REPOSTING - Wanted CD-ROM Info...

[Patrick Powell]

In article <6104 at internal.Apple.COM> blob at apple.com (Brian Bechtel) writes:
>> 4- Which are good CD-ROM readers ? We have heard the Toshiba one is 
>> meant to be the fastest (whatever that means). Is this true ? Can 
>> you recommend one ?
>
>Fastest is not a very good word for describing a device with average seek 
>time of more than 300 microseconds.  Toshiba, among others, makes a fine 
>CD-ROM drive.  There are no particular winners.

I would call 300 microseconds "Access Time From Hell".  Perhaps 300
milliseconds?

Patrick Powell
Prof. Patrick Powell, Dept. Computer Science, EECS 4-192,
University of Minnesota,  Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612)625-3543/625-4002