CD-ROM as a mass storage device

Author

Einberger, John W.

Author_Institution

Reference Technol., Inc., Boulder, CO, USA

fYear

1988

fDate

Oct. 31 1988-Nov. 3 1988

Firstpage

125

Lastpage

129

Abstract

The authors discuss the physical characteristics of a CD-ROM which is capable of holding the equivalent of approximately 270000 pages of textual data or over 10000 digitized images or even audio. This means of storing information is an offshoot of the highly successful audio compact disk. The CD-ROM is a permanent optical storage device that, in conjunction with a player, becomes a powerful peripheral for personal computer users. CD-ROM offers unequaled storage capacity and per-byte economy. Characteristics pertinent to access time, transfer rate and interfaces are discussed. CD-ROM logical characteristics are outlined. Proprietary logical formats are described. The High Sierra proposal for a standard logical is addressed.<>

Keywords

CD-ROMs; CD-ROM; High Sierra proposal; access time; digitized images; logical characteristics; logical formats; mass storage device; permanent optical storage device; physical characteristics; textual data; transfer rate; Audio systems; CD recording; CD-ROMs; Computer errors; Error analysis; Information retrieval; Microcomputers; Optical devices; Read only memory; Substrates;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mass Storage Systems, 1988. Storage Systems: Perspectives. Digest of Papers., Ninth IEEE Symposium on

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-8880-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MASS.1988.72797

Filename

72797