WTB: 5 1/4" Magneto Optical Cartridges

From: Mark <mark_k_at_iname.com>
Date: Sat Feb 19 17:49:49 2000

On Thu, 17 Feb 2000 16:09:39 Joe wrote:
> >>Jerome,
> >>
> >> What are you going to use the MO drive on? Just curious. I have a
> >>SMO-501 also. It's SLOW!! The transfer rate and access time are WORSE
> >>than a floppy drive.
> >
> >They weren't that slow.
>
> Mine is. The access time is something close to 100ms. The transfer rate
> is about 2/3 that of a floppy drive.

There is probably something wrong with your drive or disks. Try cleaning
the surface of your disks, and if that doesn't help you might want to clean
the drive lens. For this you can either obtain the appropriate lens cleaning
cartridge (I can find the part number for this if necessary), or disassemble
the drive to expose the lens and clean it manually. Using a cleaning cartridge
is be less risky. If your disks are old, low-level format them after
cleaning.


>From memory, the (read) data transfer rate of my SMO-S501-11 drive with 600MB
media is about 600K/sec; similar to a quad-speed CD-ROM.

To put the access time into perspective, it is similar to that of a modern
DVD-RAM drive.


-- Mark
Received on Sat Feb 19 2000 - 17:49:49 GMT