Re: Worm drives <==> NeXT

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From: Andrew Loewenstern
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 13:18

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In article <c7VW02A.0fAb01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> kls30@duts.ccc.amdahl.com (Kent  
L Shephard) writes:

>  Why bother with a WORM (Write One Read Many) optical drive?
>  Just get a regular WMRM (Write Many Read Many) optical drive.
>  
>  I think WORM drives are basically dead.  The initial concept of WORM was to
>  be able to write huge amounts of data on optical media.  There didn't
>  exist the technology to re-write data so the WORM was created.

Believe it or not, some people actually want, or must have a WORM type  
device...  In these cases, a WMRM or hard-drive with some kind of funky  
management won't cut it.

andrew
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Andrew Loewenstern            |  "listen: there's a hell of a good universe
Cube Technologies, Inc.       |   next door; let's go." --- e.e. cummings

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From: andrew@cubetech.com (Andrew Loewenstern)
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Subject: Re: Worm drives <==> NeXT
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