Q95893: Summary of CD-ROM Drives and Their Capabilities
Article: Q95893
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Last Modified: 30-JUL-2001
SUMMARY
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This article describes the capabilities of several CD-ROM drives that are
currently available.
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The third-party products discussed in this article are manufactured by vendors
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these products' performance or reliability.
Company Model Capacity Interface Buffer Access D.T.R. Int/Ext
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CD-ROM Inc. CRI-1000 660 SCSI, AT 64K 350 150 Int/Ext
IDE,
Prop*
CD Technology CD Porta- 600-683 SCSI-2 64K 325 150 Int/Ext
Drive
Chinon America CDA-431 680 SCSI 32K 350 150 Ext
Chinon America CDA-435 600 SCSI 64K 350 150 Ext
Chinon America DC-431 680 SCSI 32K 350 150 Ext
Chinon America DC-435 600 SCSI 64K 350 150 Int/Ext
Chinon America DS-431 680 SCSI 32K 350 150 Ext
Bundle
Chinon America DS-435 600 SCSI 64K 350 150 Ext
Chinon America DX-431 680 SCSI 32K 350 150 Ext
Chinon America DX-435 600 SCSI 64K 350 150 Ext
Dataware Series 500 660 SCSI 64K 350 150 Int/Ext
Technologies
Freeport Data CD-Shuttle 599-683 Parallel 325 150 Ext
CS-600
Genesis GenSTAR 680 Prop* 32K 450 150-170 Ext
Integrated 2000 Series
Systems Inc.
Genesis GenSTAR 680 Prop* 600 150-180 Int/Ext
Integrated 3000 Series
Systems Inc.
Hard Drives PowerDrive 550-680 SCSI 350 150 Ext
Intl. CD-ROM
Hewlett-Packard 50720A 500 Prop 500 Int
Hitachi CDR-1503SMC 552 SCSI 800 150 Ext
Hitachi CDR-1503SPC 552 IDE 800 154 Ext
Hitachi CDR-1700SPC 682-778 Prop* 32K 320 154 Ext
Hitachi CDR-1700SMC 682-778 Prop* 32K 320 150 Ext
Hitachi CDR-1750S 682-778 SCSI 64K 320 150 Ext
Hitachi CDR-3600 682-778 Prop* 32K 450 150 Int
Hitachi CDR-3600PC 682-778 SCSI 32K 450 150 Int
Hitachi CDR-3700 682-778 Prop* 320 150 Int
Hitachi CDR-3750 682-778 SCSI 64K 300 150 Int/Ext
IBM PS/2 CD-ROM 600 SCSI 380 150 Int/Ext
IBM PS/2 CD-ROM 600 SCSI 330 150 Int
II
JVC Information WO CD-ROM 540 SCSI 300 Int
Products
Laser Magnetic CM 205 553-635 SCSI 32K 375 150-180 Int/Ext
Storage Intl.
Laser Magnetic CM 225 553-635 SCSI 32K 375 150-180 Int/Ext
Storage Intl.
Liberty Systems 115 Series 680 SCSI 64K 380 150 Ext
115CD Parallel
MacProducts USA Magic CD-ROM594 SCSI 350 150 Ext
Micro Design LaserBank 600 SCSI 64K 350 150 Int/Ext
Intl. 600CD
Mitsumi CRMC-FR 540-630 Prop* 600 150-180 Int
Mitsumi CRMC-LU 540-630 Prop* 600 150-180 Int
Mitsumi CRS-UF 540-630 Prop* 700 150-180 Ext
Mitsumi CRS-XP 540-630 Prop* 900 150-180 Ext
NCR Corp. Safari 680 Prop* 325 Ext
Portable CD-ROM
NEC CDR-36 620-670 SCSI 64K 500 150 Ext
Portable
NEC CDR-36M 680 450 150 Ext
NEC CDR-37 680 SCSI 64K 450 150 Ext
NEC CDR-73M 680 SCSI 64K 280 150 Ext
NEC CDR-74 680 SCSI 64K 280 150 Int/Ext
NEC CDR-84 680 SCSI 64K 280 150 Int/Ext
NEC CDR-83M 680 SCSI 64K 280 150 Ext
Nth Group Nth CD-ROM 680 SCSI 350 Ext
Optical Access Access CD 600 SCSI 400 150 Ext
Optical Access Access CD/ 599-683 SCSI-2 310 150 Ext
Allegro
Optical Access Access CD/ 540 SCSI-2 500 150 Ext
Performer
Optical Media OMI CDP-1B 130 SCSI 64K 380 150 Ext
Panasonic LK-MC501S/B 540 SCSI 500 150 Int/Ext
Parallel PC-5683s 600 SCSI 350 Ext
Peripherals Parallel
Technology Inc.
