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Appendix A: PlexWriter Specifications
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Disc Specifications
Useable Formats CD-DA; CD-ROM (Mode 1); CD-ROM XA (Mode 2: form
1 or form 2 and mixed form); CD-ROM (Mixed Mode);
Photo CD; VideoCD; CD-I (MPEG movies);
CD-Extra (CD-Plus); CD+G; CD Text
Recording Modes Track-at-Once, Disc-at-Once, Session-at-Once,
Multisession, Incremental packet writing (fixed and
variable packets)
Disc Diameter 12 cm diameter (Recording time 74 min, 79 min)
Performance Specifications
Sustained Read 17X – 40X CAV: 2.6 – 6.0 MB/sec
(Stamp/CD-R)
14X – 32X CAV: 2.08 – 4.8 MB/sec
(Stamp/CD-R/CD-RW)
10.4X–24X CAV: 1.56 – 3.6 MB/sec
(CD-RW)
8X CLV: 1.2 MB/sec
(Stamp/CD-R/CD-RW)
4X CLV: 600 KB/sec
(Stamp/CD-R/CD-RW)
CD-DA: Drive reads at 4X CLV with buffered read
Sustained Write 16X – 24X Z-CLV: 2.4/3.0/3.6 MB/sec (CD-R)
16X – 20X Z-CLV: 2.4/3.0 MB/sec (CD-R)
16X CLV: 2.4 MB/sec (CD-R)
12X CLV: 1.8 MB/sec (CD-R)
10X CLV: 1.5 MB/sec (high speed CD-RW)
4X CLV: 600 KB/sec (CD-R, high speed CD-RW,
normal speed CD-RW)
1X CLV: 150 KB/sec (CD-R)
Burst Read, PIO Mode Mode 0, 3.3 MB/s
Mode 1, 5.2 MB/s
Mode 2, 8.3 MB/s
Mode 3, 11.1 MB/s
Mode 4, 16.6 MB/s
Burst Read, Multiword
DMA Mode Mode 0, 4.2 MB/s
Mode 1, 13.3 MB/s
Mode 2, 16.6 MB/s