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From: hsu@eneevax.UUCP (Dave Hsu)
Newsgroups: net.micro,net.periphs
Subject: Re: Optical Disk Drives
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Date: Wed, 1-Jan-86 23:03:12 EST
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Summary: yet another one...

In article <922@nmtvax.UUCP> djm@nmtvax.UUCP (The Demented Teddy Bear) writes:
>I've been noticing ads in Dr. Dobb's Journal from Optotech, Inc. for an
>optical disk drive.  To quote the ad :
>
>    Optical Disk Drive 5984
>    * 200 megabytes on a removable cartridge
>    * Fast access read and _write_
>    * For PCs and minis
>    * Extensive interface software
>    * Available Now
>
>Does anyone know anything about this puppy?  Specifically, is it actually
>using CD-type medium, does it really work, how fast is fast, etc.?
>    Dieter Muller

In the same light, does anybody have any info on the Shugart SA500(0?)
From what I understand, it uses $20 CD-sized blanks and sells for around
5k or so.  NASA/Goddard is rumored to have received one two or three months
ago.

thanks in advance,
-dave
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David Hsu	Communication & Signal Processing Lab, EE Department
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And then there were none.