Peripheral PC CD-ROM 654-680 SCSI 64K 380 150 Int/Ext
Land Inc.
Periperal PV-CD ROM 638 SCSI 350 Ext
Vision
Storage
Systems
Philips CM202XRS 600 Serial 350 150-180 Int
Philips CM202XBK 600 Serial 350 150-180 Int
Philips CDD401 635 Prop* 500 150-180 Ext
(Magnavox)
Philips CDD461 645-757 Prop* 700 150-180 Ext
(Magnavox)
Philips CDD461RS 645-757 Prop* 700 150-180 Ext
(Magnavox)
Pinnacle Micro PCD-100 540-635 Prop* 600 Int/Ext
Procom MacCD/LX 683 SCSI 64K 350 150 Ext
Technology
Procom MCD-ROM650/E683 SCSI 64K 325 150 Ext
Technology
Procom MCD-ROM650/M683 SCSI 325 150 Ext
Technology
Procom PICD650S 650 Prop* 64K 340 150 Ext
Technology
Procom PXCD650S 650 Prop* 64K 340 150 Ext
Technology
Refcorp Premiere 552 ESDI Ext/Int
CD-ROM
Sony CDU-31A 680 Prop* 64k 430 150 Int
Sony CDU-33A,
Mode I 550 Prop* 64k 320 300 Int
Mode II 680
Sony CDU-510 540 500 150 Int
Sony CDU-520 540 500 150 Int
Sony CDU-535 680-777 Prop* 8K 340 150 Int
Sony CDU-541 640 SCSI 64K 380 150 Int
Sony CDU-561 640 SCSI-2 256K 300 150 Ext
Sony CDU-6100 640 SCSI 500 150 Ext
Sony CDU-6110 640 SCSI 500 150 Ext
Sony CDU-7101 640 SCSI 500 150 Ext
Sony CDU-6205 640 Prop* 340 150 Ext
Sony CDU-7211 680-777 SCSI 64K 380 150 Ext
Storage Devices SCD-683 599-683 SCSI 300 150 Ext
Inc. Parallel
Sun Moon Star Internal 680 IDE 8K 340 150 Int
CD-ROM kit
Sun Moon Star 91-015 553 IDE 32K 450 150 Int
Sun Moon Star Internal 680 IDE Int
SCSI CD-ROM Kit
Tandy CDR-1000 540-630 IDE 900 150 Ext/Int
Tandy CDR-3000 540-630 IDE 900 150 Ext/Int
Tass Optical CD-ROM 650 650 SCSI 350 150 Ext/Int
World Inc.
Texel America DM-3011 550 SCSI 64k 340 150 Int
Texel America DM-3021 550 SCSI 64k 340 150 Int
Texel America DM-3024 680 64k 265 150 Ext/Int
Texel America DM-5024 600 64k 265 150 Ext/Int
Texel America DM-3120 550 SCSI 64k 700 150 Int
Texel America DM-3110 550 SCSI 64k 700 150 Int
Texel America DM-5011 550 SCSI 64k 340 150 Ext/Int
Texel America DM-5021 550 SCSI 64k 340 150 Ext/Int
Texel America DM-5110 550 SCSI 64k 700 150 Ext
Texel America DM-5120 550 SCSI 64k 700 150 Ext
Texel America DM-7120A 550 SCSI 64k 700 150 Ext
(Portable)
Texel America DM-7120B 550 SCSI 64k 700 150 Ext
(Portable)
Todd TCDR3600 553 SCSI 450 150 Ext/Int
Enterprises Inc.
Todd TCDR6000 600 SCSI 64K 390 150 Ext
Enterprises Inc.
Todd TCDR6050 600 SCSI 64K 390 150 Ext
Enterprises Inc.
Toshiba TXM-3301A1 599-683 SCSI 64K 325 150 Ext
SCSI-2
Toshiba XM-3301B1 599-683 SCSI 64K 325 150 Ext
SCSI-2
Toshiba TXM-3301E1 599-683 SCSI 64K 325 150 Ext
SCSI-2
Toshiba TXM-3301P 599-683 SCSI 325 150 Ext
Toshiba XM-3300 599-683 SCSI 325 150 Int
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