being very fast for reads, so we can use it to archive copies of things
which need to be spun to tape often.  The writes are painfully slow,`
however.

Our experience using it as a removable-media drive is limited; we've had
trouble getting replacement platters.