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From: kaikow@standards.com
Subject: Re: What is Multisession???????
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Date: Mon, 14 Mar 1994 21:30:44 GMT
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Not all double speed drives are multisession, at least that was not true 
when I bought the NEC 74. It could be true now, but the speed has nothing 
to do with the number of sessions, so I'd verify this with the 
manufacturer of any model you were considering buying.

In article <2lfq9i$ldk@sndsu1.sinet.slb.com>,
M. Mikail <mehran@atlanta.emna.slb.com> wrote:
>
>What exactly is a "Multisession" CD-ROM drive?  Why would I want my CD-ROM 
>drive be multisession?  I was told by a sales rep at Micocenter that a 
>double-speed CD-ROM drive is necessarily multisession.  Is that true?  I am 
>skeptical of things that not-so-knowledgable sale people tell me.
>
>What is the performance difference between a CD-ROM drive that has 32K RAM 
>buffer vs. one with 64K RAM buffer?
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Mehran Mikail
>
>e-mail: mehran@atlanta.emna.slb.com
>