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Article #1483laser disc for UNIX system
From: Cpt Brian Boyter
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1986 15:24
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1986 15:24
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I had several people ask if I got a solution to the UNIX/laser disc problem.... I got the following in the mail... >From the Nov 86 Mini-Micro Systems: "Fujitsu America Inc., San Jose, Calif., has introduced a 5-1/4" WORM drive that features two lasers, one to write while the other verifies data. The twin-beam design allows these two tasks to be performed in one revolution of the disk instead of two. The M2505A drive uses a cartridge that stores 300Mb per side. A Fujitsu SCSI controller will support 4 such drives on one SCSI node. Evaluation units that include drive and controller are priced around $3,500 and will be available the first quarter of 1987." I called Fujitsu and they said the product won't be available for about 6 months.... I don't remember the name or phone number.... you can look it up for yourself Your old buddy Brian boyter@ngp.utexas.edu ut-ngp!boyter
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-crg!rutgers!im4u!godel!boyter From: boyter@godel.ee.utexas.edu (Cpt Brian Boyter) Newsgroups: comp.periphs,comp.misc,comp.unix.questions Subject: laser disc for UNIX system Message-ID: <115@godel.ee.utexas.edu> Date: Tue, 18-Nov-86 10:24:44 EST Article-I.D.: godel.115 Posted: Tue Nov 18 10:24:44 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 18-Nov-86 21:14:32 EST Organization: UT Austin Computer and Vision Research Center Lines: 24 Keywords: Fujitsu 300MB, $3500, 6 months