Introduction - Toshiba XM-6401B Specification

1. Introduction

This document describes TOSHIBA's XM-6401B CD-ROM Drive. This product reads digital
data stored on CD-ROM discs at 17.3-40 times faster rotational speed.
The CD-ROM disc is single sided and has a 12 cm or 8 cm diameter. It typically contains
approximately 600 MByte or 200 MByte of information respectively.
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( 1 MByte= 2 Byte )
Compact Discs offer long life and high durability because the disc is read by a LASER,
thereby eliminating physical contact with the disc.
A CD-ROM disc can also store other types of information in addition to digital/binary data.
It is capable of storing audio information.
The XM-6401B is therefore capable of reproducing CD-audio ( Such as music Compact Discs )
and can be used as a CD-audio player, independent of the computer system.
The XM-6401B is a new generation drive with highest performance such as 80 ms
Random Access Time and Approx 2,595-6,000 KByte/s ( 1 KByte = 2
Transfer Rate at 17.3-40X mode and 100,000 h MTBF at 20 % duty ratio etc.
This product supports SCSI synchronous transfer function and CD-DA transfer along
subcode P,Q and R through W over SCSI function that host system can read CD audio data.
This product also supports Photo-CD Multisession disc compatibility.
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