[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I would question your first point... ;)
>
> Agree that write speed would be less than read speed; however if you
> consider that a MD recorder can accept a streaming digital input of CD
> quality audio (via the optical in), encode it with ATRAC, AND write it to
> the disk, all in real-time - then i think you'll find the bandwidth of the
> system quite sufficient for removable media purposes on a PC. Plus the
> benefit of the disks not being as easily affected (as floppies) by magnetic
> fields....it all adds up...
>
> In any case it would be vastly better than floppy drive technology which
> should have been obseleted years ago...
>
> IMO anyways ;)
An MD is read/written at 150kBs.... Do you remember those first CD-ROM drives?
Cheers,
Ralph -> 40x MD-Data with IDE interface would be a breakthrough. 1x MD-Data
using
SCSI 2 is like returning to the dark ages....
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