ilan343@violet.berkeley.edu (10/15/88)
In article <895@surya.megatest.UUCP> asrirama@megatest.UUCP (Anantha Srirama) writes: >I don't understand all this talk about 'does the machine use the optical >disk for swapping' seems odd to me. To me it is obvious, the optical >disk is REPLACING the hard-disk/winchester and that says it all. > --------- > Are erasable optical disks brand new stuff? When did this happen and why aren't others using it?
tim@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Maroney) (10/16/88)
In article <15510@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> ilan343@violet.berkeley.edu writes: >Are erasable optical disks brand new stuff? When did this happen >and why aren't others using it? I thought everyone knew this, but apparently not. There was a big fuss last year when Tandy announced they would have erasable optical drives soon. They're scheduled for 1989. There was quite a controversy in the trade press when the announcement was made, so I'm surprised that people keep acting like this technology is a bolt from the blue. -- Tim Maroney, Consultant, Eclectic Software, sun!hoptoad!tim "Our newest idol, the Superman, celebrating the death of godhead, may be younger than the hills; but he is as old as the shepherds." - Shaw, "On Diabolonian Ethics"
knighton@oswego.Oswego.EDU (Robert Knighton) (10/21/88)
In article <895@surya.megatest.UUCP> asrirama@megatest.UUCP (Anantha Srirama) writes: ... > >For all those people who find it impossible to coupe up with the advanced >technology, NeXT is still providing the soon to be obsolete magnetic media. > > -Anantha- It isn't obsolete until optical is FASTER. At worst case of ~100ms seek time the optical disk has a LONG way to go. ================================================================================ "If I can't have fun working, I can't have fun at all." | This space for rent. | Robert Knighton | Send all money and E-mail: knighton@oswego.oswego.edu | corespondence to: !sunybcs!oswego!knighton | | /dev/null (:-) USmail: RD #1 Box 6A | Bernhards Bay, NY 13028 | ================================================================================