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From: rdavis@sushi.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Jerry Pournelle on UNIX (From BYTE)
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Date: 12 Jan 88 15:15:00 GMT
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Nf-From: sushi.UUCP!rdavis    Jan 12 09:15:00 1988


> >>CD ROM roots would be bad because CD ROM's are blindingly slow.
> >
> >Currently true.  But don't take the current state-of-the-art as an intrinsic
> >limit.  They'll get faster.
> 
> According to "CD-ROM: The New Papyrus" by Microsoft Press, faster data
> transfer from CD-ROMs is unlikely because the frequency of the data starts
> to approach the frequency of the servo mechanisms used to keep the optics
> on track and in focus.

How about if you have more than one read (laser) on the same
CD?  Maybe you could read the same track n different sectors,
or read n tracks at a time?  I don't know how possible this
is, considering the CD doesn't spin at a constant rate.

PS: I'm not an EE or a CD expert.   I just had an idea...