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Appendix A: PlexWriter Specifications
Disc Specifications
Useable Formats: Read
CD-DA; CD-ROM (Mode 1); CD-ROM XA (Mode 2: form
1 or form 2); CD-ROM (Mixed Mode); Photo CD;
VideoCD; CD-I (MPEG movies); CD-Extra; CD-G; CD
Text
Useable Formats: Write
ISO 9660-HFS; Rockridge; Photo CD, VideoCD; CD-I;
CD-Extra (CD-Plus); Enhanced CD; CD-R; CD+G; CD
Text; CD-Midi
Disc Diameter
12 cm diameter (Recording time 74 min.)
Writing Modes
Track-at-Once, Disc-at-Once, Session-at-Once,
multisession, fixed and variable packet writing
Recommended Media
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CD-R: 8X, 4X, 2X
Taiyo Yuden, TDK, Ricoh, Mitsui Chemical, Kodak, Fuji
Photo Film, Sony, Imation, Philips, Maxell, Mitsubishi
Chemical
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CD-R: 1X
Taiyo Yuden, TDK, Ricoh, Mitsui Chemical, Fuji Photo
Film, Sony, Imation, Philips, Maxell, Mitsubishi Chemical
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CD-RW: 4X, 2X
Mitsubishi Chemical, Ricoh, TDK
(All are rewritable up to 1,000 times.)
Performance Specifications
Data Transfer Rate
CLV Write/CAV Read
Sustained Read/Write
32X (read only): 4.8MB/sec – Outer track
14X (read only): 2.1MB/sec – Inner track
8X (read/write): 1.2 MB/sec
4X (read/write/rewrite): 600KB/sec
2X (read/write/rewrite): 300KB/sec
1X (read/write): 150 KB/sec
Burst Read/Write
16.7MB/sec (PIO Mode 4, DMA Mode 2)
Average Random
Access
170ms
Spindle Motor
Brushless
Error Rate
Mode 1: 1 Block/10
12
Bits
Mode 2: 1 Block/10
9
Bits
