A Guide to Optical Storage Technology: Using CD-ROM, WORM, Erasable, Digital Paper, and Other High-density Opto-magnetic Storage Devices |
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amounts of data Apple Macintosh applications archival audio capability bytes catalog CD audio discs CD-I CD-ROM disc CD-ROM drive CD-ROM players CD-ROM publishing CD-ROM XA companies computer data contains cost data storage database Digital Paper disk drive DV-I dye polymer electronic erasable disc erasable drives error correction expensive external mount files floppy disks Floptical format gigabytes hard disk hardware High-Sierra images in-house industry inexpensive International involved laser beam Macintosh magnetic field magnetic storage magnetic tape magneto-optical disc magneto-optical drive mainframe computers manufacturer massive master medium megabytes milliseconds MS-DOS nine-track optical discs optical storage P.O. Box Panasonic plastic pre-mastering producing a CD-ROM programs publication RAM cache recording Ricoh SCSI sells SIGCAT standard storage capacity storage devices store data Titles track transfer rate updated users WORM discs WORM drive