acs020@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (acs020) (09/24/90)
Pinnacle Micro, has released a new 3.5 inch erasable optical disk drive.
The REO-130 is a SCSI device with a *28* ms seek time; each holds *128*
megs. List cost is $3000 for the drive & $130 for each disk.
This would be the perfect solution for the NeXT.
Hey Steve, the address is: Pinnacle Micro, 15265 Alton Pkwy., Irvine, CA
92718; (714) 727-3300.
absinthe@milton.u.washington.edu (Daniel Faken) (09/25/90)
acs020@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (acs020) writes... >Pinnacle Micro, has released a new 3.5 inch erasable optical disk drive. >The REO-130 is a SCSI device with a *28* ms seek time; each holds *128* >megs. List cost is $3000 for the drive & $130 for each disk. >This would be the perfect solution for the NeXT. Isn't this a bit steep when we're currently about to pay (or so rumor holds) about the same price for something with half the storage? (or, according to further rumor, one quarter the storage) I don't recall the optical option being $3000 either..
edwardj@microsoft.UUCP (Edward JUNG) (09/28/90)
In article <2378@gmuvax2.gmu.edu> ncho@gmuvax2.UUCP ( ) writes: >Pinnacle Micro, has released a new 3.5 inch erasable optical disk drive. >The REO-130 is a SCSI device with a *28* ms seek time; each holds *128* >megs. List cost is $3000 for the drive & $130 for each disk. > >This would be the perfect solution for the NeXT. > >Hey Steve, the address is: Pinnacle Micro, 15265 Alton Pkwy., Irvine, CA > 92718; (714) 727-3300. > This is the Nakamichi mechanism. Nakamichi claims that they can/will derive media of significantly higher density, should a need be manifest. Numbers as high as the 1GB range were mentioned. The unit is produced by MOST (Mass Optical Storage Technologies) of Cypress, Ca., and is a part of Nakamichi Peripherals Corp., a subsidary of Nakamichi USA. The unit is called the RMD-5100-S. According to a report in EE Times (issue 609), a low-mass optical head system allows access times of *35-ms* (although localized access is, of course, faster). Another unit of Nakamichi Peripherals called Ocean Microsystems has previewed the drive as a SCSI peripheral on the Macintosh at MacWorld and Comdex. Note, however, that production quantities of the drives are not expected until the winter, and the form factor is 5.25 inches. The MTBF is projected at 30,000 hours, and an EEPROM allows customization of the SCSI interface. Blank media is expected to cost under $120, with delivery to OEMs of drives for about $1000 in quantity. -- Edward Jung Microsoft Corp. My opinions do not reflect any policy of my employer.