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From: brando@linus.UUCP (T. J. Brando)
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Re: CD-ROM speeds...
Message-ID: <471@linus.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 23-Jul-85 16:08:57 EDT
Article-I.D.: linus.471
Posted: Tue Jul 23 16:08:57 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 24-Jul-85 20:29:45 EDT
References: <9@brl-tgr.ARPA>
Reply-To: brando@linus.UUCP (T. J. Brando)
Organization: The MITRE Corporation, Bedford, MA
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Summary: 

In article <9@brl-tgr.ARPA> lauren@RAND-UNIX.ARPA writes:
>Actually, "head" motion is not that major a problem in terms of
>overall speed, but is still significant.  Consumer CD machines are
>spec'd for about four second access, while Sony's professional
>machines are spec'd for around two seconds.

How is it, then, that Sony's (unprofessional!) CDP-302 has an access
time of less than 1 second!  (This comes not from specs but from
direct observation!)

-- 
Thom Brando
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