millard@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Millard Edgerton) (01/30/91)
I have been looking at CD-ROMs and drives for my IBM-PC -286. DAC sells one
that a friend purchased along with software and several disks. The data
sheets mention 'High Sierra' format! As opposed to what...? Are the data
disks *ALL* the same?
Can some one point me towards a good reference on CD ROM's? Either email
or post if this has not been posted before.
Thanks
P.S. Alt.cd-roms was mentioned. We do not get alt.xxx here on my machine
at ARC. If there is info there, would some kind soul please email me
that data.
Mucho Thanks
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***************************************************************************chris@cm.deakin.oz.au (Christopher Welsh) (04/19/91)
G'Day, Myself and a fellow colleague are wanting to purchase the NEC CDR-35 portable CD-ROM drive. It's great, because when you have finished on your computer you can listen to music at home and in your car or anywhere. It is justlike a everyday portable CD player. This machine comes with a number of optional extras. Consortium(5+). RR retail. (Tax Inc) CDR-35 Rom Player + Supply $659.00 $895.00 Rechargeable battery pack. $63.50 $99.00 IBM XT/AT, Interface. $260.00 $300.00. Apple Mac SCSI Interface $130.00 $158.00 PS/2 Interface ??????? ??????? NEC MultiSpeed Interface ??????? ??????? ProSpeed 286 Interface ??????? ??????? ProSpeed 386 Interface ??????? ??????? As far as I know the power supply is included with the CD-ROM player. Some more specs are as follows: Interface SCSI (Small Computer Systems Interface): 50-pin connector port utilizing ANSI, X3.131 - 1986 standard. Data Compatibility : High Sierra, ISO 9660, Apple Mac HFS. DisK Cartridge : No Cartridge Required. Data Capacity: 540MB of Data Seek Time : 1500MS Data Transfer Rate : 150KB/Second Error rate -Soft error : Max 10 to the -9 -Hard error : Max 10 to the -12 -Seek error : Max 10 to the -6 Power Requirements : DC 15 Volts 700 MA (AC Adaptor provided) Dimentions : W/H/D 149mm W, 66mm H, 224mm D.(I think the CD detached is smaller) Weight : .9Kg (Without battery) Accessories include : 50-pin to 25-pin SCSI cable, terminating resister, Data cartridge, Documentation, Battery pack (optional). Audio interface : Sterio headphones jack on front panel, flush-mount volume control on front panel. Audio Compatability : This unit will read Philips Standard (yellow Book) recorded audio data. Sampling Freq : 44.1KHz Quantifying Bit Number : 16 bit linear. Number of channels : 2. I have spoken to various people (even head office) and had good reports. This machine is programable i.e. vai computer software control or via pannel mounted controls i.e. you can program any track etc. Speaking to one person he said he runs it in his car without a hitch all you need is the attachable power supply and a Dick Smit CD to Car sterio interface and it sounds great. The above imformation is taken from the NEC data sheet, supplied from NEC head- office. I take no responsability for the accuracy of the above imformation, nor does my employer. Please E-Mail me if you are interested, we need five to ten people for the above consortium prices and twenty for an additional 3% off againtwo places are taken so we only need three more for stage one. Lets not stop at that. -- Deakin University Chris Welsh Department of Computing and Maths chris@aragorn.cm.deakin.oz.au -- Deakin University Chris Welsh Department of Computing and Maths chris@aragorn.cm.deakin.oz.au