NeXT MO disks

From: jpero_at_sympatico.ca <(jpero_at_sympatico.ca)>
Date: Wed Feb 28 15:00:12 2001

> From: Mark <mark_k_at_iname.com>
> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 01:25:03 +0000
> Subject: Re: NeXT MO disks
> Reply-to: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org

Snip!

> - ... and of course the Canon 500MB disks.

Not just that, I have a Kurata w/ 1GB flip rewriteable 5.25" MO.
Actual drive in that thing is made by Panasonic and sold under
Kurata, some of them were used by Corel. Evidence of that
is on the rear panel sticker. Cartridges can be single sided 500MB
or 1GB double sided, 500MB per side, flip it over for other side.

FYI: If you have problem writing/read, split the casing and clean
the media carefully, check (fish-filled) capacitors inside the drive
itself. Mine has both problems and had to correct them.

These panasonic (Double sided: LM-D702W, single sided has no W
suffix) 1GB cartridges is shockingly expensive! Cartridges are still
available new.

Got these used, good cartridges to buy?

That Kurata works under winblows without having driver installed
except for the any type of scsi controllers. Easy to do in winblows
but I wondered if I could support that drive on different OSes and
Macs for example?

Also it's very on-topic since this drive is 10 years old now.

Snip

> The Sierra is a very nice drive, at least going from the specs; I haven't used
> one. Perhaps the fastest 1.3GB MO drive: spins at 4500rpm, average seek time
> 19ms, 4MB cache memory.

Drool! That's what I love to have! Mine is slow and tiny 128K
buffer. :-)

What brand or models that uses this drive to look for that blazing
fast sierra MO rewriteable drive? What about other makers that does
make fast MO rewriteable drives?

What about Fujitsu 640 and
anything else larger than 1GB cartridge per side?

I prefer MO over tape, magnetic media and floppies for backups and
transfer large data. But the compatiablity on Kurata between
winblows and non-winders is big question mark. Anybody to care to
chip in with your experiences?

> -- Mark

Cheers,

Wizard
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