Re: Which CD-ROM?

[shack@crash.cts.com (Randy Shackelford)]

In article <787000000.5993@myrias.ab.ca>, Devin Reade <gdr@myrias.ab.ca> wrote:
>In article <3c3ram$geq@werple.apana.org.au> davoesq@werple.apana.org.au (Stephen Davidson) writes:
>
>>A CDROM150 id single speed, single session PhotoCD compatible drive
>>while the CDROM300 is double speed multi session PhotoCD compatible
>>and multispeed.
>
>Here's another question for the FAQ, although I would appreciate an
>answer in someone's followup post:
>
>So what is the significance of the following terms (in the context
>of CD ROM drives), and why would I want one feature vs another?
>
>	single speed   vs double (multi?) speed
>	single spin    vs double (multi?) spin
>	single session vs double (multi?) session

Well single speed drives typically transfer 150K data/second and double speed
drives do 300K/sec. Kinda clever how Apple named the single speed one CD150
and the double speed CD300 eh?
Multispin implies multisession, to the best of my knowledge. I've never heard
anyone say single spin, just single session. This all concerns accessing Kodak
photo CD discs, which your typical II user does not do much of I would guess.
An Apple CD150 or CD SC plus is all the CD you need on a II, plus they're
nicely supported by the system software.
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Randy Shackelford                                Huh huh, that was cool.
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